Monday, December 5, 2011 the Savage Volunteer Fire Company held it's annual election. Below are the officers for 2012.

2012 Operational Officers

Chief- Ron Hunley
Assistant Chief- David Hunley
Deputy Chief- Kevin Larkins Sr.
Captain- Jeff Hatton
Captain- Kevin Larkins Jr.
Lieutenant- Sean McGill
Lieutenant- Pat Dreer
Lieutenant- Matt Lisle
Chaplain- Paul Epstein

2012 Administrative Officers

President- Michael Hitt
Vice President- TBD
Treasurer- Alan Conway
Secretary- Charisa Carkhuff
Board Member- Michael Wilkerson
Board Member- TBD

Please congratulate these members as they venture into their new roles beginning January 1, 2012.

Santa will be making his Christmas rides through the neighborhood of Savage bringing joy and happiness to children and adults in our community. The Savage Volunteer Fire Company is proud to escort Santa on his rides through your neighborhood & will be tossing out candy canes to all the good girls & boys.  

Saturday December 17th:
-Gatewood Trailer Park, Maple Village Park, Wye Avenue, Cedar Avenue, Lincoln Drive, Mission Place, Pleasant Chase

Sunday December 18th:
-Oakland Mills Road, Ridgeview Drive, Glenn Oaks Lane, Oakhurst Drive, Twilight Court, Sterlingbridge Drive, Hingston Downs, Lambeth Court, 12 Sons Court, Mission Road: Redondo Way, Concourd Drive, Carrol Heights Avenue

Monday December 19th:
-Vollmerhausen Road (West of Savage-Guilford), Skylark Blvd

Tuesday December 20th:
-Gorman Road to 95, Knight Bridge, Eternal Rings Drive, Vintage Earth Path, Stone Lake, Stephens Road

Wednesday December 21st:
-Country Meadows, Whiskey Bottom Nort, Kings Post Court, North Gate Road, Kings Grant Road, Promise Court

Thursday December 22nd:
-Whiskey Bottom South, Old Lantern, Barrel House, Covered Wagon, Whiskey Run, Canterbury Riding

Friday December 23rd:
-Midway Trailer Park, North Laurel Road (Rt 1 side), Baltimore Avenue, Sewell Avenue

Saturday December 24th:
-Town of Savage, Vollmerhausen Road, Mary Lane, Guilford Road (from Vollmerhausen to Rt 1)

We wish everyone a safe and holiday season!
 

*There is no guarantee that Santa will be able to make it down every street on the scheduled day due to emergency calls, weather, and the size of apparatus that Santa will be riding on.   Happy Holidays!

Briefly after 10pm on Tuesday evening, units from Station 6 were alerted for a vehicle fire after a motor vehicle collision.  Prior to HCDFRS arrival, one patient was pulled from the car by the police department.  Engine 61 arrived on location to a vehicle fire which was quickly extinguished.  Paramedic 65, EMS 1, and PG Ambulance 849 were also called to the scene to deal with the two patients on location.  After patient packaging, both individuals were transported priority two to Shock Trauma.

In the evening of October 6th, units from Station 6 were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on Route 32 at Dorsey Run Road.  Units arrived on location to find a car into a guardrail, in which the patient was transported priority 2 to Shock Trauma.

Its with great sadness we annouce the death of Asheville, North Carolina Captain Jeffrey Bowen of Rescue Company 3.  37 year old Captain Bowen was fatally injured while doing work on the 5th floor of a Medical Arts Building that was reported to be on fire at approximately 1 P.M. today.  He was a 13 year veteren of the fire service and leaves behind a wife and three kids.  Rest Easy Brother.

At 10:15pm, a fire was reported across the street from the Route 1 Flea Market at Central Transport, a trucking facility at 7471 Washington Blvd in Elkridge. When units from Howard County arrived on location, they discovered a trailer ablaze with that extension to a nearby building. The fire took approximately 45 minutes to be completely under control. During the incident, Route 1 was shut down for approximately 30 minutes.

Chief 6, Utility 6A, Truck 6 responded on the incident from Savage to assist with the fire attack in additional to other apparatus from Howard, Anne Arundel, and Baltimore County. Approximately 30 employees who had been working in the building escaped before rescue teams got to the scene. There were no injuries as a result of the incident, either with firefighters or civilians. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Units from Station 6 & Station 9 were dispatched to a call at 12:51pm at Assateague Drive @ 175 EB.  HCDFRS personnel arrived on scene to discover a vehicle versus motorcycle in the median of Route 1 south of 175 with one patient.  The patient was transported priority 2E to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.

