On July 14, 1902 , an alarm rang out for a building fire at the Montevue Hospital for the Insane. Units from Junior, Independent,& United Fire Companies arrived to find heavy fire from the windows of the south wing of the hospital. All of the patients ...
Junior Fire Co. No.2 ~ Frederick County ~ Maryland
December 22, 1840
At approximately 6:00 p.m. Firefighter William B. Carlton was running with fellow Members of Junior Fire Company No. 2 ,pulling their hand drawn apparatus, and respond ...
June of 1934 had been much hotter than usual in the Great State of Maryland. Much of the state,including Frederick County, was experiencing an unrelenting heat wave and heated related deaths were on the rise. The afternoon of Friday June 30th the outside ...
Firefighter Charles D. "Duffy" Crist was on duty at Ft.Detrick and had just completed an ambulance call when he was stricken with a fatal heart attack. Firefighter Crist, age 48, was a career firefighter for 20 years, a Junior Fire Co. No. 2 volunteer for ...
Walkersville V.F.C. ~ Frederick County ~ Maryland
April 2,1987
Firefighter Winona L. Crum was riding the back-step of the Walkersville fire engine as it responded emergency conditions to a traffic accident during heavy rain . The engine ...
Guardian Hose Company ~ Frederick County ~ Maryland
July 24, 1928
Firefighter Stanley Damuth was riding on the Guardian Hose Company engine responding to assist the Vigilant Hose Company of Emmitsburg on a working house fire . The Guard ...
Driver/Fireman William B. Davis was killed when an alarm of fire alerted the horses to prepare to respond. The horses reared up causing Driver Davis to fall off and under the steam engine. He was fatally injured when the horses pulled the steam engine ove ...
On Saturday May 1, 1948, Fireman R. Earl Derr, a well-known resident of West Patrick Street in Frederick , was amongst colleagues at the Independence Hose Company when at approximately 18:15 hrs he suddenly collapsed and was dead. Fireman Derr was a lifel ...
Firefighter Douglas Wayne Finneyfrock was responding in his vehicle to the Guardian Hose Co. for a call. Rt. 77 was rain slick due to a thunderstorm when Doug lost control of his vehicle, struck a pole, and was fatally injured. Firefighter Douglas Wayne F ...
Vigilant Hose Co.No.6 ~ Frederick County ~ Maryland
January 10, 2013
Past President James E. Fitzgerald had participated in an all day work detail at the station. He returned to his home & suffered sudden cardiac arrest. He was tran ...
Myersville VFC ~ Frederick County~ Maryland
March 28, 1968
Myersville VFC was alerted for a reported brush fire on Boonsboro Mountain Road.
Firefighter Gaither R.Frushour was responding in his personal vehicle traveling westboun ...
Firefighter Kevin W. Jenkins, having been exposed to various carcinogens and toxins during his 26+ years of service as a firefighter, and after a courageous and hard fought battle, Firefighter Jenkins died as a result of occupational cancer/liver. Firefig ...
On March 12, 1971 Firefighter Samuel Steven Kidwiler was riding the backstep of the fire engine and responding to a call. Suddenly,the safety strap he was holding onto broke, causing him to fall from the engine, and onto the roadway. Firefighter Kidwiler ...
On Wednesday, August 11, 2021, late afternoon thunderstorms were moving through the area when Frederick County units were alerted for a reported house fire in the 9500 block of Ball Road. First arriving units reported a 2 story single-family home with fir ...
While battling a barn fire on Motter Station Road near Rocky Ridge, Firefighter Eugene J. McKissick was stricken with an apparent heart attack. He was transported by ambulance to Annie Warner Hospital in Gettysburg where he died. Firefighter Eugene James ...
Honoring & Remembering Maryland fallen Heroes
Frederick County Division of Fire & Rescue Services
Frederick County,Maryland
LODD December 23,2021
After completing his shift on November 10, 2021, Battalion C ...
Vigilant Hose Co. ~ Frederick County ~ Maryland
February 15, 1999
On Monday February 15,1999 at approximately 12:16 p.m. Vigilant Hose Company was alerted for a reported brush fire on the campus of Mount Saint Mary's College. Vigilant E ...
On June 29, 2019 at approximately 12:54 hrs units responded to vehicular crash with fatality due to a head-on collision between a tractor-trailer and car on Liberty Road At Unionville Road. Firefighter Mike Powers was driving one of the responding engines ...
June 18, 1898
About 2 a.m. Saturday morning , the Crescite Excelsior Works & several adjoining buildings located in Thurmont were seen to be on fire.
While within reach of ...
The Citizens Truck Company 100-foot American LaFrance open-cab tiller ladder truck was dispatched to a building fire in Frederick. Firefighter Shank climbed into the jump seat and somehow positioned himself between the tractor and trailer sections of the ...
An alarm had been sounded at midnight Fireman Charles B. Shope responded to the fire pulling an Independent Hose Fire Co. No.1 man-drawn hose reel. Fireman John Francis Smith,from Junior Fire Co. No.2, saw that Fireman Shope was struggling and went to ass ...
Assistant Chief James H. Stavely, III,was conducting roof operations on the scene of a house struck by lightning near Middletown when he complained he was not feeling well. He was transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital by the Middletown VFC ambulance. ...
Citizens Truck Co. No. 4 ~ Frederick County ~ Maryland
January 10, 2000
Firefighter Gilmore “Butch” Stitley was the groundskeeper for the Frederick Fairgrounds on East Patrick Street. He was an active member of both the Citizens Truck C ...
While returning from a fire alarm on Citizens Truck Company Ladder 4, Captain Howard M. Stroup slumped over from an apparent heart attack. He was transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital where resuscitative efforts were unsuccessful. Captain Stroup was ...
While on the scene of a house fire, 1st Assistant Chief David M. Taulton was carrying a ventilation fan into the structure when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest. Chief Taulton was transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital where all resuscitation efforts ...
FCDFRS ~ Frederick County ~ Maryland
July 3, 2002
Firefighter Recruit Andrew J. Waybright was performing physical fitness training with his recruit class near the Frederick County Public Safety Training Center. It was Day 3 of a 20 week ...
New Market District VFC ~ Frederick County ~ Maryland
May 24, 1993
Deputy Chief Michael J.Wilcom, Jr. was on the scene of a working building fire near Mt.Airy when he complained of not feeling well. After returning home, he was about to ...
Kenneth H. Willard was assisting responding units from Walkersville VFC with traffic control at the intersection of Rt. 26 and Rt. 194 when he was stricken with a heart attack. He was transported to Frederick Hospital where attempts to revive him were uns ...
Dora J. Wilt was a delegate to the Frederick County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association representing Urbana. As she was entering a fire department utility vehicle to ride to the county association meeting, she became ill and was transported to Frederi ...
