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1960

JANUARY

9th

Dwelling Fire / Route 543 North of Route 22 / alerted as a field fire / Eva Mar Farm / fully off on arrival / vacant / M. Purcell acting

14th

Building Fire / 321 George Street / shed / $50 damage / 50 gal / D. MacLean acting

20th

Dwelling Fire / Forge Hill Road / trailer / 1300 gal / $6,000 damage / B.Myers injured knee / D. MacLean acting

25th

Dwelling Fire / 120 South Lynbrook / kitchen & attic / $1,500damage / D. MacLean acting


31st

Apartment Fire / Chesnut Hill Road / creamery & store converted into 5 apartments – also used to be the Chesnut Hill Post Office / 36 people lived in this structure / owned by C. Walters / $40,000 damage / Co.3,6,7+9 at the scene / total loss / 4 hrs / B. Zimmerman acting


FEBRUARY

20th

Building Fire / Walter’s Farm / 25000 gal / barn / 6 hrs / Co.6 had 2 units at scene also / Donald Holmes burns neck & face / B. King acting

21st

Dwelling Fire / Route 543 @ Walters Mill / 2000 gal / B. Zimmerman acting


MARCH

17th

Dwelling Fire / Wheel Road at Route 543 / 400 gal / trailer / Co.4 also / B. King acting

26th

Dwelling Fire / Timber Lane / roof / 80 gal / Co.8 also / D. Woodward acting

APRIL

11th

Building Fire / barn / Route 924 at Sparr Builders Inc / 525 gal / King acting

12th

Building Fire / Route 543 near Youth Center / chicken house & brush / 500 gal / broke a pike pole / D. MacLean acting

18th

Mutual Aid Dwelling / Boyd & Brenagar Roads / Co.3 2E at scene / King acting

MAY

24th

Building Fire / shed / Robinson & Roland Avenue / 100 gal / M. Purcell acting

27th

Water Rescue / Copenhaver off Route 543 / drowned in a farm pond / Dead on arrival / D. MacLean acting

30th

Building Fire / Water Vale Road – Richardson Property / barn / 600 gal / 2 hrs / Co.7 also at scene / B. Zimmerman acting

JUNE

11th

1050 PI Rescue / Fulford Avenue & Main Street / 2 fatals / portopower used / J.Foard acting

JULY

6th

1050 PI Rescue / Route 1 near Ady / B.King acting

18th

Building Fire / Oakmount Road / 7000 gal / 5 hrs / Co.7 also at scene / D. MacLean acting

AUGUST

22nd

Mutual Aid Building / barn /  Route 165 north of Route 152 / 40000 gal / 4 hrs / Co.7,3,10,BC47 at scene / D. MacLean acting

SEPTEMBER

27th

Search Call / Ruffs Mill + Pennington Road / looking for Ricky Ruff

OCTOBER

13th

1050 PI / Route 22 near Tudor / 1 fatal / B. Zimmerman acting

26th

Dwelling Fire / Friendship Road / 800 gal / King acting

NOVEMBER

5th

Dwelling Fire with explosion / Route 543 & Route 22 / resident taken to Harford Memorial Hospital for severe burns / B. King acting

21st

Building Fire / barn / Kalmia Road & Forge Hill Road / Riley Property / Co.9 also at the scene / 1700 gal / B. King acting

23rd

Building Fire / barn / Vale Road near Red Pump / 3 hrs / “roof gave way throwing King, Thomas, Koontz and Kilby to the ground” / 600 gal / B.King acting

DECEMBER

3rd

Mutual Aid Dwelling / Old Forge Hill Road / Co.3 3E at scene / 1100 gal / total loss /B. King acting

3rd

Dwelling Fire/Fallston Road / fire in walls / Co.7 also / 200 gal / Zimmerman acting

7th

Mutual Aid Dwelling / Tucker Road / Co.3 2E at scene / 1300 gal / Zimmerman acting

14th

Dwelling Fire / Prospect Mill Road  /400 gal / heavy damage / B. King acting

16th

Mutual Aid Dwelling / Durham Road near Furnace / 1E / 800 gal / D. MacLean acting

18th

Building Fire / barn / Thomas Run Road / Gorrell Property / 6700 gal / 5 hrs / Co.1 & 4 also / D. MacLean acting

18th

Dwelling Fire / Thomas Run Road near Prospect Mill / 800 gal / Howe Res / D. MacLean acting

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