Tonight we spent an hour training. S414 crew trained on the tripod and rope hauling and E412 crew trained on hoses.
Rope haul and hose training
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Time change and battery change tonight!
Tonight we move our clocks ahead one hour.
When you do, don’t forget to change the batteries in your smoke detector AND your carbon monoxide detector.
Car crash in Hampstead
S414 was alerted as a 2nd squad for a two car collision in Hamsptead Maryland. Two people were trapped and a Maryland State helicopter transported the two people to hospital. The crew from S414 helped with patient packaging and loading into the helicopter.
Rope Rescue Training
Here at Reisterstown we are always training to keep on top of all the functions we might have to perform. We spent a couple of hours tonight going through rope rescue training with probationary and new members to the company. This is something we don’t have to use often and so is good to practice.
More snow and ice coming…
It appears that we are going to get more ice and snow coming in the next 24 hours:
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST MONDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPE...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE...FOLLOWED BY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. * TIMING...RAIN CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING THEN BECOMES HEAVY SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S THIS EVENING...THEN DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 20S OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO ICE AND SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. BOTH THE MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON RUSH HOURS WILL BE AFFECTED. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND HEAVY SNOW.
Please be safe over the next few days, do not travel if at all possible and clear a 3 foot area around the closest fire hydrant to your house.
Hose Training
Tonight we had a good practice session on how to deploy hose from our engine on the main floor up a staircase and down a hall to a room. Not all fires and hose deployments are simple so this was good practice for all in how to work around corners and up stairwells.
Blood Drive on March 1
Please come and support your community by giving blood at the Community Blood Drive on March 1.
*** Note: The Blood Donor Clinic has been changed to Northminister Presbyterian Church at 705 Main Street, Reisterstown, MD. ***
Very busy day in Reisterstown
This morning started very early for some of us at the fire station. The calls started coming in just before 5am due to the ice and rain. In all we ran 29 suppression calls in Reisterstown, Owings Mills and down into Randallstown. E413 was transferred to Station 18 in Randallstown as their station was out on a fire. Most of the calls were to do with downed wires due to the weight of the ice on trees but there were a couple of medical calls as well. The calls slowed down around 3pm this afternoon.
Valentine’s Day Fundraiser
February 13 9am – 6pm
February 14th 7am – 7pm
Dozen Red Roses $25
2 Dozen Pastels $30
Heart Shaped Balloons $5
Please come by and support your local fire company!!
Ice Rescue Training
Last night RVFC participated in ice rescue training with companies 31, 50 and Gamber’s dive unit. A 30 minute in-station powerpoint was presented first describing how to secure the scene and methods of rescue. Then all companies (including E412, E413, S414, SU418, U419 and M415 from 41) went to the Department of Natural Resources game farm off of Gwynnbrook Road in Owings Mills for practical ice rescue training. A whole was cut in the 8″ thick ice and volunteers in wet suits went into the water and then were rescued.
