10/18, 5a: BAVFC crews worked this kitchen fire on South Fountain Green Rd early Sunday morning. Fire was quickly contained with smoke damage throughout. Damage estimates at $25,000. No injuries. RG Photo: Asst Chief Bill Snyder, BAVFC
Read More10/18, 5a: BAVFC crews worked this kitchen fire on South Fountain Green Rd early Sunday morning. Fire was quickly contained with smoke damage throughout. Damage estimates at $25,000. No injuries. RG Photo: Asst Chief Bill Snyder, BAVFC
Read More10/16, 0607hrs (alerted): BAVFC and multiple mutual aid crews worked this commercial building fire in the 100blk of Industry Lane in Forest Hill. First arriving units reported heavy smoke from the roof. The fire was placed under control in 1.5hrs and the cause is under investigation by the MSFMO. No…
Read MoreThis past Saturday at the BAVFC annex approximately 30 members from both Bel Air and Fallston spent the day with the team from Adapt and Overcome Training. The training was a combination of two courses; “Aggressive Ground Ladders” and “Residential Primary Search: Creating and Searching Survivable Space”. The first portion…
Read More8/27, 330p: BAVFC crews handled this auto fire with injury in the Greenridge 2 development Thursday afternoon. One male was airlifted to a regional trauma center for treatment of serious injuries. Photos: Greenridge Citizen
Read More8/28: This past Monday and Wednesday the BAVFC did some focused training at the “annex” in Forest Hill. Drill topics included ladder work, tower positioning and operation, and stabilization of side and inverted positioned vehicles. Over the next month several more training events are being scheduled. If you want to…
Read MoreBAVFC personnel spent their Sunday morning at the Annex in Forest Hill cleaning out old training vehicles and setting up for the next auto extrication training and prepped the inside for an upcoming search class coming in September. Finally they needed to make room for the next training prop which…
Read MoreThe BAVFC has taken their fire training to the next level with the construction of a fully furnished 12′ x 14′ second floor single bedroom complete with a full size window at the Forest Hill annex. It is the intent to use this room for what is known in the…
Read More6/13, 2245hrs: BAVFC crews along with Fallston, Joppa Magnolia, Kingsville and Abingdon volunteers worked this one alarm fire at the Hickory Court Apartments on Friday evening.The fire was contained to the laundry and storage area of the building. It took approx 20 min to place under control. There were no…
Read MoreThe BAVFC sent an engine, a tower, and two chiefs to assist the Abingdon Fire Company – MD at the scene of this townhouse fire on Swift Run Drive in Abingdon overnight. The engine worked the Delta exposure and the truck handled roof work. Photos: Nick Warren
Read MoreOn April 21st the BAVFC experienced a catastrophic failure of a device known as the Blitzfire; a portable master stream device, during a driver’s training session. The nozzle on the Blitzfire separated from the body before the valve was ever opened. At that point the entire body of the device,…
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