The Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company is pleased to announce the order of its new Rescue Squad. The unit will feature a Seagrave Marauder II chassis and have a 20′ walk around Rescue 1 body. The squad committee has worked hard over the past two years to develop these specifications to fit the current and future needs of Reisterstown and the surrounding communities. The unit is replacing our iconic 1992 Peterbilt/Swab rescue squad which has served with distinction the citizens of Baltimore County for the last 27 years. Delivery of the unit is expected in the summer of 2020.

Features Include:

• Seagrave Marauder II 6 person full tilt cab
• 20′ Rescue 1 walk around rescue body
• 35 kw Onan Protec PTO generator
• 20,000 lb. rear mounted winch
• 9,000 lb. portable winch with multiple ports
• 25′ Wil-Burt Night Scan light tower
• Holmatro Core hydraulic rescue tool system
• Tri-Max CAFS system
• Full truck company compliment of ground ladders

Seagrave Website

Rescue 1 Website

On July 26, 1928 at 9:45 AM the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company received a telephone call for a auto fire at Reisterstown Road and Gwynnbrook Ave.  While fighting the fire, Monroe H. Seitz received critical burns.  He was taken to University of Md. Hospital in Baltimore where he passed away later that evening.  He was 18 years old when he passed away.  Monroe was the first line of duty death in Baltimore County.

On January 21, 1948 our first ambulance was placed in service.  It was a 1948 Cadillac Meteor ambulance.  The $6,155 ambulance was purchased by the Kiwanis Club of Reisterstown and donated to the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company.

The process of purchasing the ambulance began on December 31, 1945 when a $100 deposit was placed on the ambulance.  There was a high demand for post war era ambulances because they had not been manufactured since 1942.  The delivery was also complicated by post war strikes at GM.

The ambulance was kept at J. Edwin Eline’s garage until construction on our current building was completed later in the year.  The ambulance handled 189 calls in 1948.

Our new medic unit is finished.  The new medic will begin the journey to Maryland next week. Once it arrives, Atlantic will complete some miscellaneous items. The medic unit should be in service within the next two weeks. Photos are courtesy of Atlantic Emergency Solutions.

Assembly continues on Medic 415.  All of the insulation has been installed and the wiring harness is in place.  Installation of the parking and emergency lights is almost complete.

The Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company was awarded an Emergency Response and Safety grant from BGE.  The grant will be used to purchase a Lucas CPR chest compression system (it will cover $8,000 of the $14,000 cost).  The Lucas will perform chest compressions on patients in cardiac arrest and will allow personnel that  would be performing chest compressions to perform other patient care tasks.  It will perform consistent compressions without fatigue and makes it easier for EMS personnel to move patients without any interruption in CPR.

The members and officers of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company would like to thank BGE for awarding the grant to our community!

The Reisterstown VFC has ordered a new medic unit to replace Medic 415.  The new Medic 415 will be manufactured by Road Rescue in Winter Park Florida.  It will be mounted on a 2017 Dodge 5500 4×4.  The new unit will have an all aluminum body that will be mounted on a liquid spring suspension.  The new unit will have a Stryker Power load system to assist loading the cot in the rear of the unit.  The cost of maintaining our current 10 year old unit has been steadily rising.  The new unit should be in Reisterstown sometime this winter.