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October 19, 1996 Firefighter/Fire Policeman Eugene Bauerlien had been on-duty all morning at the Westminster VFD cooking for the fire department's pancake breakfast. At about 11 am, he left the fire station, and proceeded to the Western Maryland College c ...

In June, 1972, Hurricane Agnes hit Maryland with Carroll County having many rivers and creeks flooding, trapping residents. He spent hours in his boat moving people from their homes to higher ground. While filling his vehicle and boat with fuel, he suffer ...

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on Monday January 26, 1931, the Westminster Fire Engine & Hose Co. No. 1 responded to the Oscar Hess residence , on the Manchester State Road near Cranberry for a gasoline stove explosion in the kitchen. The flames were qui ...

In December 2021, while working as a Paramedic/Firefighter for the newly formed Carroll County Department of Fire & EMS at the Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company;Paramedic/Firefighter Robert A. ”Bobby” Jones contracted COVID-19 while perform ...

Fire Policeman /Firefighter Preston E. Patterson was directing traffic on the scene of an incident when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest . All resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. Firefighter Preston Edgar "Pat" Patterson was 66 years old and had se ...

Paramedic Jeffrey L. Schaffer was a Maryland EMS clinician serving on the front lines when COVID-19 arrived to Maryland in the Spring of 2020. He contracted the virus while on duty working in his career paramedic position for the Taneytown Volunteer Fire ...