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On September 19, 2015 the Baltimore County Volunteer Firemen’s Association held its Annual Awards Banquet at the Bowley’s Quarters Volunteer Fire Department. The banquet is used to recognize individuals who have shown outstanding and dedicated service to the Baltimore County Volunteer Firemen’s Association and its member companies.

A new award was developed this year to recognize individuals who have earned at least 50 accredited LOSAP points for 50 years. Mr. Fred Linker and Mr. Ted Schultz of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company were honored with this award at the banquet. Congratulations to Mr. Linker and Mr. Schultz for this outstanding achievement.

Passing of Paul Trager

May 26, 2015

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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of life member Paul E. Trager. Paul joined the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company in 1968 and is a past President.

Services will be held at Eline Funeral Home 11824 Reisterstown Road (at Franklin Blvd.) on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 10:00am. Friends may call on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 from 3-5 and 7-9pm. Interment will be at Druid Ridge Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to www.ElineFuneralHome.com.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Department 108 Main Street Reisterstown, MD 21136 or the Alzheimer’s Association 1850 York Road Suite D Timonium, MD 21093-3142

Community Blood Drive – June 20

May 22, 2015

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Passing of C. Richard Fox

May 20, 2015

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It is deep sadness that we announce the passing of Life Member C. Richard Fox. Dick became a member of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company in 1953. The arrangements are as follows:

Viewing is Thursday at 2-4 pm. and 7-9 pm. Myers Durboraw Funeral Home at 91 Willis St. in Westminster. A memorial service will be held at 8pm.

Funeral is Friday at 11 am. at the St. Lukes Winters Church. 701 Green Valley Road in New Windsor.

Donations can be made in lieu of flowers to :
St. Lukes Winters Church Cemetery Fund
P.O. Box 447
New Windsor, MD 21776

Reisterstown VFC
108 Main St.
Reisterstown, MD 21136

New Windsor VFD
101 High St.
New Windsor, MD 21776

2014 – End of the year stats

January 3, 2015

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A new year has begun and it is interesting to look through the stats from last years calls. In all our station was called out for 1,696 calls which includes 1,193 for suppression (engine and/or squad) and 623 for EMS (ambulance). This is almost 5 calls every day on average.

Our busiest time of the day for the ambulance was between 2pm and 3pm (118 calls) and for the suppression the busiest was between 6pm – 7pm (68 calls). The busiest day of the week was Fridays for ambulance and Wednesdays for suppression.

The call type most frequent for the ambulance was Sick Subject (which is very general) at 84 calls. The most frequent call type for the suppression side was Dwelling Fire (a house as opposed to a building or apartment) at 70 calls.

Our longest suppression call was 4 hours 23 minutes for a fire in Chestnut Ridge’s area in June and the second longest was 3 hours 17 minutes for a brush fire on Gores Mill Road in April. The longest ambulance call was for 3 hours 6 minutes for a vehicle collision in December.

Obviously not all calls are long. Our average time on a suppression call is 20 minutes. Our average time on an ambulance call is 41 minutes. For the ambulance it is clear there are a significant number of calls that average around 20 minutes and another significant number of calls that average around 70 minutes. The difference between the two appears to be whether the patient is transported to the hospital by 415 or not.

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