Each month BRVFD will post a training website online.  In between running calls and training members are encouraged to read the material to help further their education in the fire service.  Feel free to submit online training material.

On October 4 at approximatleey 0314 hrs BRVFD was dispatched for a MVA.  Chief 11B (Bryan Hamiliton) was the first to arrive and reported he had one vehicle in the woods with a subject trapped.  Engine 113 arrived on the scene and used the "Jaws of Life" to extricate the victim.  Chief 11B established command and had the assignment upgraded.  The paitent was extricated before the arrival of Rescue Squad 7.  Paitent was medi-vac to the hospital.  Units cleared at 0403 hrs.

The in-climate weather over this past weekend kept the Volunteers busy with several crashes, one fire and a few miscellaneous runs. The department responded to 18 runs over the weekend.

Funeral Information for EMT Tonya Mallard who was Killed in the Line of Duty on 27 September 2008 along with Pilot Stephen Bunker, Trooper Paramedic Mickey Lippy from the Maryland State Police.

Viewing:

Friday, October 3, 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Lighthouse Baptist Church, 3150 Middletown Road, Waldorf, Maryland 20603

Service:

Saturday, October 4, 2008, 9:00am
North Point High School, 2500 Davis Road, Waldorf, Maryland 20603

Internment:

Saturday, October 4, 2008; immediately following service
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, 200 E. Padonia Road, Timonium Maryland, 21093

At 1700 hours, Station 11 along with Rescue Squad 7, EMS 12, EMS 11 and EMS 7 was alerted to Billingsley Rd., 1 mile off of Livingston Rd. for the auto accident with reported persons trapped. Rescue Engine 113 responded with 7 volunteers along with Engine 112 and Ambulance 118. The Rescue Engine arrived on the scene to find a two vehicle collision with no entrapment. Due to the severity of the crash, MSP Trooper 2 was requested for two patients. After assisting EMS personnel, the Rescue Engine proceeded to the landing site along with Tanker 11.

Members are encouraged to register to the member’s only section.  In that section you will have access to BRVFD message board and other sections that are useful for you and the department. 

Can you guess what year this was??

On Tuesday evening at 1723 hrs. , BRVFD was dispatched for house fire located on Woodberry Dr in Strawberry Hills Estates.  Engine 112 responded with Chief 11A.  They arrived on the scene and reported a small fire in he stove with smoke conditions on the second floor.  Truck 11 arrived shortly after and vented, checked for extensions and overhauled the kitchen with the assistance of Tower 24's crew.  Chief 11 (Deon Washington) had Command.

On Monday August 25th, the members from BRVFD held a RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) drill.  Members reviewed over techniques and procedures to help save the life of one of our own.   The drill was conducted at our training facility located to the rear of our firehouse.

On the Potomac River in the area of bouy 47 a run went out for a boat in distress not taking on water.  Chief 11B had command, Engine 113 had the Marshall Hall Division.  The vessel was a 18' Bayliner occupied 3 times.

On 04-11-2008 BRVFD was alerted to a working shed fire on Hawthorne Road while the volunteers were  working Texas Hold 'em . Engine 112 responded  with four personnel. E-112 was third arriving engine. When they arrived on scene they quickly made their way to the shed to start opening it up for fire suppression. Engine 112 cleared in approximately 25 minutes.

Engine 112's Crew : Technician- D. Hamrick, OIC- FF M. Higdon, FF J. Keys and FF A. Schoen

 

3/29/08 Engine to Waldorf House Fire. Just after 9:00 am, while members from Bryans Road were in EMT refresher class being held at the station, the alarm was sounded for 6311 Cheetah Court in company 12's (Waldorf) first due for a reported house fire. Engine 112 under the command of Lt. Tackish responded with 4 personnel. Units from Waldorf arrived on the scene to find a 2 story single family house with a deck off on side Charlie with Extension in the attic. Engine 112 arrived and was ordered by command to report to the 2nd floor with hooks to open up. The crew from Bryans Road worked for about an hour before being released by command and returned to quarters just before 11:00 am to resume EMT Refresher. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Crew: Engine 112. D/O D. Hamrick OIC: Lt.Tackish F/F: W.Beattie F/F: M.Higdon Pictures courtesy of Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department. Story by F/F Michael Higdon.

On March 18th, 2008 at 1600 hrs members from BRVFD were cleaning the equipment they had used on a house fire in Pomfret. At 1610 hrs. BRVFD was dispatched to Arbor Lane in Strawberry Hills for the house fire. The units arrived on the scene and encountered heavy smoke conditions. As the crews were making an aggressive interior attack they discovered fire in the kitchen area with extensions to the hallway. Units that responded were Engine 112, 113 and Truck 11. Chief 11 had the command. Photos courtesy from PHVFD

On March 18th, 2008 at approximately 1215 hours BRVFD was dispatched to 8320 Warren Drive in Pomfret for the report of a house fire. Engine 112 (Capt. Walko, F/F Meinhart and F/F Thorne) Tanker 11 (Tech. M. Hedges) responded to the incident. While responding Charles County Communications advised they believed we had a working fire. Truck 1 was the first arriving unit and reported a single family split foyer with fire showing from the lower level. Engine 112 arrived on the scene seconds later and deployed their 1 3/4" and 2" attack lines. LaPlata's truck driver and tiller man threw ladders to the house. The crew members entered the structure with the crew from Truck Company 1 and attempted an aggressive interior attack on the lower level. Members from Tenth District Engine 83 arrived on the scene and entered the structure with the 2" attack line to the second floor. As crews were extinguishing the fire and completing a primary search the evacuation tones were sounded due to the extension into the upper level and attic area. One firefighter from Potomac Heights escaped the upper floor on Side C after his exit was blocked by falling debris. Once crews were outside Truck 1 used their ladder pipe to knock down the fire on the upper floor. A few minutes after the ladder pipe operations were completed, several crews were sent back inside to fully extinguish all remaining fire and overhaul the entire structure. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. One Firefighter from bryans Road was burned. he was treated and released from Civista and the burn Center in Washington D.C.

Members from BRVFD participated in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Washington D.C for the third year in a row. The members took pride in their old Engine 111. Engine 111 won best appearing antique fire apparatus. http://www.dcstpatsparade.com/2008_Parade_Winners.pdf