Baltimore City Fire Department receives $10 million in ARPA funding

VIDEO: Fighting fires is risky, and it can be even more of a challenge without the necessary equipment. During the pandemic, Baltimore City firefighters felt the strain of this more than ever. Now the mayor’s office is hoping to ease that strain. “We approved $10 million of ARPA investments slated for the city fire department, its apparatus, and facilities," says Mayor Brandon Scott. Mayor Brandon Scott and Fire Chief James Wallace made the announcement on Wednesday. “Putting this money to use for what it was intended to as we’re coming out of the pandemic to make sure that our cities are safer and healthier and this is a direct use of that," says Mayor Scott. The $10 million will be divided into three parts.
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Region: 6 adults, 3 children displaced after 3 homes damaged in Northeast DC house fire

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Six adults and three children were displaced after a large house fire in Northeast D.C. that left three homes damaged Wednesday evening, according to D.C. Fire and EMS officials. Crews responded to the fire at a two-story, wood-frame home in the 3700 block of 24th Street, Northeast around 4:22 p.m., officials said. A video shared on social media shows the house fully engulfed in flames. According to officials, the fire spread to an adjacent home. A third home suffered heat damage. No injuries were reported. Officials said two residents of the first home safely escaped. Around 6 p.m., officials said the fire was under control and investigators were on the scene to determine the cause.
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Baltimore firefighters perform aerial rescue of crane operator in cardiac arrest

PHOTOS: Baltimore city firefighters were on the scene performing a high angle aerial rescue involving a crane operator on Wednesday morning. Officials say the incident was located at the 2500 block of insulator Drive in South Baltimore. At the scene, firefighters were advised that the crane operator had been unconscious and nonresponsive upon further assessment by fire department personnel. The crane operator was found to be in cardiac arrest. Fire department, high angle, aerial rescue team and special rescue operations command were in the process of rescuing this victim from as high as 180 feet in the air to return them to ground level.
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Cecil County landmark, Galvinell Meat Company, destroyed in two-alarm fire

PHOTO: A Cecil County landmark was destroyed in a Tuesday morning fire. Galvinell Meat Company has been around for well over half-a-century. The butcher shop that once stood on Ragan Road, in Conowingo, went up in flames around 5:45am. An employee was first to discover fire in the utility room ceiling, which quickly spread to the attic. A second alarm was eventually called, prompting 50 some firefighters to respond from multiple neighboring counties in Maryland and Pennsylvania. No animals or people were injured in the fire, despite causing an estimated $2.5 million in damages. Health officials believe meat products stored in a freezer were unaffected. While the cause remains under investigation, the Fire Marshal is not ruling out electrical failure.
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Montgomery County family displaced after house fire

VIDEO: Fire officials said that two adults and two children were displaced after a house fire in the Laytsonville and Damascus area late Tuesday morning. Around 11:30 a.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) crews responded to the 8800 block of Primula Dr. Officials said that the fire was in the basement and the attic. Around 55 MCFRS members responded to the fire. Nobody was injured.
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Baltimore: Motorcyclist pulled from water under I-95 after crash dies at hospital

A motorcyclist ejected from a bridge after a crash in Baltimore has died. SkyTeam 11 video showed water rescue personnel were called around 12:45 p.m. Monday to an area under the Interstate 395 at Interstate 95 overpasses south of downtown. Baltimore City fire officials told 11 News preliminarily that a motorcyclist traveling south on I-395 on the ramp to southbound I-95 was knocked over the jersey wall into the water after a single-vehicle crash. Fire crews pulled the motorcyclist from the water. The victim died at a hospital.
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