Anne Arundel County Fire Department

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I was in Maryland recently and took in a 2-Alarm fire at 224 Percheron Drive in the town of Gambrills in Anne Arundel County. There was a major storm passing through the area and this was most likely the result of a lightning strike. The fire was out when I got there and a second storm cell came through. In addition to the county units, multiple departments were at the scene including Glen Burnie, Fort Meade, BWI Airport, and Earleigh Heights.

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Anne Arundel County FD Engine 291 Spartan

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Anne Arundel County FD Engine 265

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aftermath of lightning strike house fire

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Fort Meade FD fire Truck 45

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Anne Arundel County Engine 40

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Earleigh Heights VFD fire engine loading hose

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Fort Meade FD fire engine

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Anne Arundel County Fire Department units were alerted to an electrical burning odor in a commercial business structure on Friday.  Upon arrival, units discovered high levels of carbon monoxide, spot fires and water leakage throughout the complex and surrounding terrain, and a second alarm was struck bringing more engine and truck companies to the scene as well as the Anne Arundel Alarmers Association (http://www.freewebs.com/anne_arundel_alarmers/apparatus.htm) Fire & Police support unit.

An underground utility fire was contained, units performed ventilation and had the incident under control within 4 hours.  No injuries were reported.

Here are some scene photos from Anne Arundel PIO Russ Davies, and a bystander Jennifer Holtzapple who were both on the scene early.  I took a bunch of apparatus shots when the crews were packing up and going back into service.

Anne Arundel Fire has some interesting apparatus including the air wagon which has a new cab mounted on the same E-One body used on past versions from as far back as 30 years.  Attached are two photos of the wagon, one from yesterday that I took and one taken by John Floyd II from his archives, when the body was mounted to a 1974 IHC L-1800 Loadstar cab.  You’ll also notice the abundance of other E-One apparatus on the Anne Arundel roster.

Anne Arundel 1st Alert has a video report of the incident here:  http://vimeo.com/104140585

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Trevor James Fire Scene Photography

commercial fire scene

Photo by Lt. Russ Davies, Anne Arundel County FD PIO

Anne Arundel Alarmers Association Support Unit

Photo by Lt. Russ Davies, Anne Arundel County FD PIO

Photo by Jennifer Holtzapple

Photo by Jennifer Holtzapple

firemen talking

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Anne Arundel County FD E-ONE fire engine

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Anne Arundel County FD fire engines

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Anne Arundel County FD fire truck

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Anne Arundel County FD E-ONE fire truck

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Anne Arundel County air wagon

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Anne Arundel County air wagon

Anne Arundel County air wagon from the archives of John Floyd II

More photos can be viewed on my Flickr account here:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/59625319@N02/