The first call, recorded at 7:20 p.m, requested the assistance of the OCFD’s Fire Boat 1. Responding to assist the Showell Fire Department, Fire Boat 1 arrived to the 11000 block of Riverview Drive and crew members immediately engaged in water supply operations. In addition, in support of fire suppression operations, Fire Boat 1 supported efforts by placing its roof-mounted master stream in service.
Only a few minutes later, approximately 7:24 p.m., another call came into Communications for a house fire in the 12000 block of Old Bridge Road in West Ocean City. Multiple alarms were called and units from Worcester and Wicomico County, as well as units from Delaware responded to the area. “The response from all of the fire departments from the county, as well as our neighboring counties, was extraordinary,” commented Ocean City Fire Chief Chris Larmore. “It was a true demonstration of team work and I am extremely proud of the efforts of Ocean City’s first responders and those of our allied agencies.”
By 11 p.m. last night, OCFD units had cleared the area of both incidents. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fires is now under investigation by the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office. “I want to personally thank all of our first responders,” commented Assistant Chief David Cropper, who was the Incident Commander on scene of the fire at Old Bridge Road. “It’s very unusual for us to have multiple residential fires at the same time, requiring such significant resources. Our members were professional and did exactly as they are trained to do. They should be tremendously proud of their hard work because I am certainly proud of them.”
6 comments:
badass
gee and which one did it take over 15 min before firemen showed up?
Thank you especially goes out to the volunteer stations who were on the scene assisting in these fires. It's awesome to know that we can count on our volunteers who showed up to help. As far as the 15 minutes goes, I'm not sure why it took so long. Especially cuz the one fire department is pretty closed and staffed. The hydrant failure needs to be examined too.
They had to get beer for the fireboat ride...
June 27, 2014 at 3:52 PM
I only repeated what the publisher of SBYNews typed in one of the OC fires postings. Since he was first on scene at one of the fires I figured he would know.
June 27, 2014 at 5:39 PM Are you saying Showell Fire Boat had to stop and buy beer before getting to the fire - as I know for a fact that Salisbury fire boat was not called. Best to watch your fingers buddy.
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