Fire/Rescue Incidents

Jan 14 2018

Fire Severely Damages Odenton Home

Just before 9 pm on Thursday, January 11th, a call to 9-1-1 reported that the front of a home was on fire in the 500 block of Monterey Avenue in Odenton.

The Odenton Volunteer Fire Company responded with Engine 282, Truck 28 and Chief 28 staffed with 12 volunteers and our assigned career driver.

OVFC’s Chief 28 arrived first to find a two-story house single family home with fire showing from the 1st and 2nd floors and established incident command. Engine 282 arrived, established a water supply and began fire suppression efforts on the front porch, the exterior of the house and a vehicle parked in the driveway. After knocking the exterior fire down, crews entered the dwelling and moved to the second floor where the fire had spread vertically up the exterior of the home. Truck 28 arrived and laddered the building and then went to work assisting the Engine crew on the second floor.

Engine 4 (Severn), Engines 451 and 453 (Ft. Meade) Engine 21 (Harmans Dorsey), Truck 29 (Jessup), Tower 43 (BWI Airport), Squad 33 (Glen Burnie) also responded bringing a total of forty firefighters to the scene. The fire was placed under control in 20 minutes. Two adults occupants were displaced as a result of the fire, and one occupant suffered a minor burn injury to the hand. The cause of the fire is under investigation by members of the Anne Arundel County Fire and Explosives Investigations Unit. There were no other injuries.

Dec 08 2017

Firefighters Extinguish Fararra Drive House Fire

Just after 10:30 pm on the evening of Thursday, Dec 7, units were alerted for a possible dwelling fire on the 1300 block of Fararra Drive in Odenton.

OVFC’s Engine 282 arrived to find a two-story duplex with fire showing from the 2nd floor. OVFC’s engine crew stretched a line and began an interior attack on the 2nd floor while Truck 29, transferred to Co. 5’s quarters, arrived and laddered the building and subsequently assisted Engine 282’s crew on Division 2 with fire suppression.

Units from Ft. Meade, Ferndale, BWI and Arundel assisted on the call bringing the fire under control in 20 minutes. Three adults and three children were displaced as a result of the fire and are being assisted by the Red Cross. Fire Investigators determined the cause to be accidental causing approximately $200,000 in damage. There were no injuries.