WESTMINSTER FIRE
ENGINE and HOSE COMPANY No. 1
Kitchen fire and
rescue 200 block Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster
Thursday, July 2,
2015
DATE: July 2, 2015 208 Pennsylvania Avenue apartment fire –
200 block Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster
Labels: Fire
CC Depts, Fire
CC Depts 03 Westminster, Fire
CC Depts 03 Westminster PIO, Fire
Safety, MD
State Fire Marshall
DISPATCH TIME: 17:11 (5:11 p.m.)
LOCATION: 208 Pennsylvania Avenue - 200 block Pennsylvania
Avenue, Westminster
INCIDENT Classification:
FIRE SUPPRESSION - EMS/RESCUE
INCIDENT DESCRIPTION: At 5:11 p.m. Carroll County
firefighters and EMS personnel were dispatched to a report of a building fire
in 200 block Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster - BOX:0331 DUE:E31 E91 E61 E101
RS9 TO3 T2 X37 CS6
The emergency response was quickly upgraded in response to a
report that individuals were trapped in the fire.
In addition to units from the Westminster Fire Engine and
Hose Co. No. 1, firefighters and EMS personnel and multiple emergency response
units of Carroll County volunteer fire companies 6, 9, 10, 2 and 4 responded: 6
– Pleasant Valley, 9 – Reese, 10 – New Windsor, and 4 – Manchester.
INITIAL ON-SCENE UNIT, Initial Findings, and ACTIONS TAKEN:
Westminster first arrived on the scene at 5:18 with Engine 33. Westminster
assistant chief Jim Starry in command.
Upon arrival, smoke was evident from the first floor of what
appeared to be a structure divided into two apartments, one on the first floor
and a second apartment on the second floor.
The emergency responders from Westminster quickly identified
one individual inside the structure and one individual outside that appeared to
be not moving, perhaps unconscious.
Maryland State Police aviation units were requested.
Westminster firefighters rescued an unresponsive woman from
the first floor and located and responded to an unresponsive male outside the
dwelling.
Other than suffering from smoke inhalation, the condition of
the woman was unknown. Both the male and the female were transported to Carroll
Hospital.
Maryland Senior Deputy State Fire Marshall Bruce D. Bouch
later reported that both individuals were treated and released from Carroll
Hospital.
The fire was declared under control in a short period of
time after some quick action by Westminster firefighters which quickly
prevented the fire from spreading.
Units remained on the scene for about an hour. Firefighters
reported that the fire may have originated in the kitchen. The source of the
fire appeared to be two pots on the stove with the burners turned-on high.
Firefighters turned-off the burners and ventilated the apartment.
At present, there are no reports of any emergency responders
injured in the response.
In addition to Carroll County firefighters, and an initial
dispatch of Maryland State Police aviation – which was subsequently terminated
when it was determined that the individuals could be transported by ambulance
to Carroll Hospital; officers from the Westminster city police responded as
well as personnel from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, and the Maryland
State Fire Marshalls Office.
According to Deputy Fire Marshall Bruce D. Bouch,
investigators have made a preliminary determination that the fire was
accidental as a result of unattended cooking on the stove in the kitchen.
Bouch further cautioned that folks ought to always stay in
the kitchen while cooking. “If you have to leave the kitchen, turn the stove
off,” reminded Bouch.
The incident and the fire remains under the joint investigation
by the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office and the Carroll County Sheriff’s
Office.
Report filed by Westminster Volunteer Fire Department public
information officer Chaplain Kevin E. Dayhoff. The Westminster Volunteer Fire
Department may be reached at (410) 848-1800.
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Related:
Two sent to Carroll Hospital after Westminster kitchen fire
By Jon
Kelvey Carroll County Times
July 2, 2015 6:15
Westminster people were hospitalized with potentially
life-threatening injuries Thursday evening after a kitchen fire in the 200
block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Westminster, according to a Westminster fire
company spokesman.
Read much more here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-pennsylvania-ave-house-fire-20150702-story.html
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