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1978

BAVFC Activity History

January

9thDwelling Fire / 110 Cresent Drive / $15,000 damage / snow + windy / D. MacLean acting
20thRescue / Fox Bow Drive / child with reinforcing rod in leg / used hacksaw

February

8thFuel Spill / 501 North Main Street - Creswell Fuel Company / very cold / Cos. 4,5,6,8,9,10 at location / gasoline leak from tanks / 20,000 gallons
9thMutual Aid Dwelling / 1803 Heims Lane - Box 821 / 3 fatals / Demski twists knee / 600 gallons / T. Harrington acting
16thMutual Aid Dwelling / 3865 Norrisville Road - Box 701 / 3000 gallons / 2E / 2 alarms / T. Harrington acting
18thMutual Aid Dwelling / 1903 Angelside Drive - Box 1303 / Co.3 1E + T / dryer fire / T. Harrington acting
21stDwelling Fire / 704 Shamrock Road / 100 gallons / $3,000 damage / T. Harrington acting
28thDwelling Fire / 2727 Chestnut Hill Road / 450 gallons / $10,000 damage / E912 also / D. MacLean acting

March

12th1050 PI / Bel Air Road near Broadview / fatal / D. MacLean acting
12th1050 PI Rescue / Emmorton Road and Bright Oaks Drive / spreaders used / D. Houck acting
13thBuilding Fire / 2524 Ady Road / large shed totaled / 500 gallons / $500 damage / Co.9 2E / D.MacLean acting
31stDwelling Fire / 2416 Ady Road / vacant / saved / E912 also / D.MacLean acting

April

8thMultiple Field fires/ very dry
9thBuilding Fire / 1700 Thomas Run Road / shed / on the ground / E111 also / C. Jacobson acting
14thBrush Fire / behind Bel Air Barracks / 1.5 acres / 2000 gallons / B841 also / D. Vaughn acting
17thMutual Aid Dwelling / 303 Reckord Road / 2 alarms / Co.3 3E + Air / large trailer / D. Vaughn acting
18thMultiple Field fires/ very dry

May

8thMutual Aid Dwelling / 413 Timber Lane / Co.3 engine 1st in / 50 gallons / bedroom / D. MacLean acting
14thBuilding Fire / 728 Bel Air Road - Bel Air Commercial Paint / $3,000 damage / 300 gallons / E1311 & E811 also / D. MacLean acting
23rdBuilding Fire / 2245 Conowingo Road / pump shed house / $300 damage / Co.9 & 7 also / D. MacLean acting
24thDwelling Fire / 1845 Kalmia Road / 2 alarms / $40,000 damage / 7500 gallons / 4 hours / Co.9 & 1 also / 3.5 hours / D. MacLean acting

June

12thMutual Aid Dwelling / Old Joppa and Old Mountain Road - Box 831 / Co.3 2E / hot day / 2 alarms / D. MacLean acting
22ndBuilding Fire / Park Road near Hess Road - Box 1309 / 2 alarms / barn / Co.3 2E / 3 hours / D. Houck acting
26thBuilding Fire / Thomas Run and Kalmia Road / no access to barn / owner advised to let it burn / Barrows Property / E912 also / T. Harrington acting

July

28thDwelling Fire w/explosion / 206 Princeton Lane / $65,000 damage / 2 alarms / called when 2nd house fire was reported next door / Co.13,4,7,9 also / D. MacLean acting

September

1stMutual Aid Dwelling / 4118 Overlook Drive - Box 708 / 2E / 2 alarms / D. MacLean acting
12thMutual Aid Dwelling / Harford Creamery Road - Box 708 / Co.3 2E / 2 alarms / D. Houck acting
21stMutual Aid Apartment / 1722 Melwood Court - Box 806HR / Co.3 1E + T / 3 hours / D. MacLean acting
23rd1050 PI Rescue / Churchville Road and Tudor Lane / com a long used / D. MacLean
29thDwelling Fire / 2757 Forge Hill Road / $10,000 damage / total loss / 7800 gallons / E912 also / D. Houck acting

October

11thCorn Dryer Fire / 218 East Jarrettsville Road / D. Sheets hurt back / Blevins twisted back / $8,000 damage / D. MacLean acting
15thBuilding Fire / Route 23 and 24 - Vaughn Barn / $900 damage / 1200 gallons / Co.7 and 9 also / D. Maclean acting
22ndMutual Aid Apartment / 834 Mount Vernon Court - Box 806 / 2 alarms / Co.3 1E + T / 4 hours / 5000 gallons from T331 / C. Jacobson acting
24thMutual Aid Dwelling / 3615 Advocate Hill Drive - Box 703 / 3E / 2 alarms / M. Kulis acting
27thRescue / Child struck in corn bin / DOA / E. Watkins acting

November

5thDwelling Fire / 900 Milroy Terrace / 2000 gallons / $15,000 damage / M. Demski,J. Kelly hurt their fingers / D. Houck acting
6thMutual Aid Building / 3430 Jarrettsville Pike - Box 717 / barn / Co.3 2E / T. Harrington acting
9thApartment Fire / 310 North Main Street / upstairs apartment / 50 gallons / D. MacLean acting
10thMutual Aid Building / Guyton Road and Reckord - Box 1303 / Co.3 4E + T / 2 hours / T. Harrington acting
25thDwelling Fire / 2109 Parsons Lane / Box 343 / $7,000 damage / 2000 gallons / Co.13 & 8 also / D. MacLean acting

December

2ndBuilding Fire / 523 South Fountain Green Road / barn / totaled / 15000 gallons / 3.5 hours / E111 also / C. Jacobson acting
10thDwelling Fire / 2016 Kalmia Road / 400 gallons / $4,000 damage / E912 also / C. Jacobson acting
21stMutual Aid Building / Sharon Road - Box 725 / barn / Co.3 2E + A / 3 hours / cold / D. Houck acting
23rdDwelling Fire / 601 Evergreen Drive / 600 gallons / $35,000 damage / E912 also / D. MacLean acting
27thMutual Aid Dwelling / 2915 Nelson Lane / 3000 gallons / Co.3 1E / E. Hopkins fell through floor and got nail in thigh taken to FGH / D. MacLean acting

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