Shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday July 21, PVFC Tower 323 was alerted with other units for Fire Box 2-23, for a reported house fire on Deerfield Road. BCoFD Engine 2 (Pikesville career station) arrived on location reporting a two-story single family dwelling with fire showing from side delta. An attack line was advanced up to the second floor bedrooms where fire was located in the attic space. The crew from Tower 323 threw ladders and opened up for the engine crew, and worked with the crew from BCoFD Truck 18 (Randallstown career station) to ventilate the roof.  Firefighters from BCoFD Engine 3 (Woodlawn career station) and Engine 18 assisted with throwing additional ladders and checking for fire extension. The fire was knocked down within 15 minutes and crews remained on location for about an hour to finish overhaul. No injuries were reported.   BC 2 Engines 2, 19, 3, 18 Tower 323 Truck 18 M325 U329 EMS 5

On the afternoon of Sunday, July 20th, Pikesville VFC Squad 322 was dispatched with other Baltimore County westside units to a motor vehicle crash with reported entrapment on Winands Road at Kiwi Court in Randallstown.  BCoFD Engine 18 arrived reporting a two-vehicle MVA with no one trapped but requested two additional medic units and a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter.  Crews from Engine & Truck 18 assisted EMS crews (Medic 118, Medic 19, EMS 8) with patient triage and treatment, and PVFC Medic 325 responded as the third EMS unit, transporting one of the patients to an area hospital.  Medic 118 transported a Priority 1 patient to the medevac LZ @ Randallstown High School, where a waiting Trooper 1 flew the patient to Baltimore's Shock Trauma Center.

Shortly before 6 p.m. on Monday evening July 14, PVFC Tower 323 responded with other westside units to a reported dwelling fire in the 800 block of Silver Creek Road in the Milford Mill area. 

BCoFD Engine 3 (Woodlawn career station) was returning from a non-emergency medical alarm sounding when they were alerted for  Fire Box 2-19. Arriving first due, Engine 3 found a 1 1/2 story single family dwelling with a small fire on the exterior of the residence. The homeowner was apparently removing siding from the exterior of the home when he tried to remove some caulking with a heat gun and accidentally ignited the insulation and some rotting wood on fire.  Fire had extended into the upper walls of the home but aggressive actions by crews contained the fire to the bravo side of the home. 

Tower 323's crew assisted with opening up the first and second floors and remained on the scene with three engines for approximately 2 hours for extensive overhaul. No injuries were reported.

Fire Box 2-19:

BC-22, E-2, E-321, E-3, E-18, E-19, TOW-323, T-18  

Shortly before midnight July 14^th, units in central Baltimore County’s for a dwelling fire next to 1511 Malvern Avenue (Fire Box 14-18).  BCoFD Engine 14 (Brooklandville station) arrived with a well-involved attached garage with extension into the house.  Crews were notified that a resident could still be inside, and the fire-rescue assignment was added, bringing PVFC’s Squad 322 with 6 volunteers.  Upon arrival, command initially assigned the Squad crew to RIT.  After setting up the RIT equipment, the crew completed a walk-around of the building and threw additional ladders where needed.  Part of the crew was reassigned to work with Truck 1 opening up the roof, and another part of the crew was sent to work on Division 2 with Engines 11 and 307.  Once the fire was placed under control, the entire crew assisted with extensive overhaul prior to clearing around 0115 hours.  All searches were negative. Units Responding: BC11 E14 E307 E101 E11 T1 S303 S322 M14 EMS1 AU426 FID    

While other Pikesville units were on the scene of a dwelling fire in the Milford Mill area, PVFC Utility 329 responded to a rescue assignment (Box 2-13) at Old Court Rd. and Sudbrook Lane shortly before 7 p.m. 

BCoFD Medic 2 (Pikesville career station) and Car 601 (Dr. Pollack) arrived to find a Toyota 4Runner that had been struck by a large tree that had fallen across Old Court Road. Crews on scene found that the lone occupant was not trapped, although the SUV sustained significant damage, and the remainder of the assignment was placed in service. 

Utility 329’s crew assisted with patient care and packaging and Medic 2 transported the driver to a local trauma center. 
Units Responding: BC22 U329 E19 T18 S303 M2 EMS5 Car 601

At 4 a.m. Sunday, July 13^th, PVFC was alerted for a dwelling fire at 3615 Croydon Road (Box 3-2), reporting an upstairs bedroom on fire. 

BCoFD Engine 3 (Woodlawn career station) arrived with fire showing from the second floor and initiated an aggressive interior attack. Engines 331 (Woodlawn volunteers), 18 (Randallstown career), 2 (Pikesville career) and Tower 323 all arrived shortly after. The Tower crew began laddering the building, conducting a primary search, and opening up for Engine 3’s crew. Squad 322 arrived and assisted with scene lighting, while Engine 321 was canceled enroute. 

