Carroll County Fire

A three-alarm fire at a warehouse in Woodbine extensively damaged the building's office last night and caused heavy smoke and water damage to the remainder of the single-story cinder block building, said a Carroll County Fire Board spokesman.Damage was set at $100,000, said Bill Dailey Jr., owner of the 30-year-old A-aarid Enterprise Corp. warehouse in the 7700 block of Woodbine Road near the border with Howard County.On the way to the blaze, the six-member crew of a Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company fire engine suffered minor injuries when the vehicle ran off the road at Flag Marsh and Watersville roads, said the fire board spokesman.

The New Windsor Fire and Hose Company No. 1 has received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that will pay most of the cost of a back-up generator and sprinkler system in its new fire station. The generator is important because "the New Windsor fire hall could be used by the community in an emergency ... as a shelter," said Neal Roop, 46, a town councilman and a member of the fire company for 29 years. Roop did the paperwork for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant awarded by FEMA, which became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security last year.

Two Baltimore County firefighters received minor injuries last night in a three-alarm blaze that heavily damaged an auto parts store and video shop in Rosedale.An unrelated four-alarm arson fire in Finksburg early today damaged an unused warehouse, and two motorists were injured in a collision with a Carroll County fire engine.In the first fire, a Baltimore County Fire Department spokesman said officials had not determined the cause of the fire at the Kenwood Shopping Center in the 6200 block of Kenwood Ave. in the east county, but that it appeared suspicious.

Two Carroll firefighters groups have issued votes of "no confidence" in the job performance of the county's director of public safety. The Carroll County Fire Chiefs Association and the Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's Association took their actions to show their dissatisfaction with the pace of at least two important projects and with what they say is a lack of communication between the firefighters and public safety director Howard S. "Buddy" Redman....

Western Maryland College officials will publicly thank fire and rescue personnel who worked to make sure a fire did not destroy Gill Gym on Dec. 31, 1996."

Carroll County fire and emergency crews were kept busy when a storm spawning high winds hit the area about 8 p.m. Thursday night.More than 1,200 customers of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. and Potomac Edison Co. lost electrical service for one to four hours, company spokesmen said.John Metzger of BG&E said 1,144 customers were affected by the storm, and 14 transformers and 11 protective devices had to be replaced. Fewer than 100 Potomac Edison customers lost service.Emergency calls ranging from tree fires in Gamber, Westminster and Manchester to burning wires in Pleasant Valley, Taneytown and Mount Airy caused much of the county's fire equipment to remain on call throughout the evening.

A three-alarm fire at a warehouse in Woodbine extensively damaged the building's office last night and caused heavy smoke and water damage to the remainder of the single-story cinder block building, said a Carroll County Fire Board spokesman.Damage was set at $100,000, said Bill Dailey Jr. owner of the 30-year-old A-aarid Enterprise Corp. warehouse in the 7700 block of Woodbine Road near the border with Howard County.On the way to the blaze, the six-man crew of a Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company fire engine suffered minor injuries when the vehicle ran off the road at Flag Marsh and Watersville roads, said the Fire Board spokesman.

The 60 youths who attended the sixth annual Junior Fire Training Day yesterday came away with more than just a lesson on how to fight a fire.After the first instruction -- "learn everything you can" -- they went through five "stations" at the Carroll County Fire Training Center in Westminster."

MOUNT AIRY'S FIRE Prevention Queen, Anne Marie Histon, was crowned Miss Carroll County Fire Prevention Queen for 1998-1999 on Sunday.A junior at South Carroll High School, the 16-year-old won the honor during a ceremony held at Winfield Community Volunteer Fire Department. The Carroll County Fire Prevention Queen crown was formerly held by Jen Cole of Winfield.Escorted by Jeff Lowman, a member of Mount Airy Junior Fire Company, Histon completed a contest interview and a presentation about how fires start and the proper use of different fire extinguishers.

Ask any of the 100 or so members of Carroll County's junior fire departments why they joined, and two answers stand out: It's fun, and they want to help people. But it's also hard work, as 80 young people found out yesterday during the annual Junior Fire Training Day at the Carroll County Fire Training Center in Westminster. Heidi Meek, 14, from New Windsor Fire and Hose Company No. 1, has been in the program two months. Her specialty is emergency medical services, and she had never experienced the maze - a totally black room with twists, turns, stairs and windows designed to train recruits in firefighting and rescue work.

