Occupants Accounted For in Urbana Townhouse Fire
Heavy smoke and fire marked a townhouse fire in Urbana that prompted rapid-intervention and fire-task-force requests. The dispatch to the 3600 block of Singleton Terrace began at 11:21 a.m., and Frederick ECC reported at 11:22 a.m. that it was receiving numerous calls. Tiller Truck 23 reached the 3-story townhouse at 11:24 a.m. and found heavy smoke showing. At 11:25 a.m., the unit reported heavy fire on Side Charlie with impingement to adjacent units. The occupants were accounted for.
Chief 23 requested the Rapid Intervention Dispatch at 11:23 a.m. and a Fire Task Force at 11:26 a.m., when Tiller Truck 23 established command. Chief 23 assumed command at 11:29 a.m. as Engine 231 worked to extinguish the fire. Engine 231 reported at 11:33 a.m. that the bulk of the fire on Side Charlie had been knocked down, and SAF901 confirmed at 11:37 a.m. that the adjacent units were clear of occupants. At 11:50 a.m., Chief 23 asked that Potomac Edison be notified to secure the meters. The fire was mostly extinguished at 11:57 a.m., with personnel continuing to hit hot spots, rotate through rehabilitation and await the Fire Marshal.
A wide search near Walkersville ended with confirmation that an aircraft had landed safely. Responders were dispatched at 12:07 p.m. to Fountain Rock Road and Retreat Road for a reported small-aircraft accident. FMBC900 requested a Trooper helicopter to search the rural area and its unharvested cornfields, then established command on Retreat Road. Engine 162, Utility 11, Ambulance 247 and ALS29 headed toward Water Street Road and Harp Road. Engine 111 checked farm fields along Stauffer Road and Crum Road. At 12:18 p.m., Frederick ECC advised that the aircraft had lost frequency and landed safely at Carroll County airport. All units went in service.
A barn-fire dispatch at 2:46 p.m. sent responders to the 10000 block of Clemsonville Road, where Engine 172 found smoke evident from a silo and Chief 17 established command. Smoke was coming from the top and a pipe along the side, but Engine 172 reported no excessive heat from a thermal imager. BC903 requested Carroll County’s Silo Response Team, while Chief 17 established a collapse zone and ordered defensive operations only. The farmer reported that the silo had not been used in quite some time and was believed to be mostly empty. Engine 172 extinguished what personnel could reach from the ground. At 3:30 p.m., Tower 11 reported that the hatch on top of the silo was open and prepared to flow water from above. Chief 17 switched to Class-A foam at 3:43 p.m. to suppress the fire using Tower 11.
At Sugarloaf Mountain Park, responders safely extracted a patient from the woods after a mountain-rescue assignment began at 3:00 p.m. MCPE729 established command at the base of the mountain and joined the A239 crew in locating the patient near the East View parking lot. Contact was made at 3:16 p.m., and the patient was categorized with non-life-threatening injuries. The extraction was completed safely at 3:25 p.m., after which EMS evaluated the patient. M239 transported the patient to Suburban Hospital at 3:30 p.m.
A crash on US-15 at Welty Road near Emmitsburg closed the northbound lanes after a vehicle crossed the median. The response began at 3:45 p.m., and A69 found a single vehicle in the roadway at 3:50 p.m. Tower 6 reported at 3:56 p.m. that the vehicle had been traveling southbound before crossing the median and stopping in the northbound lanes. A69 and a medic from Paramedic Engine 102 evaluated a patient. US-15 northbound was shut down because of vehicle fluids in the travel lanes, and one northbound lane reopened at 4:07 p.m.
A pediatric patient with serious injuries was transported to Johns Hopkins after a reported pedestrian collision in the 1400 block of Key Parkway at Hunters Glen. The call was dispatched at 5:11 p.m. Battalion Chief 903, A18 and RE74 were evaluating the patient at 5:17 p.m. M18 began the transport at 5:26 p.m.
In Monrovia, Fire and Rescue personnel staged away from a reported stabbing in the 4400 block of Landsdale Parkway while awaiting an all-clear from FCSO. Frederick ECC advised the units at 10:19 p.m. to proceed to the scene, where they investigated a possible self-inflicted wound. PE251 held A239 and PE251 at the scene to evaluate the patient while the other responding units went in service. A239 transported a patient with non-life-threatening injuries to the hospital at 10:32 p.m.