The fire was quickly contained to a front bedroom with some extension to the upstairs hallway, and the assignment was scaled back, holding Engine 3 and Tower 323. The remaining crews went in service shortly after 0500 hours.    Units Responding: E3 E331 E2 E321 E18 TOW323 S322 BC2

Friday night July 12th found PVFC Company 32 firefighters working with other crews from across Baltimore County and the region battling a 4-alarm warehouse fire in Woodlawn.  

Squad 322 was dispatched with other units on the call at 9:22 p.m. for a reported building fire at 6730 Whitestone Road.  Utility 333 (Woodlawn volunteers) arrived first and reported heavy smoke and fire showing from a large 1-story warehouse.  Baltimore County Fire Dept. Engine 3 arrived, with Captain Goodwin assuming command and reporting heavy fire through the roof of the building, which housed Concrete Business and Restoration.

The Squad crew attempted to open up the bay doors with a partner saw and provide scene lighting while engine crews laid lines and Truck 13's crew raised the aerial, but deterioriating conditions forced firefighters to retreat as command requested a second alarm, bringing PVFC Tower 323 to the scene.

Multiple propane tank explosions, incuding one that sent debris flying over exposures and into the windshield of Engine 311 (Owings Mills VFC) and heavy fire conditions forced command to order exterior operations and   crews to reposition apparatus away from the building. After heavy fire conditions forced command to abandon 2 of 3 ladder pipes, Tower 323, was utilized above the fire building for fire supression with the monitor pipe and aerial reconissance, with the crew operating for several hours. 

As fire continued to burn in the building and exposures, command requested a 4th Alarm, bringing PVFC Engine 321 (assigned to staging) and other units to the scene. 

Multiple mutual aid was utilized on the scene, including BWI Tower 43, and Baltimore City Engine 55 and Truck 16, as well as for transfers (Carroll and Howard county apparatus) across Baltimore County.  The fire was placed under control at 2:32 a.m. 

PVFC wishes a speedy recovery to the two firefighters who sustained minor injuries during the fire.

On Thursday night June 26, PVFC and Baltimore County Fire Dept. Engine 2 were alerted for a reported auto accident with entrapment at Park Heights Avenue and Slade Avenue. Engine 2 arrived at the incident in the 7100 block of Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore City, with BCFD units on the scene of a two-vehicle MVA with 1 overturned car. BCFD Engine 45, Truck 27 and Medic 17 were on the scene, and PVFC Medic 325 transported a second patient.

Just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday June 26, PVFC Squad 322 was alerted for a 10-50 PI rescue on Garrison Forest Road near Greenspring Valley Road (19-4 box). BCoFD Engine 19 had been alerted earlier for a reported accident with a vehicle smoking, and Medic 19 was soon added when another caller to 911 reported a person was injured. The call was then upgraded to a rescue box, and Engine 19 arrived to find a BMW convertible had struck a tree head-on, with the driver trapped. Crews from Squad 322 and BCoFD Truck 18 used Holmatro cutters to remove the car's roof and extricate the patient. Command requested a Maryland State Police helicopter for medevac and MSP Trooper 1 landed at the Green Spring Valley Country Club golf course, with BCoFD Engine 2 handling the landing zone. The male patient was flown as a Priority 1 patient to Baltimore's Shock Trauma Center. For video of this incident, click on the link below.

On Sunday afternoon, June 22, PVFC Squad 322 responded with BCoFD units to a reported vehicle into a house on Stevenson Road in Pikesville. Engine 2 (Pikesville career) and the Squad arrived simultaneously to find a Ford Explorer that had jumped the curb, run over a mailbox, and drove into the side of a house, trapping the female driver and causing a significant amount of damage to the structure in the area of the garage. Witnesses reported the driver was attempting to pick up merchandise from a yard sale at the house when the crash occurred. Crews had to use saws to remove several trees that were obstructing the rescue effort before extricating the patient,who was transported via Medic 2 to an area hospital.

Congratulations are in order for two veteran Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company members now serving in executive-level positions with the Maryland State Firemen's Association. Roger Powell was elected First Vice President of the MSFA at last week's annual convention in Ocean City, and Stu Carter was appointed as Vice Chairman to the MSFA Executive Board.

Saturday afternoon kept the westside companies fairly busy. With BCoFD Engine 2 and Engine 41 (from Station 18) running a fully-involved auto fire on the Beltway, and Engine 3 handling a pediatric flyout, Engine 321 was alerted to Clifmar Road and Church Lane (Box 18-17) for the auto fire. Engine 321 arrived to find fire in the engine compartment with extension into the passenger area. The crew pulled an 1-1/2" bumper line to handle the fire, and extinguished it three minutes after arriving.