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Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
At around noon on Sunday March 2nd Howard County dispatched a box assignment for a reported barn fire in the 15100 block of Roxbury Road in the Glenelg section of the County. Units arrived on the scene reporting a 75' X 100' barn with a working fire. As there are no hydrants in the area a water supply was set up on the property and tankers shuttled water from 2 water cisterns in the area. Companies used handlines and knocked the fire down from the exterior until the integrity of the structure was determined to be safe. A firefighter using a tractor on the site pulled the hay bales out of the building and crews wet them down away from the barn. No injuries were reported but 5 sheep were killed in the blaze.
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
Here's the water supply operations under way in the driveway:
Engine 32 and Tanker 3 from West Friendship maintained the site.
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
Tanker 3 dumping their load:
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
Overall shot of the barn. It was block and metal so it didn't burn to the ground as most barns do!
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
Using handlines on the hay bales:
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
Firefighter pulling out a bale to the outside guys with hand lines:
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
Pulling out another one to the other side where it ignited:
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
They pulled some out to the back field:
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
Where more guys doused it with handlines:
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
They also brought a large Gradall from the County Public Highway Dept. to help out:
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
It got pretty damn smokey off and on for the duration of the fire:
Here's Engine 51 from Clarksville supplying Engine 131 up the hill from them:
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-04-2014
Engine 131, from the newly formed Glenwood Station, was first to arrive at the scene:
The fire was placed under control at around 3:30PM.
That's all for these, I'll be putting the whole fire on my site here shortly. Thanks for looking.
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - hank - 03-04-2014
Good photos!
tHANKs
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - gmuhr - 03-04-2014
Nice work!
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - Guest - 03-06-2014
Nice set of photos, especially the tanker dumping his water and the hay blazing on the front loader.
"... 5 sheep were killed in the blaze" The title could have been Fatal Barn Fire ...
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - Rheems1 - 03-06-2014
Quote:Here's the water supply operations under way in the driveway:
Engine 32 and Tanker 3 from West Friendship maintained the site.
I am preplexed by this picture, didn't West Friendship just get the Water Supply unit from Scaggsville? If that is the case, why were they using an engine-tanker to do water supply and not the freaking unit set up to do water supply???
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - BCFDphotoman - 03-06-2014
I was wondering the same thing. It still has the big hose on it, just not on the reel anymore, and its 4 wheel drive which would have been handy there!
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - Guest - 03-07-2014
Isn't the Water Supply unit considered a "Special Unit"? The Eng/Tkr was probably due on the 1st alarm, along with the Tkr. I imagine a Special alarm would be needed for the WS or possibly a "Tkr. Strike Force". The Officers on scene evidently felt things could be handled by utilizing units on scene.
Another question...Is/was the WS unit even in service?
Working Barn Fire, Howard County, MD.-March 2, 2014 - fd7001 - 03-11-2014
Simple answer about WS-3 is that it's not staffed and up to the volunteers to get it out. Unless it's specifically requested it would typically be one of the last pieces taken by the volunteers.