Firefighter Mark Falkenhan was overcome in flashover conditions on the third floor at a 4 alarm fire in Baltimore County. He was rescued by fellow firefighters and died at the hospital. Firefighters rescued two occupants during the fire. Mark Falkenhan was a firefighter, a paramedic, a husband, and a father.
Read More »Video: Towson 2 Alarm Fire at Chiropractic Office
TOWSON, Md. -- Baltimore County fire crews battled a two-alarm fire that destroyed a chiropractic office in the heart of the Towson business district.Firefighters responded just after 2 a.m. Tuesday to a fire at Adolph and Kalkstein Chiropractic on the second floor of a building at 28 W. Pennsylvania Ave.The fire was brought under control just before 3 a.m.
Read More »Plenty of Fire to go Around…Check out these recent videos of Fires around the US including New York City, Prince George's County, Boston, West Virginia, California
Here are a pile of great videos from the past several days. The fires span the US from New York, Pennsylvania, California, West Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
Read More »Videos: Anne Arundel County Firefighters Pumping Contests and Battle of the Bucketcirca 1960′s
Here are some flashbacks from back in the day…or so I have read about it! Battle of the Buckets circa 1960 Fire Engine Pumping Contest in 1959 Fire Engine Pumping Contest from 1960 Fire Engine Pumping Contest from 1961 1964 ...
Read More »Monday Morning Shoutout – PGFD PIO Blog
This week's Monday Morning Shoutout goes to the PGFD PIO Blog. Mark Brady is the PIO for Prince George's County Fire Department in Maryland. His job, in my eyes, is one of the most difficult FD PIO jobs in the Nation. Why the most difficult? In my eyes because of the sheer size of the County, number of departments, it being a combination department, as well as many of the news stories and scandals that have occurred there.
Read More »Gaithersburg Firefighter Injured – House Fire on Video
Montgomery County, MD Firefighters battled a fire on Chelsey Knoll Terrace. The fire was caught on video although the injury was not. The youtube video states: A firefighter from the Gaithersburg -Washington Grove V.F.D. received first & second degree burns ...
Read More »Video – Fully Involved in Baltimore County
One thing I noted on this fire that was kind of odd was how the deck gun on the engine was producing a terrible stream and nobody fixed it. The nozzle can be seen at 1:15 into the video and ...
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