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Firefighters operate at a house fire on Lincoln Ave. in Jessup. Photo courtesy of Tim Aungst, HCFR E6, A shift. JESSUP, MD – A home fire alarm alerted firefighters and the resident of the Jessup home. At approximately 11 PM, firefighters were dispatched to a residential fire alarm in the 8300 block of Continue reading Automatic Fire Alarm Alerts Resident to House Fire in Jessup A 2 car crash on Route 1 in North Laurel sent 2 patients to the hospital. Photo by Tim Aungst, HCFR E6, A shift. LAUREL, MD – Rescuers freed a patient who was trapped in their car. In the early afternoon, rescuers were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash in the 9200 block Continue reading Crash with Person Trapped in North Laurel
Trainee Class 26 and Fire Chief Goddard. Photo courtesy of Howard County Fire & Rescue. Howard County Fire & Rescue graduated a class of twenty five firefighter/EMT trainees on March 12, 2011. Several of these trainees come from long lines of firefighters, while others had no prior fire service experience. They Continue reading Trainee Class 26 Graduates From Fire Academy Firefighters made quick work of a house fire in the 7200 block of Washington Boulevard in Elkridge. Units were dispatched for a report of a possible building fire at approximately 6:45 PM. Battalion Chief 1 quickly arrived to find heavy fire showing from the second floor side of a single family house. Firefighters initiated Continue reading House Fire in Elkridge Displaces One Person A second alarm townhouse fire on Old Ellicott Circle in Ellicott City has left three townhouses with severe damage. Firefighters were dispatched for a report of a garage on fire in the 10500 block of Old Ellicott Circle at approximately 12:48 PM; units quickly arrived to find heavy fire showing from a 3 story, Continue reading Townhouse Fire in Ellicott City Damages 3 Townhouses Rescuers from Howard County Fire & Rescue worked to extricate several patients who were trapped in this car. COLUMBIA, MD – Rescuers from throughout the central and eastern part of the County worked to free five patients who were trapped in a motor vehicle crash on Snowden River Parkway near April Brook Continue reading Rescuers Extricate Five in Serious Crash LAUREL, MD – A fire in a Laurel Econo Lodge motel has left the structure uninhabitable and the guests seeking other shelter. Howard County Fire & Rescue received a 9-1-1 call at approximately 11:25 PM advising of a dryer on fire at the Econo Lodge in the 9700 block of Washington Boulevard. Firefighters arrived Continue reading Second Alarm Motel Fire Displaces Thirty in Laurel ELKRIDGE, MD – Howard County’s newest firefighters participated in a controlled house burning as part of their training. On the morning of Thursday, October 21, 2010, Recruit Class 26 and their instructors gathered at a vacant house off Troy Hill Drive in Elkridge for some practical firefighting lessons. Once they had finished the interior Continue reading Firefighter Recruits Burn House for Training GLENWOOD, MD -Elected officials and members of the County’s fire service gathered in a grassy field on Carrs Mill Road to break ground for the Glenwood station. The station, which is expected to begin serving the Glenwood area in the early summer of 2011, will feature 3 drive-through apparatus bays and provide support for Continue reading Howard County Breaks Ground for Glenwood Station SAVAGE, MD – The Savage Volunteer Fire Company hosted an open house, inviting the public to view their equipment, meet their members and watch demonstrations. The Company’s emergency apparatus was on display, as was the Department’s canine investigator, Mae, and her handler, Lt. Dean Mulvihill of the Fire Marshal’s Office. Firefighters also put on Continue reading Savage VFC Hosts Open House |
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