Volunteers Extinguish Abandoned House Fire
 
By Captain Matthew Thews
July 20, 2014
 

On Sunday July 20th at 0130 hours units were dispatched for a reported field fire in the 12900 block of Old Annapolis Road. RE153(Lt. Williamson), B156(FF Kennedy), U15(EMR Runkles), and D15(Lt. Conaway) responded on the call with 13 volunteers. Units arrived to find a glow and obvious large fire coming from far back in the woods on Old Annapolis Road near the intersection of Detrick Road. Units finally stumbled across an abandoned house fully involved about 1/2 a mile off of Old Annapolis Road. Access could only be made by small 4x4 vehicles. D15 established the Old Annapolis Road Command and requested a brush task force. A159(FF C. Kline) responded with 3 volunteers as part of the brush task force. B156 began a defensive attack, protecting exposures and limiting fire spread. Upon the arrival of more brush trucks, command had units shuttle water back to B156, which was the main attack unit. Crews from B156, U15, and RE153 worked to extinguish the blaze. Tankers were used to refill the brush trucks as the come back out to Old Annapolis Road. CCD1(Lowman) was the staging officer. The fire took over three hours to extinguish, with approximately 3000 gallons of water being used. A good job was done by all involved to extinguish this unique fire.

 
Units: RE153 B156 A159 U15 D15 ET254 B255
 
Mutual Aid: E172 T17 B175 B176 CCT1 CCB15 CCD1 MCB713 HCB47 ET34 B35 B116 ET233 B709B