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1996

BAVFC Activity History

January

19thStorm Calls/76 calls this day/water in basements & wires calls/record amount of calls for one day to date

February

8thBuilding Fire/Conowingo & Moores Mill Rds/small fire in roof area/$2,000 damage/D.Woodward acting
14thApartment Fire/202 Foxhall Dr/bedroom fire/lots of smoke damage/E411 also/2 hrs/$12,000 damage/D.Woodward acting
20thTrailer Fire/200 blk Point to Point Rd/small fire/$5,000 damage/D.Woodward acting

March

1stApartment Fire/1829 Still Pond Wy/fire on 1st & 2nd floor on arrival/$80,000 damage/Co.3 unitsonly with 4E & T/D.Wood ward acting
1stDwelling Fire/509 Millwood Dr/attic fire – fire thru roof on arrival/$35,000 damage/E1311 also/D.Woodward acting
8th1050 PI Rescue/2300 blk Conowingo Rd/3 priority 3’s and 2 priority 1’s and 1 fatal/2 flown out/R.Davis acting
11thDwelling Fire/220 East Ring Factory Rd/after us being there for 3 minutes investigating odor of burning fire came out of outside wall/small fire but odd how it started/$1,000 damage/B.Snyder acting
12thApartment Fire/711 Country Village Dr/fire in furnace closet, ceiling, and 3rd floor/almost took the roof/$2,200 damage/R.Davis acting
19th1050 PI Rescue/900 blk Schucks Rd/heavy rain/1 trapped – died later/used cutter & 2 rams/1 other priority 1/R.Davis acting
21stBuilding Fire/Water’s Meeting House – Thomas Run & Kalmia Rds/fully involved on arrival/10,000 gallons used/Co.3 5 engines; Co.9 1 engine/$150,000 damage/T.Schaech acting
26thMutual Aid Dwelling/1112 Stromko Ln – Box 1304/chimney fire – attic/damage to living room also/Co.3 2e & Air/E312 layed 1200ft of 5”/2000 gal used/B.Snyder acting
27thMutual Aid Dwelling/427 Glascow Rd – Box 613/basement fire with upstairs hallway/Co.3 2E & T/Co.6 made good stop/2 hrs/D.Vaughn acting

April

6thMutual Aid Building/3150 Forge Hill Rd – Box 928/vacant dwelling fully involved on arrival/Co.3 2E & T at scene/a.5 hrs/1,500 gallons used/J.Rutherford acting
8thDwelling Fire/2317 Edwards Ln/bedroom fire/iguana knocked over heat lamp/$15,000 damage/E112 also/2 hrs/R.Davis acting
12thMutual Aid Woods Fire/Rocks Station Rd – Box 729/fire burned from here to Grier Nursery Farms Ct/helicopter drops used/7 brush trucks & many forestry units/B341 & U397 at scene/B.Snyder acting

June

9th1050 PI Rescue/Ady Rd & Walter’s Mill Rd/3 fly-outs/1 pinned/B.Snyder acting

July

1stDwelling Fire/2030 Gannett Ct/fire started in basement wall & went to attic/heavy smoke on arrival/E411 1st in/$30,000 damage/D.Woodward acting
13thWater Rescue/Winter’s Run at Bel Air Rd/4 kids trapped on small island/used ropes to get them out/FFs Snee & May in water/Bertha remnants/T.Schaech acting
18thCrane Fire/729 Vale Rd/next to house being built/crane lowered onto wires caused fire/gasoline tank exploded just missing 3 ff’s/$25,000 damage/D.Woodward acting
19thBuilding Fire/238 Chestnut Hill Rd/barn fire/$30,000 damage/fully involved on arrival/E313 breaks down enroute/T.Schaech acting Mike Lochary answers 5,000th Fire Call

August

14thDwelling Fire/314 E Jarrettsville Rd/enroute we were told of possible rescue-no rescue/front of house badly damaged on outside/$5,000 damage/T.Schaech acting
20thMutual Aid Dwelling/311 W Wheel Rd – Box 411 - old MacLean Mansion (where Arthur Woods Development is now)/fully involved on arrival/E312 1st in/3 hrs/D.Woodward acting
30thMutual Aid Dwelling/20 Asbury Rd – Box 122/alerted as building fire with exposure to dwelling/E312 1st in/found fire blowing from attic of house on arrival/held it in attic/lots of smoke damage/D.Cox acting

September

4thBuilding Fire/700 N Tollgate Rd – Susquehanna Environmental Center/trailer fire completely filled with newspaper bales next to other buildings/lots of grunt work/2 hrs/R/Davis acting
4thMutual Aid Building/Edgewood Rd – Vitali’s Resturant – Box 407/2 alarms/Co.3 2E & T at scene/Snyder & Davis lots of roof work with built-up concrete roof/4.5 hrs on hot night/D.Woodward acting
8thMutual Aid Dwelling/1619 Larch Dr – Box 836/attached garage & hallway on fire on arrival/T431 & E312 1st in/E312 was going to box 405 but diverted to this call/bad t-storm ina rea/D.Cox acting
19thTransfer/E312 to Baltimore County Station 47/while there ran one call (gas leak) with Cockeysville VFC/B.Snyder acting

October

7thDwelling Fire/710 Chambers Cir/basement fire/arson/$50,000 damage/heavy smoke damage/D.Woodward acting
16thMutual Aid Dwelling/3922 Love Ave – Box 405/Co.3 2E at scene/1 fatal – 15 yof/house well involved on Co.4 arrival/at scene 4 hrs/T.Schaech acting
16thDwelling Fire/411 Franklin St/fire in walls and attic/$15,000 damage/T.Schaech acting
17th1050 PI Rescue/Prospect Mill Rd; 2 curves after school/pick-up head on with car then into telephone pole/truck on its’ side – 1 fatal inside/2 other fly-outs/J.Rutherford acting

November

29thBuilding Fire/325 Webster St/detached garage next to many other sheds & dwellings/damage to 2 other sheds/$10,000 damage/D.Woodward acting Walt Holloway answers 5,000th Fire Call Don Wrede answers 5,000th Fire Call

December

10th1050 PI Rescue/1700 blk Churchville Rd/head-on/4 to FGH, 2 to Shock Trauma/mother & unborn child killed/other female trapped – took roof to access/ambos from Cos 1,2,3/S.McCole acting
15thApartment Fire/913 Hillswood Ct/basement fire/mostly out on arrival/neighbors with garden hose/started by candle/$10,000 damage/D.Woodward actin

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