| On February 24th at 1443 hours Engine Company 6 was dispatched for the mutual aid call to Newburg for a brush fire. Brush 6 responded with three personnel. Upon arriving on location firefighters found a one acre field and woods fire. Brush 6 assisted Newburg Company 14 with extinguishing the fire.
A at 1458 hours, shortly after Brush 6 went enroute to the brush fire, Company 6 was dispatched on a second call for a working house fire in Swann Point. Command 6 with Chief 6A and Engine 61 with Chief 6B and four responded. Chief 6A arrived on the scene on side A to find a single story home with heavy smoke showing from sides A and D. Engine 61 arrived on side A and advanced the attack line to the front door while Chief 6A and Captain 6 vented the windows in the area of the fire. Tanker 6 responded with three personnel. Command was established by Chief 6A and requested that Tanker 6 take the hydrant on the corner of Lord Baltimore and Keokee Court . Fire in the area of the garage and the back bedroom was reported by Chief 6B. After setting up water supply the crew of tanker 6 assisted with the interior attack. Chief 6B established the interior sector. Shortly after Bel Alton Engine Company 10 arrived, command gave them the task to check under the house for extension. La Plata Truck 1 assisted in venting the roof and overhaul. The fire was under control in about ten minutes. Overhaul took approximately two hours. The State Fire Marshall's Office is conducting an investigation of the incident. Total lost on the property was estimated at $300,000.00.
Thank you to all who assisted Cobb Island and to those that took the fill in at our station. |
