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| 2004 Previous Months Incidents: January |
| Members |
Incidents
October 2004
Another
Fire in Howard County |
| October 31, 2004. At approximately 1200 on Sunday afternoon, Rescue Engine 49 was dispatched to a report of a townhouse on fire in Howard County. Upon arrival the crews from Howard County found nothing evident. However, during the investigation there was a strong odor of smoke coming from the building. The crews forced entry to the reporting townhouse to find it full of heavy smoke. Once the crews went to work they found a fire in the laundry room of the townhouse. Crews extinguished the fire quickly and were back in service within the hour. There were no reported injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation. |
Howard County Building Fire
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October 24, 2004. Early on Sunday night, Rescue Engine 49, from the Laurel Volunteer Rescue Squad was dispatched to Howard County for a building fire. Upon arrival of the first Engine company, it was discoverd that there was smoke showing from second floor of and end unit townhouse. Rescue Engine 49 arrived second on scene and secured the water supply for the first due engine. Rescue engine 49 then advanced an additional hand line into the building. Fortunately the fire was contained to the living room. Patients were transported from the scene for smoke inhalation after escaping from the building prior to arrival of emergency crews. The crew operated for less than an hour. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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One Trapped On Washington Blvd.
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On Friday the 15th of October, Rescue Engine 49, Rescue Squad 49 and Medic 49 responded to Washington Blvd. and Talbot Ave. for a personal injury crash. Rescue Squad 49 arrived on the scene and found one trapped on the passenger side. The rescue engine established command, requested a second medic unit due to the number of trauma patients and also a US Park Police helicopter. The rescue squad quickly extricated the patient and turned the patient over to medic 49. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Company 49 cleared in about 30 minutes.
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Apartment Fire on Muirkirk Road
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October 12, 2004. Early on Tuesday, the members from LVRS were dispatched to the report of smoke coming from the stove in an apartment. Initially dispatched as a down graded assignment, Rescue Engine 49 responded with Chief 49B. Upon arrival Rescue Engine 49 discovered smoke coming from the third floor. With Chief 49B in command, the assignment was then immediately upgraded to a box assignment and the request for a Working Fire Task Force was given to Public Safety Communications. Prior to the arrival of any other incoming units, the crew from the rescue engine advanced a line and had laddered the building. After searching the third floor, it was discovered the fire was in the walls of the second floor between the bathroom and kitchen. The quick response of the Rescue Engine crews to isolate and extinguish the fire prevented more serious damage. Crews operated on the fire ground for almost two hours. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. |
Bus
Crash in Laurel |
| October 12, 2004. Early in the afternoon, Rescue Squad 49 was dispatched to an MVA with report of a car into bus. Upon arrival it was discovered that there were multiple victims in the bus and the car. The crew on the Rescue Squad had to remove both of the passenger doors to safely access and package one of the victims in the car. Crews from Beltsville VFD and LVRS worked well together to rapidly package all of the patients and transport them to local area hospitals. |
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| October 11, 2004. After a lot of hard work and planning, construction has finally begun on the new garage for the LVRS Main Station. For years, the membership has maintained an additional small 'substation' across town. This building houses the Dive Team and affords us to have a storage area and a small classroom. We will soon be able to consolidate our vehicle fleet in one location and create more space for our members. Construction is planned to take approximately 120 days. |
Working
House Fire |
| October 11, 2004. Early on Monday morning, volunteers from the Laurel Volunteer Rescue Squad responded to a working house fire in West Laurel. Initially the Rescue Engine responded to the scene, even after Communications stated LVRS had no crews. Rescue Squad 49 and two ambulances were already on other calls from an earlier MVA. Rescue Squad 49 was requested to respond by command and an additional ambulance responded as dedicated BLS for the working fire dispatch. The fire was quickly under control and crews operated for a little over an hour. The cause fire is still under investigation. |
Saturday October 9th
Laurel Riverfest Photo: Irene Wagner |
| Fred Caron with a child at Riverfest. He was very carefully explaining the items on the Board to the child. Of course, the child had a million and one questions but that's okay.... |
Laurel High School Oktoberfest |
Fred Causey dressed up as Blazz the Clown. Blazz was teaching the children about kitchen safety and smoke alarms. |
Jessie Hurd helping visitors up into the unit. It was kind of quiet at the LHS Octoberfest so we ended up giving the kids--- and adults ---who where there rides around the infield---lights and sirens, too. |
