With cold weather fast approaching, The Morningside Volunteer Fire Department asks that you exercise extreme caution when operating heating home heating equipment such as space heaters, chimneys, furnaces, and other heating devices. Fires involving home heating equipment peak within the months of December, January, and February, as do the loss of life attributed to these fires. Overall, home fires and home fire deaths are more common during the cooler months of the year.If you have to utilize home heating equipment, please remember the following:
Saturday, October 1, 2011 Minutes before 0900 hrs. Rescue Squad 27 was dispatched to Addison Road in the area of Walker Mill Road for a Motor Vehicle Accident with a report of People Trapped in Company 26's Local Alarm Area. First arriving units located a two vehicle accident on Addison Road north of Walker Mill Road with one trapped and another person still in the other vehicle which went over the embankment and down into the woods approximately 25 feet.Rescue Squad 27 immediately went to work extricating the Priority 1 trapped victim by removing the drivers door and working to free the victims lower extremities from the floor board which had wrapped around their feet. The driver was extricated in minutes and the Rescue Squad was redeployed to assist the members of Engine Company 26 with removing a patient from the vehicle that had went down the embankment via a stokes basket evolution. That victim was brought to the topside and turned over to awaiting EMS crews. This call was just one of many that continued to keep the MVFD on the street after midnight almost every hour on the hour.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Around 2000 hours Engine company 27 was dispatched as the 3rd due engine to the 9300 block of Sherwood drive for the house. Engine 23 arrived with a 2 story single family house with fire showing from the second floor. Co. 27 picked up Engine 45's line. The crew made a 400 foot line and advanced it to the rear. Units were able to make a quick knock on the fire and command was able to scale back the assignment. Around 0600 hours the Rescue Squad was dispatched as the 3rd due special service to the 11800 block of Fairview Ln near Cheltenham. Units arrived to find smoke showing and a working basement fire. Squad 27 arrived and was assigned Rapid Intervention. The crew set up for RIT and completed the 360 size up. Interior crews made a knock on the fire and rescued 2 dogs. The Squad cleared within an hour.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 The Morningside Volunteer Fire Department is excited to announce that after several meetings with the Town of Morningside the Town has agreed to assist the MVFD with funding in its pursuit of a replacement for Engine Company 271.The MVFD began this endeavor by evaluating its current fleet and conducting an internal assessment, which determined that Engine Company 271 would best be replaced by a Rescue Engine. This would allow the Department to possess a multi-use vehicle that would be able to operate as an affective firefighting platform for an Engine Company while being able to carry the equipment compliment of a Rescue Squad. This would also aide in filling the gap for maintaining our apparatus replacement plan and prolonging the service life of Rescue Squad 27. The next step was to secure funding; the MVFD applied for and was subsequently awarded funding assistance from the Federal Government via FEMA's American Fire Act Grant. This Grant only covered part of the total cost of the vehicle though and left the MVFD with a substantial amount of monies to secure for the purchase. The Department reached out to the Town of Morningside and was fortunate to discover a great supporter on the Council; Councilman Kline has become an advocate for the Fire Department and greatly assisted us in reaching an agreement with the Town. This newly formed agreement will ultimately allow us to secure the remaining funding required.The Morningside Volunteer Fire Department wishes to thank everyone for their support: including, the Mayor, Council, Chief of Police and residents of the Town of Morningside and the surrounding area. It is important to remember that this is a Landmark Partnership between the Town and the MVFD during a difficult economic and financial climate that solidifies everyones commitment to Public Safety.
Sunday, September 11, 2011 2154 hrs. Around 2130 hrs. the Rescue Squad hit the street and the runs kept coming. With Rescue Squad 47 still Out Of Service, Rescue Squad 27 was dispatched to North Bound Indian Head Hwy. in the area of Old Fort Rd. (Company 47's Area) for a reported Motor Vehicle Accident with Injuries. First arriving units quickly placed the Squad in service and PSC redirected the Squad to Suitland Road in the area of the Suitland Federal Center for a reported Accident with People Trapped. Rescue Squad 27 went to work stabilizing the vehicle and protecting the patients before removing the Driver's Side of the vehicle to allow access to the patients for the awaiting EMS units. This was just one of many runs that Rescue Squad and Company 27 would respond to this Sunday evening. If you think you would like to be apart of this fast paced environment and use your skills, look at Morningside VFD for more...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 18:45 hrs. Rescue Squad and Chief 27 responded to the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway in the area of Allentown Rd. for a motor vehicle accident and upon arrival discovered a three vehicle collision on the fast shoulder. The Squad crew quickly removed a door from a late model Ford Mustang to free the victims while other units cared for the walking wounded. In all a total of three patients were transported with non-life threatening injuries and the Chief and Rescue Squad were back in service shortly thereafter.
