February 14,1954 Firefighter Roy P. Berdan was responding in Girdletree's open cab Brockway fire engine to a reported chimney fire. The engine was approaching a sharp curve, so the driver applied the brakes, which caused the steering to lock up and the fi ...
On Monday April 24, 1995, Ocean City VFC units responded to a reported hotel fire at the Plim Plaza Hotel, Second Street & Boardwalk. Units arrived to find an airconditioning unit on fire in a hotel room on the 5th floor; subsequently, firefighters, i ...
Chief Ralph Dennis, age 49, died from injuries he suffered from the inhalation of chemicals used to extinquish a chimney fire in the George Washington Hotel.
July 16, 1983 At approximately 6:30 a.m. a fire broke out at the Saute Cafe, located at 123rd Street and Coastal Highway in North Ocean City, that would quickly become a 4 alarm blaze, fought by 115 firefighters. While battling the blaze, the roof of the ...
At approximately 9:35 a.m. Firefighter/EMT Jacob A. Howser was traveling along Scotty Road heading to training at Wor-Wic College was he was a paramedic student. Firefighter/EMT Howser was just south of Creek Road in Snow Hill, when his vehicle left the r ...
Honoring & Remembering Maryland Fallen Heroes.Ocean Pines VFD ~ Worcester County ~ MarylandJuly 17,1998Fire Policeman John R. Kennedy was directing traffic at the scene of a motor vehicle collision in Berlin when he was stricken with a fatal heart att ...
February 12, 1934 On the evening of Saturday, February 10, 1934, the Berlin Fire Company was alerted to a house fire at Medford Wilkinson's farmhouse which was located in Taylorville. Berlin Chemical Fire Truck #2 was the first unit to respond with 14 men ...