At 1138 hrs. Station’s 1, 20, and 9 along with DES Paramedics 100 and 300 were alerted for a MVC with reported entrapment on Maryland Route 8 at Long Creek Road. As units were responding EMS 9-3 (Bossert) arrived and confirmed entrapment with one priority 1 patient and one priority 4 patient. Chief 1 (Schlotterbeck) arrived and established Route 8 command. Engine 91 established the LZ for Trooper 6. Engine 91’s crew extricated the priority 4 patient. Crews remained on scene to assist with the investigation of this crash. Other units on the scene included: MSP, MDTA Police, Q A Co. Sheriff’s Office, SHA, and an OCME Forensic Investigator.  Crews operated for nearly 3 hours. Photo's by F/F Will Clark.

At 1311 hours this date, Station 1 was alerted for an "alarm sounding" at the Food Lion on Thompson Creek road. Engine 14 arrived with Officer 103 (Schulz) as Food Lion command with 5 volunteers. Subsequent investigation discovered a slow water leak in the fire suppression system around the fire pump. Engine was placed available at 1345 hours.

At 0352 units from Station 1, Station 2, Anne Arundel Stations 19 and 23 were dispatched for a 3 vehicle MVC on the Eastbound span of the Bay Bridge involving a tractor-trailer that was now in the water. Chief 1 (Schlotterbeck) arrived and established Bay Bridge Command. Command assigned PM 100 to Triage. Two patients from a passenger vehicle on the bridge were extricated by Rescue 1 and Engine 26 and were medevaced by Troopers 6 and 2 to Shock Trauma, one pt was Category A/Priority1 and the other was Category C/Priority 2. The driver of the truck was located by divers from Anne Arundel County Fire Department and was transported to shore by KIVFD Fire Boat 1 as Priority 4. DES and MDE hazmat units responded to the scene to evaluate the fuel leak from the truck. The scene was under control at 0554 and all Queen Anne units cleared by 0804.  Photos by F/F Will Clark.

Station 1 and surrounding companies were alerted for an aircraft crash at the Bay Bridge Airport. Chief 7 (Crumpton) who had been on his way to the Firehouse Expo in Baltimore and was the first to arrive. A Cessna 172S had come to rest upside down on the embankment at the edge of the airport property. One occupant from the aircraft was transported for non life threating injuries. This is the fourth Alert III at the Bay Bridge Airport this year. Chief 10 (Thomas) held units from station one, Grasonville Engine 25 and Paramedic 100.

Shortly after 5 PM units from station 1 and surrounding departments were dispatched for a reported aircraft crash at the Bay Bridge Airport. Chief 1 (Schlotterbeck) arrived to find a Cessna Skyhawk off the side of the taxiway. Chief 1 established Bay Bridge Airport command and had all but station one units and Paramedic 100 go to level two staging. Station 1 EMS personnel checked the three occupants of the aircraft who all refused treatment. Crews from Engine 14 and Rescue 1 checked the aircraft for hazards. Crews operated less than 30 minutes before turning the scene over to the Maryland State Police. This is station 1's third aircraft incident this year. Click the headline for a link to video from Skyeye Chopper 13.

Station one units were dispatched to assist Anne Arundel County with a MVC on the Bay Bridge. Rescue 1 arrived just after Anne Arundel Engine 191. The crew from Rescue 1 and Chief 10 (Thomas) made quick work of extricating two patients from one of the vehicles. E-14 established and LZ on the eastbound bridge for MSP Trooper 2. One adult and one pediatric patient were flown to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Rescue 1, E-14, Ambulance 1, Chief 10, Queen Anne's County Paramedic 100, Anne Arundel County Engine 191, Ambulance 199, and Paramedic 17 all were on scene for approximately an hour.

Just before 5 PM on Sunday station 1 was alerted for a MVC with rollover. Units arrived to find a single vehicle on its roof in the median of Route 50. PM 100 requested aviation for the single patient. The crews of Rescue 1 and Chief 1 assisted PM 100 and EMS 2-2 with patient packaging. The sole occupant of the vehicle was flown to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore via Maryland State Police Trooper 6. Route 50 was closed in both directions while Trooper 6 landed on East Bound Route 50.

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Late Monday morning, Box 1-4 was dispatched for a working residential fire in the Bay City community of the Island. As units where en route, a large thick column of black smoke could be seen from as far away as the Kent Narrows. There are unconfirmed reports the smoke was seen as far away as the Rt. 213 & Rt. 301 overpass in Centreville. Units from Kent Island, Grasonville, Queenstown, United Communities, and QACo. EMS arrived to find an attached garage fully involved, with extension into the 3400 square foot home. The fire had also extended to a power boat which was parked in the driveway. After an aggressive attack, firefighters brought the fire under control within 20 minutes but the salvage, overhaul, and investigation efforts continued well into the afternoon. The final units cleared just after 1400 hrs. No firefighter injuries occurred while battling this large fire, but the home owner sustained minor burns while attempting to extinguish it prior to the arrival of the Fire Department units. He was treated at the scene but, refused transport. Lt. C. Winn (Ofc. 106) was the Incident Commander; Capt. B. Finck (Ofc. 104) assumed Division 2 and directed the interior operations. A job well done to everyone involved. The cause of the fire has been determined to be a malfunctioning battery charger, on a motorcycle, which was parked in the garage. Photos by Caine Cortellino of the Bay Times.

At 0608 hrs Station 1 was alerted for a working structure fire on Little Creek Rd. Officer 105 and Engine 14 arrived on location to find a camper fire with extension into a 2-story single family dwelling. Initial reports had the occupants trapped, but it was quickly determined that all occupants were out of the home and accounted for. Both occupants had suffered injuries and were transported to area hospitals by ground units and Trooper 6. Units from Grasonville, Queenstown, United Communities, DES and Anne Arundel County responded to fight this fire. Transfer units came from Cordova and Easton. Units were on scene approximately 3 hours.

A full hazmat assignment was dispatched for an reported aircraft crash. Chief 1 arrived to find a single engine aircraft into the field just East of the Bay Bridge Airport. The aircraft is a 2005 Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 Sierra. The pilot was able to walk away from the aircraft. Chief 1 (Schlotterbeck) established Bay Bridge Airport Command. Station 1 units and Units from Queen Anne's County DES ensured the well being of the pilot and made sure there was no hazard from the crash of the aircraft. The cause of the crash is under investigation by Maryland State Police and the Federal Aviation Administration.