Honoring & Remembering Maryland Fallen Heroes.
HCDFRS ~ Howard County ~ Maryland
December 20,2021
FF Richard E. Blankenship Jr. was born into a fire department family & began serving with the Laurel Volunteer ...
Lisbon VFC ~ Howard County ~ Maryland
July 8,1972
On July 20, 1969, Lisbon VFC's E-43 was responding to a 3 alarm barn fire at the Welling Farm on Old Frederick Road.
While enroute to the fire, E-43 encountered heavy rain and mu ...
July 20,1969
Lisbon VFC's E-43 was responding to a 3-alarm barn fire at the Welling Farm on Old Frederick Road.
While enroute to the fire, E-43 encountered heavy rains and mud slick road con ...
On Christmas morning, after futile efforts to extinguish a fire that destroyed an 18 room home, the 45 foot brick chimney collapsed crashing into four firefighters. They were all transported with severe injuries. Captain Ditch succumbed from those injurie ...
Shortly before 2:00 a.m. on Monday, July 23, 2018 firefighters and paramedics from Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services (HCDFRS) were dispatched for smoke in a house by a possible lightning strike in the 7000 block of Woodscape Drive. Upon ...
On May 31, 2020, after battling a fire service occupational cancer for over three years, Howard County Department Fire Rescue Services Firefighter /Heavy Vehicle operator Brad Scott passed away at home surround by family and loved ones. Firefighter /Heavy ...
On Christmas morning, after futile efforts to extinguish a fire that destroyed an 18 room home, the 45 foot brick chimney collapsed crashing into four firemen. They were all transported with severe injuries. Lt. Stigler succumbed from these injuries.
