Union Bridge Fire Company

Box 2-12. Field fire burned up to the basement porch area and set house on fire. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Crews work the "Basement Division" and "Division 1" during overhaul. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Extensive fire damage to the basement and 1st floor. The first attack did a good job of stopping the progression of fire throughout the house. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Side "A". Crews "overhauled" all areas of the house. Heat and Smoke damaged a majority of the home. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. The field fire spread over several acres until it ultimately set the house on fire. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. The "Brush Task Force" extinguished the field fire while other crews worked the house fire. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Wind "forced" the field fire directly to the house. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Side "C". Crews at the house fire also stopped the progression of the field fire past the house. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Side "A". Crews removed the aluminum siding to extinguish the exterior wall fires. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Side "B/C". When crews entered the house, heavy fire was in the basement and 1st floor. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Side "C". Crews stopped the field fire before it reached the woods and fields behind the house. The "burn area" for the field fire can be seen all the way to the bottom of the valley. Photo: FF Joe Wentz

Box 2-12. Fire showing on arrival on E-23. Photo: Lucy Staub (HVFD Website)

Box 2-12. Crews ventilate and attacked the fire. Photo: Lucy Staub (HVFD Website)

Box 2-12. Engines and Tankers line-up on Route 482, which was closed by the Carroll Co. Sheriff's Office. Photo: Lucy Staub (HVFD Website)


By Captain Christopher Harris
March 15, 2014

Box 2-12. At 1245 hrs., units from Hampstead, Manchester, Westminster, Reese and Glyndon (Batimore Co.) were dispatched for a field fire with extension to a house near the intersection of Route 482 and Boerner Road. On arrival, units found both a working field fire and house fire back a long lane at 1237 Boerner Road. Engine 23 requested a "Brush Task Force" for the fast moving field fire and Chief 2 (J. Carroll) established "Boerner Command". Within moments, "Command" requested the "RID" (Rapid Intervention Dispatch) and a "Tanker Task Force" for the "Working House Fire". Engine/Tanker 82 was dispatched as part of the "Tanker Task Force" at 1318 hrs. On arrival at the fire scene, the crew was transported back to the fire ground in Utility 6. The crew was placed into personnel staging for a short time before being rotated into the "RIT" position. After about 5 minutes, Engine/Tanker 82's crew was sent to "Division 2" for overhaul operations. The crew opened a few walls and pulled some aluminum siding from the 2nd floor exterior walls to check for extension and extinguishment of fire. After completing the tasks assigned by "Command", the crew exited the structure and was subsequently released from the fire ground by "Command". A resident of the home received burns and was transported to a "Burn Center" for treatment. According to initial reports, the fire started in the field adjacent to the home and eventually set the house on fire. The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the incident. Engine/Tanker 82 returned to the station at 1555 hrs. For more information, visit: http://www.hampsteadvfd.org/. Stations On-Scene: (Carroll) Hampstead '2', Manchester '4', Westminster '3', Reese '9', Lineboro '7', Pleasant Valley '6', Gamber '13', Taneytown '5', New Windsor '10', Union Bridge '8'; (Baltimore) Arcadia '43', Glydon '40', Hereford '44'; (York, PA) Penn Township '49', Hanover '46' NOTE - In the "Google Map" shown below, the actual location of the house is at the end of the road.