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 ...
March 24, 1974 Line Of Duty Death of Vernon Le Roy MeGee, age 57.
Stockton Volunteer Fire Company
Worcester County
On the morning of October 16,2022, Neil Payne, Chief of the Stockton Volunteer Fire Company , was in the Command Car when he suffered a medical emergency ...
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 ...
