Red Cross

Community Blood Drive

Saturday, June 21, 2014

7:30 AM to 1:30 PM

To schedule a time, click here.

Host: Reisterstown United Methodist Church

246 Main Street, Fellowship Hall

To schedule your life-saving donation, please contact:

Reisterstown UMC Kelly Fairhurst (410) 356-8695

Glyndon UMC Lynn Beebe (410) 549-8856

St. Luke’s UMC Sharon McKoy (410) 833-3105

Northminster Presbyterian Robin Reusing (443) 789-9038

New Hope Community Church Louise Hellwig (443) 520-4916

Reisterstown VFD JP Snyder (443) 250-8574

Northwest Baptist Church Bob Taylor (443) 204-6183

If you have questions regarding your eligibility please call 1-866-236-3276

Special thanks to Illiano’s J&P Restaurant in Glyndon for donating lunch for

volunteers and employees and to Dunkin Donuts in Reisterstown for providing donuts!

Several weeks ago Reisterstown unveiled the memorial to the two firefighters who have died in the line of duty from our station. Many were involved in creating this memorial as a reminder to all of us.

Never forget…

Monroe Seitz (EOW: July 26, 1928, fatally burned when a gasoline tank exploded igniting his clothes)

Gene Kirchner (EOW: May 2, 2013)

Today we had a private ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens for the unveiling of Gene’s head stone.  As part of the Jewish faith, the unveiling is held a year after the funeral.  This marks the next step of the grieving process.  Several of the surrounding companies were represented along with 61 members from RVFC came to support Gene’s family for the unveiling.  After the unveiling everyone came back to our fire station for a meal.  After the meal, Gene’s family members moved Gene’s personal items from his gear rack into the new memorial in our day room.

Gene, we will never forget you….

Reisterstown was requested to transfer an engine into Baltimore City due to a 2 alarm fire they were handling.  E413 transferred to 46 Engine House on Reisterstown road.  From there we ran two calls, one of them for a grill fire and a second one for a medical investigation.  Many thanks to T27 for their hospitality for time we were there.

Pictures courtesy of J Jeffers.

At 01:09:04 on April 24, 2013 a fire rescue box with people trapped was dispatched for a house fire in Reisterstown.

Firefighters responded from our station in an attempt to save those trapped.

Unfortunately, we lost one of our own, Gene Kirchner (LODD: May 2, 2013).

Gene was doing his duty… and he will never be forgotten.

Duty     Honor    Tradition

U419 has now been striped and we are in the midst of installing the lights and siren.  It will likely be another week or two before you see it on the road around Reisterstown.

Each year we must test the pump on our Engines.  Baltimore Co. Fire Department has a pump testing tank set up in Jacksonville.  Both pumpers have passed their annual test.  Next test is the annual hose test.

Last night was our Life Member Banquet.  Approximately 80 members came to enjoy a great evening and recognize those at the station who have done so much.

Two members were officially inducted as life members: Craig Hewitt (current Assistant Chief) and Gene Kirchner (LODD this past year).

The firefighter of the year was Ian Timpson for his commitment to get FF1 done and his time around the firestation especially as he lives far from the station and does not have a vehicle.

The administrative people of the year were Jimmy Carter and Robert Murray Jr for their leadership and self-sacrifice in particular immediately after Gene Kirchner was rescued from the fire and his subsequent passing.

This afternoon E56 and E412 were alerted for a brush fire in E56’s area based on multiple calls of smoke in the area.  E56 arrived in the area and found a large shed or garage in fire.  A Maryland State Trooper was flying overhead and was able to guide E56 and E412 to the correct address.  There was a 20′ by 20′ shed fully involved in flames.  Several more engines were requested as it was a non-hydrant area and then shortly after that a firebox was requested due to the proximity of the house and the need for water.  It took several hours to put the fire out and the house was unscathed.

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.