Incidents

May 2004

Evening Kitchen Fire

On Saturday May 29th 2004, Rescue Squad 49, C49B (Globerman) and C49 (Morgan) responded to 7691 East Arbory Ct. for a reported kitchen fire. First units on the scene found a two-story row home with fire in the kitchen. C49B (Globerman) had Interior. Rescue Squad 49 conducted a primary and secondary search of the building, ventilation and utility control. The cause of the fire was improper attention to food left cooking on the stove. No injuries we reported and the units from 49 cleared in 60 minutes.

Another rollover with one trapped!

Early on the evening of Monday, May 24th LVRS was dispatched to another rollover with people trapped on Route 197. Rescue Squad 49 and Ambulance A499 arrived on the scene and confirmed there was one person trapped. The crews immediately went to work and had to crawl inside the vehicle to access the patient. The crew from Squad 49 made quick work of extricating the patient by removing the driver's side of the car. Upon removal and packaging of the patient, transport was made by Trooper 8.

Rollover on 197

After completing Saturday morning drills with Rescue Engine 49, members from LVRS responded to two back-to-back MVAs again. After being dispatched to call on Baltimore Avenue with nothing found, units were rerouted to 197 where multiple vehicle crash occurred. With multiple patients from all the vehicles, crews for Squad 49, Rescue Engine 49, Ambulance 496 and LVFD Engine 103 made quick work of packaging and treating the patients. Two patients from the rollover were transported via Trooper 8.

Overturned with report of one trapped.

Early in the morning in May 21, 2004, units from LVRS responded to the report of one trapped in an overturned car on Baltimore Avenue. Upon arrival Squad 49 found that the patient had been removed from the car that ended up in a 7-11 parking lot. The ambulance from LVRS transported one patient.

Saturday with 49

Roof fire on Talbot Avenue. Rescue Squad 49 was dispatched to a reported roof on fire on Saturday. Upon arrival there was smoke showing from the roof line of a split-level single family home. With E101 and Squad 49, crews forced entry and searched the house. Further investigation found a small fire on the roof around a fan motor. Thanks to some very observant neighbors damage to the house was minimal.

One overturned and trapped. While cleaning up from the roof fire, Squad 49 was dispatched to single motor vehicle crash with one patient still in the overturned car and trapped. Upon arriving on the scene crew from Squad 49 had to cut through several trees with chainsaws to gain access to the vehicle. After clearing room around the vehicle, Squad 49 had to extricate the patient from the car. The roof had collapsed trapping the patient in the car. Transport was by Trooper 8.

Afternoon South Laurel Building Fire

On May 10th, 2004, a downgrade assignment was dispatched for 11711 South Laurel drive for a report of a stove on fire. Units arrived on the scene and found that in addition to the stove being on fire, the entire unit was fully involved. The balance of the box assignment was filled and Rescue Engine 49 began primary searches in the fire building while units from Maryland City, Bowie, Greenbelt and Beltsville extinguished the fire. One fire fighter was transported for heat exhaustion. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Rescue Engine 49 cleared the scene in about 2 hours.

Annual Main Street Festival

The City of Laurel held its Annual Main Street Festival on Saturday May 8th, 2004 ---

Montpelier Festival

Sunday May 2nd, 2004 --- click here for more pictures