We were alerted at 1902 hours for a reported commercial building fire on Cedar Lane. Eng. 61 with Chief 6A, Rescue Eng. 62 with the Safety Officer, Tanker 6, Chief 6, Amb. 68, B-6, Eng. 64, MSU 6, and Boat 6 responded with 29 volunteers. While enroute we could see from the bridge that it was a working fire. Chief 6 requested St. Mary's Boat 5. Eng. 61 arrived on the scene side alpha delta with an old vacant commercial building with fire showing ordering a defensive attack due to the condition of the building. Chief 6 established the Cedar Lane Command, Chief 6A was assigned Operations. Eng. 61's crew advanced attack lines. Eng. 62 and Tanker 6's crew set up the basin and established a good water supply with Eng. 143 on the hydrant at Breeze Farm. Chief 10A was assigned Water Supply. Boat 6 arrived on the scene and placed the deck gun in service and established a water supply. St. Mary's Boat 5 and Eng. 64 extinguished the brush fire on the side of the bank. Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office is still investigating the cause of the fire.
Thanks to Waldorf Co. 12 and Mechanicsville Co. 2 for filling in at our station.
