Fires

Clancy, Dixon win top firefighter, fire officer awards

2012-05-15 12:03:00

Among numerous Howard County firefighters and paramedics honored earlier this month were a firefighter who played a particularly valuable role during last year's tropical storm flooding and a battalion chief known for making his fellow firefighters better...

Firefighters battle blaze at P.G. Co. car dealership

2012-05-13 09:53:00

Prince George's County firefighters were battling a three-alarm blaze at a car dealership early Sunday afternoon. County fire department spokesman Mark Brady said firefighters were called to a Pontiac dealership on Auth Way in Marlow Heights late...

Harford looks for more involvement with volunteer fire services

2012-05-13 12:42:00

Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie noticed a bit of smoke in his home on a recent morning and immediately called 9-1-1. The Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. arrived within minutes and doused a fire that had begun in mulch on the side of the house, he...

City spending board approves $340,000 in settlements

2012-05-09 09:29:00

Baltimore's spending board approved Wednesday three settlements totaling $340,000 in claims made against the city, including a civil suit stemming from a 2007 accident in which a fire truck collided with a car, leaving three people dead. The five...

Canton fire shows gaps in information for responders

2012-05-06 17:10:00

Dispatched to a one-story brick warehouse in flames on Baylis Street in Canton last month, firefighters did not know it contained 8,000 gallons of corrosive chemicals. But not because it wasn't known to the Baltimore City Fire Department. Its hazardous...

Questions about Canton fire revealed gaps in firefighting information

2012-05-07 10:56:00

When a fire broke out at a Canton warehouse April 22 and firefighters confirmed there were dangerous chemicals inside the building, it spawned some basic questions for reporters. What sorts of chemicals were present, and what risks do they pose? Did they...

Harford executive creates fire and EMS panel by order

2012-05-08 15:21:19

Harford County Executive David Craig signed an executive order Tuesday afternoon creating the public safety commission that he failed to get established through negotiations with fire and emergency medical services officials and a skeptical Harford County...

City settles civil suits, one involving deaths in fire truck accident

2012-05-08 16:07:38

Baltimore's spending board is scheduled to vote Wednesday to settle three claims made against the city, including a civil suit stemming from a 2007 accident in which a fire truck collided with a car, leaving three people dead. Relatives of victims in the...

Union: Fire co. set to close played key role in saving 3 children

2012-05-06 15:33:00

A fire company slated for closure played a key role in rescuing three children caught in a Sunday morning blaze in West Baltimore, the fire union said. Truck 10, one of three companies the department is planning to disband, was among the first to respond...

Fire damages Columbia apartment on Saturday afternoon

2012-05-05 14:50:00

Howard County firefighters took 15 minutes to extinguish a fire in a garden-style apartment in Columbia on Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. The fire was reported about 12:40 p.m. in a third story apartment in the 6000 block of Majors Lane....

Lutherville: Gold Award project will get girls moving toward health

2012-04-27 08:38:00

Boy Scouts have the Eagle, and for Girl Scouts, the Gold Award is the highest honor. Similar to the Eagle, the Gold Award requires the Scout to perform a service project. Payton Russo, a junior at Dulaney High School, has created an innovative Gold Award...

50 years ago: Work on bridge over Susquehanna for I-95 symbolically begun

2012-05-02 00:00:00

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 3, 1962: Construction finally got underway on the Harford County side of the Susquehanna River on the Northeastern Expressway bridge across the river north of Havre de Grace. Gov. J. Millard...

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Fire Chief Brian Cummings at a March 13 news conference to discuss response times.

2012-05-14 21:44:00

The fire at the Sears loading dock damaged some of the merchandise at the dock. No one was injured in the fire, which is still being investigated.

2012-05-07 10:25:57

Two children escaped their burning apartment, lost a family pet in the fire. Cheryl Townsend told firefighters that she was at work when the fire broke out.

2012-05-04 06:17:00