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House Fire in Station 56’s Area

E413 and other surrounding stations were alerted for a house fire in Franklin’s area (Station 56).  E413 arrived with nothing evident but upgraded to smoke showing from the eaves. Crews pulled a handline and extinguished a small living room fire. Crews from 56, 19, 18 and 41 checked for extension and were able to remove a dog from the basement.

Glyndon MVC with Extrication

Units were dispatched for an MVC along Tufton Road with patient trapped. Units from Chestnut Ridge arrived to find a single car MVC off the road and with patient trapped. Chestnut Ridge’s firefighters were able to open up the door of the vehicle and crews extricated the patients who were then transported to local area hospitals (one was transported by the MSP Trooper helicopter).

2018 Open House

We want to thank all those that came to the Open House this year.  The weather almost held out but it was on the cool side.  The public were able to see the Baltimore County Police helicopter, many apparatus from different departments and groups and an extrication demo.

Apartment Fire on Brookebury

Last night around 7pm fire apparatus in our area were alerted to the reports of an apartment fire off Brookbury Ave.  Engine 412 and S414 arrived shortly after E56 and found a small kitchen fire primarily in the stove. The fire was put out quickly and then crews removed the smoke from the apartment.  Units were on-scene for approximately 45 minutes.