On October 25, 2013 at 1600hrs, while directing traffic to protect the scene of a motor vehicle accident on Route 40 near the Susquehanna River Bridge, Fire Police Captain David R. Barr, Jr. was struck by an automobile and critically injured. He was trans ...
Construction of the Conowingo Dam began in 1926 and was completed in 1928. The Conowingo Fire Department, commanded by Chief George R. Chapman, was equipped with one fire engine, and protected the work camps and the construction site. On April 25, 1927 Ch ...
On Sunday December 8, 1963, Flight 214, a Pan American Airways Boeing 707, was returning to the U.S. from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Onboard were 73 passengers and 8 crew members. After refueling at Friendship Airport Baltimore, the plane continued north, des ...
On the morning of Saturday December 28, 2019, Assistant Chief Engineer Otis Isaacs worked on apparatus at the North East Fire Company. Later that afternoon, A.C.E. Isaacs stood by at the fire station during two emergency responses & that evening he as ...
Chesapeake City Fire Company responded to assist Galena with a fire at the Kent Oil company. While battling the dangerous blaze, a 6,000 gallon tank filled with gasoline exploded and pieces of the huge vessel killed Firefighter Richard Loller.
While setting up for a function at the firehouse, he collapsed from a heart attack.
He was working a function at the firehouse when he suffered a massive heart attack.