Heavy smoke and fire marked a townhouse fire in Urbana that prompted rapid-intervention and fire-task-force requests. The dispatch to the 3600 block of Singleton Terrace began at 11:21 a.m., and Frederick ECC reported at 11:22 a.m. that it was receiving numerous calls. Tiller Truck 23 reached the 3-story townhouse at 11:24 a.m. and found heavy smoke showing. At 11:25 a.m., the unit reported heavy fire on Side Charlie with impingement to adjacent units. The occupants were accounted for.
Chief 23 requested the Rapid Intervention Dispatch at 11:23 a.m. and a Fire Task Force at 11:26 a.m., when Tiller Truck 23 established command. Chief 23 assumed command at 11:29 a.m. as Engine 231 worked to extinguish the fire. Engine 231 reported at 11:33 a.m. that the bulk of the fire on Side Charlie had been knocked down, and SAF901 confirmed at 11:37 a.m. that the adjacent units were clear of occupants. At 11:50 a.m., Chief 23 asked that Potomac Edison be notified to secure the meters. The fire was mostly extinguished at 11:57 a.m., with personnel continuing to hit hot spots, rotate through rehabilitation and await the Fire Marshal.
A wide search near Walkersville ended with confirmation that an aircraft had landed safely. Responders were dispatched at 12:07 p.m. to Fountain Rock Road and Retreat Road for a reported small-aircraft accident. FMBC900 requested a Trooper helicopter to search the rural area and its unharvested cornfields, then established command on Retreat Road. Engine 162, Utility 11, Ambulance 247 and ALS29 headed toward Water Street Road and Harp Road. Engine 111 checked farm fields along Stauffer Road and Crum Road. At 12:18 p.m., Frederick ECC advised that the aircraft had lost frequency and landed safely at Carroll County airport. All units went in service.
A barn-fire dispatch at 2:46 p.m. sent responders to the 10000 block of Clemsonville Road, where Engine 172 found smoke evident from a silo and Chief 17 established command. Smoke was coming from the top and a pipe along the side, but Engine 172 reported no excessive heat from a thermal imager. BC903 requested Carroll County’s Silo Response Team, while Chief 17 established a collapse zone and ordered defensive operations only. The farmer reported that the silo had not been used in quite some time and was believed to be mostly empty. Engine 172 extinguished what personnel could reach from the ground. At 3:30 p.m., Tower 11 reported that the hatch on top of the silo was open and prepared to flow water from above. Chief 17 switched to Class-A foam at 3:43 p.m. to suppress the fire using Tower 11.
At Sugarloaf Mountain Park, responders safely extracted a patient from the woods after a mountain-rescue assignment began at 3:00 p.m. MCPE729 established command at the base of the mountain and joined the A239 crew in locating the patient near the East View parking lot. Contact was made at 3:16 p.m., and the patient was categorized with non-life-threatening injuries. The extraction was completed safely at 3:25 p.m., after which EMS evaluated the patient. M239 transported the patient to Suburban Hospital at 3:30 p.m.
A crash on US-15 at Welty Road near Emmitsburg closed the northbound lanes after a vehicle crossed the median. The response began at 3:45 p.m., and A69 found a single vehicle in the roadway at 3:50 p.m. Tower 6 reported at 3:56 p.m. that the vehicle had been traveling southbound before crossing the median and stopping in the northbound lanes. A69 and a medic from Paramedic Engine 102 evaluated a patient. US-15 northbound was shut down because of vehicle fluids in the travel lanes, and one northbound lane reopened at 4:07 p.m.
A pediatric patient with serious injuries was transported to Johns Hopkins after a reported pedestrian collision in the 1400 block of Key Parkway at Hunters Glen. The call was dispatched at 5:11 p.m. Battalion Chief 903, A18 and RE74 were evaluating the patient at 5:17 p.m. M18 began the transport at 5:26 p.m.
In Monrovia, Fire and Rescue personnel staged away from a reported stabbing in the 4400 block of Landsdale Parkway while awaiting an all-clear from FCSO. Frederick ECC advised the units at 10:19 p.m. to proceed to the scene, where they investigated a possible self-inflicted wound. PE251 held A239 and PE251 at the scene to evaluate the patient while the other responding units went in service. A239 transported a patient with non-life-threatening injuries to the hospital at 10:32 p.m.