Maryland State Police have charged two men with arson in an early-morning fire Sunday that caused an estimated $30,000 damage to a Gamber home. No one was home at the time, police said. Charged with first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson are Gilbert W. Binder, 32, owner of the home in the 3300 block of Sykesville Road, and Jonathan Samuel Carnaggio, 19, of Taneytown. Investigators said Binder is accused of hiring Carnaggio to burn the house. An incendiary device placed in the basement of the one-story frame home caused the fire, authorities said.

Ask any of the 100 or so members of Carroll County's junior fire departments why they joined, and two answers stand out: It's fun, and they want to help people. But it's also hard work, as 80 young people found out yesterday during the annual Junior Fire Training Day at the Carroll County Fire Training Center in Westminster. Heidi Meek, 14, from New Windsor Fire and Hose Company No. 1, has been in the program two months. Her specialty is emergency medical services, and she had never experienced the maze - a totally black room with twists, turns, stairs and windows designed to train recruits in firefighting and rescue work.

At least two people were displaced and two firefighters were injured early yesterday in a six-alarm blaze that destroyed a Goodwill retail outlet and two second-floor apartments on Westminster's Main Street, authorities said.About a dozen investigators from the state fire marshal's office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were working to determine the cause of the fire, which broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in the rear of the building at 77 W. Main St.Damage to the structure, which city officials said dated to the Civil War, was estimated at $200,000.

The 60 youths who attended the sixth annual Junior Fire Training Day yesterday came away with more than just a lesson on how to fight a fire.After the first instruction -- "learn everything you can" -- they went through five "stations" at the Carroll County Fire Training Center in Westminster."

A three-alarm fire at a warehouse in Woodbine extensively damaged the building's office last night and caused heavy smoke and water damage to the remainder of the single-story cinder block building, said a Carroll County Fire Board spokesman.Damage was set at $100,000, said Bill Dailey Jr., owner of the 30-year-old A-aarid Enterprise Corp. warehouse in the 7700 block of Woodbine Road near the border with Howard County.On the way to the blaze, the six-member crew of a Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company fire engine suffered minor injuries when the vehicle ran off the road at Flag Marsh and Watersville roads, said the fire board spokesman.

A three-alarm fire at a warehouse in Woodbine extensively damaged the building's office last night and caused heavy smoke and water damage to the remainder of the single-story cinder block building, said a Carroll County Fire Board spokesman.Damage was set at $100,000, said Bill Dailey Jr. owner of the 30-year-old A-aarid Enterprise Corp. warehouse in the 7700 block of Woodbine Road near the border with Howard County.On the way to the blaze, the six-man crew of a Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company fire engine suffered minor injuries when the vehicle ran off the road at Flag Marsh and Watersville roads, said the Fire Board spokesman.

SANTA CLAUS IS coming to town. Actually, he rode through town last week atop one of Mount Airy's fire engines instead of on a sleigh, thanks to the efforts of Mount Airy Fire Prevention Committee.Keeping up with its annual tradition, Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company drove Santa through the town and surrounding neighborhoods the week of Dec. 14, ending Sunday.Lt. Jerry Abel of Mount Airy fire company drove the fire engine Sunday. "It's a lot of fun to do this for the kids," he said. "They have a great time seeing Santa, and they get candy canes.

Two Carroll firefighters groups have issued votes of "no confidence" in the job performance of the county's director of public safety. The Carroll County Fire Chiefs Association and the Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's Association took their actions to show their dissatisfaction with the pace of at least two important projects and with what they say is a lack of communication between the firefighters and public safety director Howard S. "Buddy" Redman....

SANTA CLAUS IS coming to town. Actually, he rode through town last week atop one of Mount Airy's fire engines instead of on a sleigh, thanks to the efforts of Mount Airy Fire Prevention Committee.Keeping up with its annual tradition, Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company drove Santa through the town and surrounding neighborhoods the week of Dec. 14, ending Sunday.Lt. Jerry Abel of Mount Airy fire company drove the fire engine Sunday. "It's a lot of fun to do this for the kids," he said. "They have a great time seeing Santa, and they get candy canes.

MOUNT AIRY'S FIRE Prevention Queen, Anne Marie Histon, was crowned Miss Carroll County Fire Prevention Queen for 1998-1999 on Sunday.A junior at South Carroll High School, the 16-year-old won the honor during a ceremony held at Winfield Community Volunteer Fire Department. The Carroll County Fire Prevention Queen crown was formerly held by Jen Cole of Winfield.Escorted by Jeff Lowman, a member of Mount Airy Junior Fire Company, Histon completed a contest interview and a presentation about how fires start and the proper use of different fire extinguishers.