After a busy weekend crews were alerted for a auto accident with entrapment at Route 175 and Dorsey Run Road.  Units arrived to find a mini van into the rear of a tractor trailer with the driver trapped.  The crew from Rescue Engine 62 extracted the priority one patient in less then 15 minutes.  The patient was transported priority one to Shock Trauma.

A call came into the dispatch center early this morning at 1:36am at 10051 North Second Street for reports of a trailer on fire. Rescue Engine 62 was first arriving engine who encountered a single wide trailer fully involved with slight extension to a midway trailer. It took less than 30 minutes to contain the fire, which resulted in no injuries to civilians or firefighters. Rescue Engine 62, Paramedic 66, Brush 68, and Chief 6 responded on the incident in addition to other units from Howard County and mutual aid from Prince George’s and Anne Arundel County.

Late Friday evening at 11:45 p.m., firefighters from Howard and Prince George’s Counties were dispatched to a fire reported on the balcony of an apartment complex on 8919 River Island Drive. Units from Station 6 (P66, A65, E62, T6, CF6, CF6A, CF6B) were first on scene, who uncovered a small fire on the third floor balcony with extension to the outside area, eves, and roof of that apartment. Crews on location laddered the building and opening up the ceiling in the fire room, as well as ventilating the roof. Within 20 minutes, the fire was under control. No injuries were reported to civilians or fire department personnel, however, three families were displaced from their apartments due to water, smoke, and fire damage and were found vacant units on-site by the property management company.

A call went out in Station 10’s area on the afternoon of May 15th at approximately 1:06 pm for a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of  Guilford Road/Kindler Road, and while units were enroute, dispatch advised them that the driver of the vehicle was pinned in their vehicle. The call was upgraded as RE62 & P65 were enroute to included additional units to assist with the entrapment. Paramedic Rescue Engine was the first arriving unit on scene, assuming incident command. They discovered a two vehicle collision with three patients, with another patient trapped. Three patients were transported to area hospitals, in addition to one patient to Shock Trauma. No firefighter injuries reported and no damaged equipment.

At approximately 8:32 pm on Saturday evening, units from Howard County responded to a welfare check for an individual reportedly exposed to chemicals in the air at the Sleep Inn hotel on North Second Street.  As units were en route, they were advised that several patients had been exposed to the chemicals.  Mutual aid was provided from Anne Arundel, and Prince George’s counties in addition to Howard County units.  Firefighters began to evacuate 20 occupants of the building upon arrival, and discovered levels of 70-120 parts per million on the upper levels, where the OSHA permissible exposure limit is 50 parts per million of air per cubic meter as an 8 hour time weighted average.  The incident quickly turned into 11 occupants of the building being treated and transported to local hospitals.

Crews operated for several hours on a Multi-alarm garden apartment fire at 5667 Columbia Road, in Columbia.  Units were dispatched at approximatley 10:20 hours this morning and operated for several hours.  Two fire fighters were injured fighting the blaze.

Late Wednesday evening at 11:05pm a residential fire alarm went out on Lincoln Drive for Station 6, soon becoming upgraded to a box alarm. Engine 61 was dispatched initially soon to be followed by Truck 6, Paramedic 65, Chief 6A, Chief 6B, as well as other Howard County Fire and Rescue units. Engine 61 arrived on location to find a two story split foyer charged with smoke. A quick check of the upper floor and first floor found nothing, which had units proceed to the basement to find a small fire with little extension to the door. The fire was knocked out within 10 minutes of Howard County units on scene and all occupants were evacuated safely prior to arrival.

Units were clearing a motor vehicle accident on Washington Blvd as a box alarm rang out from Station 1's area.  At approximately 11:55pm, units were dispatched to 6345 Loudon Avenue to a house fire with residents trapped inside.  First arriving units reported fire heavily involved on the first floor, and confirmed that all residents had evacuated safely.  Two residents jumped from the second story and were treated by medical units on scene.  The fire rapidly spread to the 2nd floor and attic and a second alarm was requested. The fire was under control within an hour, and the cause of the incident is under investigation. 

Units from Howard County, Anne Arundel County, and Baltimore County responded to the incident, including Rescue 62, Chief 6, Utility 6A, Deputy Chief 6, and Assistant Chief 6 from Station 6.

Photos courtesy of Tim Wolfe.