5/21/2009 – At approximately 12:20 PM Queen Anne’s County dispatched Station 4 (Goodwill), Station 3 (Queenstown) and Station 8 (Queen Anne-Hillsboro) for a working barn fire on Bloomingdale Road in the area of John Brown Road. Paramedic 200 was the first on location and reported a fully involved building. Due to the large amount of smoke visible while responding to the scene, Officer 405 (D.J. Whitby) called for the Tanker Task Force to be alerted. Upon the arrival of Special Unit 49, Officer 405 (D.J. Whitby) established command and requested the 2nd alarm. An engine from Station 400 (Ridgely) established a draft site at a pond on Route 213 and started a water shuttle. Crews battled the blaze for approximately 45 minutes with the situation being placed under control at 1:15 PM, holding all units for overhaul. Units cleared the scene about 3:30 PM. The Maryland State Fire Marshall’s office is conducting the investigation.
Units on scene: (Goodwill) Special Unit 49, Ambulance 4, Engine 41, Engine/Tanker 4, (Queenstown) Engine/Tanker 3, Engine 32, Ambulance 3, (Queen Anne-Hillsboro) Tanker 86, (Grasonville) Tanker 2, Engine 25, (Kent Island) Engine/Tanker 1, Tower 1, (Church Hill) Engine 55, (Easton) Tanker 61, (Cordova) Tanker 53, Engine 51, (Chestertown) Tower 6, Engine 67, (Queen Anne’s County) EMS-3, Paramedic 200, Paramedic 400 and Queen Anne’s County Sheriff Dept. – Sorry if I missed any apparatus
Photographs by : Bruce Secrist
