On October 6, 2016, the Pikesville High School Senior Class of 2017 faced off against the PHS Junior Class of 2018 in the annual "Powder Puff" football game, where the girls take the football field and the guys cheer them on. While the final scoreboard showed a 36-6 victory for the Seniors, everyone involved had a lot of fun!
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Shortly before 9am on Sunday, January 7th, westside Baltimore County units were alerted for a report of a house on fire in the 3300 block of Smith Avenue in Pikesville. First-arriving Baltimore County Fire Department Engine 2 arrived with smoke showing from two sides of a single family house and initiated an aggressive interior attack. Firefighters from Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Engine 321 were deployed with Engine 2's firefighters to the basement, where they knocked down the fire and conducted a primary search. Additional firefighters from BCoFD Stations 2, 18 & 19 arrived and deployed a second handline and placed ladders. No injuries were reported.
The 32nd annual Pennsylvania Pump Primers event was held in Harrisburg, PA on Saturday, July 14, 2007. Unfortunately I was running late so I missed most of registration. Then I thought about shooting the "parade"as the rigs moved from staging to the Harrisburg River Front, but the rigs were flying by -- not so much a "parade" -- so that didn't work out. As the apparatus came down Front Street, rigs that were going to be on static display continued along to the msuter site, while those that would be pumping in the Susquehanna River took the "River Walk" split. So what follows are some pics from staging, some of the rigs heading down to the pumping area, some static display shots, and some pumping shots.
In June 2005, I had the occassion to visit the St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 1, in and around Slidell, La., an area that soon after would tragically change forever. These guys were some of the nicest firefighters -- and people -- I have met, and I hope that they can soon be back on their feet
On Friday October 27, while the Baltimore City Fire Department held a Line of Duty Death funeral for Firefighter/EMT Rodney Pitts III of Engine Company 29 who died following a 2-alarm dwelling fire on October 19, fire apparatus from departments across the state of Maryland filled in at BCFD firehouses. Shortly after 230pm, mutual aid units were alerted for a reported apartment fire at 4011 Fordleigh Road at the Fordleigh Apartments. Filling in at the nearby quarters of BCFD Engine 46 and Truck 27, Engine 64 from the Easton Volunteer Fire Department in Talbot County and Tower 3 from the Westminster Fire Department in Carroll County were first to arrive and reported smoke showing from a low-rise apartment building. Additional units dispatched included Delmar Fire Department Engine 741 (Wicomico County), White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company Engine 201 (Baltimore County), District of Columbia Fire Engine 9, Savage Volunteer Fire Company Truck 6 (Howard County), Anne Arundel County Medic 33, and chiefs from Cecil County, Howard County and DC. Firefighters encountered heavy smoke on the building's second floor and hoarding conditions in an apartment, with a mattress on fire. Crews quickly knocked the fire and ventilated the building. One occupant was treated for smoke inhalation. Baltimore County Fire Department Air Unit 11 and a BCoFD Fire Investigator also responded.
On Monday, September 11th, several Baltimore County westside volunteer fire companies came together to remember the 22nd anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy. Members from the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company, Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Owings Mills Volunteer Fire Company, Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company, Glyndon Volunteer Fire Department, Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Company Inc. and the Box 234 Association joined members of the Baltimore County Fire Department Honor Guard, the Maryland State Police and Baltimore County Police Department in a remembrance ceremony at the Owings Mills MISSION BBQ restaurant. It's important that Americans never forget that tragic day 22 years ago when thousands of lives were forever changed.
Shortly after 2am on Friday, July 28th, Baltimore County Fire Department Engine 13 from the Westview career station was alerted for a reported automatic fire alarm sounding at the Mercedes Benz of Catonsville dealership on Baltimore National Pike. Upon arrival, smoke was showing from the service bay of the dealership and a full assignment was requested (Fire Box 13-27). Firefighters laid several supply lines, forced open roll-up doors and found several vehicles on fire in the service area with heavy smoke conditions and low visibility. A Working Fire Dispatch was requested, with mutual aid from Howard County Fire Department Station 2.
Shortly before 1am on Saturday, March 11th, Baltimore County westside fire units were alerted for a reported garage fire in the 9400 block of Manor Forge Way, off Lyons Mill Road in Owings Mills (Fire Box 46-20). Baltimore County Fire Department Engine and Truck 18 from the Randallstown career station and Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Company Engine 464 arrived with heavy fire showing from a first-level garage in a three-story townhouse. Faced with a significant volume of fire which was extending into exposures on either side of the main fire building and also threatening townhouses across the street, Engines 18 & 464 deployed deck guns to begin knocking down the fire while firefighters stretched hoselines and Truck 18 set up for ladder pipe operations. With heavy fire in three residences and a gas-main involved in fire, command requested a second alarm, bringing additional units including mutual aid from Carroll County to the scene. Firefighters threw multiple ladders on the Alpha side, facing Lyons Mill Road, and multiple lines were used in the townhouse of origin as well as exposures. The aerial bucket from Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company's Tower 323 was deployed to provide an overhead view of the fireground and BGE was requested to the scene to assist with cutting off the gas. The fire is under investigation by the Fire Investigation Division.
