Last night was the installation evening for the Administrative and Fire Line Officers. Along with the swearing in, several awards were given:
Firefighter of the Year: Henry Eckhardt
EMS Provider of the Year: Megan Heilveil
President’s Award: Jerry Johnson
Employee of the Year: Andrew Ayers
New Life Members:
Last night around 11pm, E412 and S414 were alerted for an apartment fire with multiple calls. E412 arrived with E19 and assumed 3rd engine duties. Crew from E412 stretched an apartment load (attack line) to assist crews from 31 and 19 with a fire in the storage area. E412 and crews from other stations extinguished the fire. Station 41 and 31 remained on-scene for an extended period of time ventilating the apartments.
Santa will be riding the firetrucks between 6p till around 8:30p-9p. We will be in and around the following roads.
[Santa wants to see everyone and we will make every attempt to get to all these areas but the schedule is dependent on weather and fire calls.]
Tues – December 18th
Wed – December 19th
Thurs – December 20th Now Sunday December 23
Friday – December 21st
Saturday – December 22nd
Engine 412 along with dozens of other units around Baltimore County were alerted for the house fire on Greenspring Ave. E412 assisted with water supply, and extinguishing the fire and was on scene for about 7 hours (3am to 10am this morning).
This morning around 7:30am RVFC was alerted for an autofire near the top of I-795. E412 arrived to find a single vehicle with fire in the engine compartment. Crews pulled a handline and extinguished the fire.
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.
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.
American Kenpo Karate Studio of Reisterstown held an end of school year event with moon bounce, cool out and other activities. RVFC was invited to show the kids the fire engines and medic and discuss safety at home.