Sunday, September 4, 2011 The Morningside Volunteer Fire Department is sorry to announce that we have to postponed the "Do You Have The Courage To Be Safe" Seminar originally scheduled for Saturday, September 17, 2011. The Seminar features presentations from the National Fallen Firefighters Association's sponsored by the MVFD. Please stay tuned for rescheduled dates and upcoming information for November of 2011.
Brothers Dedicated to Service
Sunday, September 4, 2011 Story provided by ABC 2 Baltimore:ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - It's a day that is etched in our mind forever. A day we will never forget, September 11th, 2001.The day America came under attack on American soil, using our own airliners as weapons against us. Carl and Jonathan McKlveen remember that day all to well.They were two of the first volunteer firefighters to arrive at the Pentagon after the attacks."I was a little upset coming over the 14th Street bridge. It's a sight I will never forget, seeing the smoke coming up over the Pentagon, looking over and knowing that we've been attacked," said Master Sgt. Carl McKlveen with the Maryland National Guard."It was just a scary feeling to see there was no traffic, but emergency services vehicles going to the Pentagon. The smoke billowing up was terrible. It really caught your eye," said Staff Sgt. Jonathan McKlveen, Maryland National Guard.On the tenth anniversary , the brothers are remembering that somber day at the Pentagon. It's a day that changed their lives."We went into the C wing to put the fire out and what really got me was seeing my fallen comrades and not being able to do our normal job, which is rescue. We are a rescue company to be told we cannot rescue someone or remove them. It got to me," said Jonathan.Carl and Jonathan are committed to serving their country, family and community. Both served in the military and work as volunteer firefighters.They are both in the Maryland National Guard. They are preparing to deploy for a year to the Middle East to continue to fight for Americas freedom."I signed on the dotted line to be in the military. I knew what could happen. I am just here to do a job for my country and protect my family," said Jonathan."I'm a soldier. I continue doing what I love to do. It has given me a broad horizon," said Carl.The brothers have come full circle on the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks after arriving on the scene at the Pentagon to help and now heading overseas to continue to fight and protect Americans so they never have to experience a scene like 9/11 again."I've always had the desire to serve the community. I did it with the fire department and military. It's my calling. I have always had a dedication to serve and that is what I am doing now," said Jonathan.Carl and Jonathan left for the Middle East for a year long deployment on September 1st.Read more: http://www.abc2news.com//dpp/news/region/harford_county/two-brothers-come-full-circle-in-their-service-after-the-9_11-terror-attacks#ixzz1X00fpR4A
Saturday, September 3, 2011 For the second time in less than 24 hours Rescue Squad 27 responded on a fatal motor vehicle accident in what is shaping up as an extremely deadly holiday weekend. Around 2200 hours Saturday night, units were dispatched to Brinkley Road in the area of Joyce Drive for a motor vehicle accident. Calls began flooding the 911 center in reference to the accident and how serious it was, forcing PSC to upgrade the Rescue Local to a full assignment adding Squad 27 on the run. The Squad arrived to find units on scene performing CPR on a Trauma Arrest victim that had been ejected from the vehicle. While no victim required extrication as the vehicle was peeled open during the impact, the Squad was put to work providing patient care to a Priority 1 patient in the rear of the vehicle. The total number of patients landed at 4 and the Squad quickly picked up and returned to service. As always the members of the MVFD extend their thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families involved in this accident.
Friday, September 2, 2011 Another busy Friday in the Suitland area included a variety of events... Around 1600 hrs. with the Engine Company Out Of Service for Change Over back to the "War Wagon" (272) the Rescue Squad was dispatched to the area of Webster Ln. and Noah Dr. for reported Building on Fire. Units from 32 arrived to find a single story, vacant, non-combustable school with Smoke Showing. Rescue Squad 27 arrived as the First Special Service and assumed the same going to work opening up for the Engine Companies, Searching, and running Lights and Fans. A fire was located in the middle of the building and quickly extinguished, the assignment was then scaled back to 2 Engines and 2 Trucks. Around 0330 hrs. a Rescue Local was sounded for a Motor Vehicle Accident with People Trapped in the area of Suitland Rd. and Stoney Meadow Drive. While enroute the units from 27 came across an abandoned auto on fire in the area of Suitland Rd. and Regency Park Court, Squad 27 requested an additional Engine to handle that and proceeded to the accident. Upon arrival the Units from Company 27 located a single vehicle accident with one person confirmed pinned. The vehicle had left the road and landed in the woods on it's side bent into a "U". Rescue Squad 27 went to work stabilizing the vehicle and removing the roof to gain access to the victim. Once the victim had been removed from the vehicle they were pronounced deceased on the scene by Medic 29. After searching the vehicle and the area confirming there were no other victims, the assignment was reduced to Squad and Ambulance 27 to standby for the Police and provide lighting. Units were on scene till 0645 hrs. before being released by the PGPD. The members of the Morningside VFD wish to extend their condolences to the victim and their family during this difficult time.
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