After running 30 calls for service during the day on Friday, December 23, Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company units were alerted with other westside stations for Fire Box 19-2 in the 8800 block of Pikesville Road, off Mt. Wilson Lane, just after 630pm. Baltimore County Fire Department Engine 19 from the Garrison station arrived and reported fire showing from a 2.5 story single family house and firefighters from Engine 19 and Engine 2 advanced an attack hoseline. Crews from PVFC Squad 322 and Tower 323 laddered the building, ventilated the second floor and performed searches where they encountered rapidly deteriorating conditions of with fire in two rooms, high heat and limited visibility. Working in extremely cold temperatures, with several handlines firefighters extinguished a fire on the home's first floor without any injuries reported. Firefighters believe the fire may have started in the laundry room and remind everyone to regularly clean the dryer vent.
On Monday night September 12th, Baltimore County westside fire units on the scene of a single vehicle crash in Randallstown were faced with an unusual technical rescue challenge that not many firefighters have seen in their careers. Units from Baltimore County Fire Department Station 18 were dispatched for an accident in the area of the Randallstown library branch on Liberty Road at the Liberty Court Shopping Center, with multiple callers to 911 reporting a vehicle had struck a tree. Due to information being received that someone was trapped in the vehicle, Fire Dispatch upgraded the assignment to Rescue Box 18-3, adding additional units including Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Squad 322. BCoFD Medic 18, who had just cleared Northwest Hospital, and Truck 18 arrived and confirmed an SUV had struck a tree, the driver and only occupant was heavily entrapped, with the Acura SUV wrapped around the tree and a debris field that stretched more than 40 feet in some directions. Station 18 and PVFC firefighters worked for more than 30 minutes, including a firefighter accessing the vehicle's roof via a ladder, and used multiple sets of rescue tools before they were able to free the driver. BCoFD Medic 3 transported the victim to an area hospital, where they tragically passed away. The Baltimore County Police Department Crash Team is investigating the crash.
The Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company training at the Baltimore County Fire Rescue Academy in Sparrows Point, MD on Sunday, July 10th, 2022. PVFC officers coordinated several training scenarios and evolutions, including simulating response to a dwelling fire and a high-rise fire, rescuing trapped civilians, and deploying the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) to rescue firefighters who were "down" and trapped.
Monday, January 24, 2022 will be remembered as a tragic day for the Baltimore City Fire Department. At 5:53 am, Box Alarm 55-10 was sounded for the reported dwelling fire in the 200 block of S. Stricker Street in the city’s New Southwest/Mount Clare neighborhood, with reports of people possibly trapped. BCFD Engine 14 arrived and reported heavy fire from the 2nd & 3rd floors of a 3 story inside of row dwelling and members of Engine 14 & Truck 23 made entry. Shortly thereafter, an interior collapse occurred trapping 4 firefighters. One firefighter was removed immediately and two more within an hour, each of whom were transported to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center, located approximately 1 mile from the fire scene. A fourth firefighter remained trapped until 4:12 pm, when they were extricated from the rubble of the collapsed building. Two of the three firefighters who were hospitalized, as well as the one removed several hours later, passed away from their injuries. The fourth, Firefighter/EMT John McMaster, remains hospitalized in critical condition. The firefighters who passed away in the Line of Duty are Lt. Paul Butrim, a 16 year veteran assigned to Truck 23 in the city's Pigtown neighborhood, Firefighter Paramedic Kelsey Sadler, a 15 year veteran and Firefighter Paramedic Kenny Lacayo, a 7 year veteran, both assigned to Engine 14 in the Carrollton neighborhood on Hollins Street.
Firefighters on Baltimore County's west side battled a 3-alarm apartment fire in Pikesville that started shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at 130 Slade Avenue (Fire Box 2-25). BCoFD Engine 2 arrived and the officer reported smoke showing in the lobby area of a 6-story apartment building and passed command to the officer on Pikesvile Volunteer Fire Company Engine 321. Firefighters encountered heavy fire and smoke blowing out several windows on the 4th floor in the rear of the building and were getting reports of multiple residents trapped in their units. A 2nd alarm was struck, bringing additional resources to the scene as firefighters began attacking the fire using handlines on BCoFD Truck 18's aerial and the ladder pipe while interior crews advanced additional lines and performed searches. Several residents were assisted out of the building by firefighters, including at least two occupants who were safely evacuated via Owings Mills Volunteer Fire Company Truck 313's aerial. Command eventually requested a 3rd alarm, additional EMS resources and an MTA bus to shelter the displaced occupants. The American Red Cross responded to assist residents.
At 3 a.m. Thursday, January 30, 2014, Baltimore County firefighters were dispatched to a reported apartment fire (Fire Box 18-13) at 37 Tentmill Lane in the St. Charles at Olde Court apartment complex in Pikesville. BCoFD Engine 3 (Woodlawn career station) and Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Tower 323 arrived simultaneously, and Engine 3's officer reported heavy fire showing from a 3-story garden apartment complex with flames through the roof. Some residents were self-evacuating and firefighters made multiple rescues of other civilians from apartment balconies.Battalion Chief 2 (Chief Brown) requested a 2nd alarm followed quickly by a 3rd alarm. In temperatures under 10 degrees, firefighters battled the fire for more than 2 hours before it was brought under control. Three civilians were transported to area hospitals with non life-threatening injuries. The American Red Cross Chesapeake Region responded to assist with approximately 20 displaced residents.