Around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, January 26, Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Squad 322 was alerted with units from Franklin, Owings Mills and Reisterstown for a reported motor vehicle crash with a person trapped on Red Run Boulevard near the Owings Mills Post Office. BCoFD Engine 56 arrived and reported a 2-vehicle crash with a Priority 1 patient heavily entrapped and in trauma arrest. Units from stations 31 & 41 extricated the patient, who was transported by medic crews to an area hospital where he died. Squad 322 was on the scene for about 15 minutes. The crash is under investigation by the Baltimore County Police Department Crash Team.

Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night January 24, Baltimore County Fire Department Engine 19 (Garrison station) and Owings Mills Volunteer Fire Company Engine 312 were alerted for smoke reported in the area of Reisterstown Road and Olive Lane. Units arriving in the area found smoke and fire showing from a 2-story office building in the 9900 block of Reisterstown Road across the street from the St. Thomas Shopping Center and requested a full fire box, bringing additional units to the scene including Engine 321, Squad 322 and Tower 323 from the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company. Units laid several hoselines, made an aggressive attack and held the fire to one unit of the building. A Baltimore County fire investigator was requested to the scene to determine the cause of the fire.

At 2:30 a.m. Sunday, January 15th, Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Squad 322 was alerted with other Baltimore County westside units for a house fire reported in the 3400 block of Keston Road (Fire Box 3-3). The caller to 911 reported a kitchen fire and then called back reporting the fire was spreading and the ceiling was collapsing. While enroute, units could see a glow in the sky, and BCoFD Engine 3 (Woodlawn career) arrived reporting heavy fire showing from a one-story house and requested a Working Fire Dispatch. Firefighters made an aggressive attack with several handlines and knocked down the fire but the house sustained significant damage.

Around 1015 hrs on Wednesday morning, Tower 323 responded to the dwelling fire in the 3800 block of Arbutus Avenue (Box 2-24) for the house fire.  Engine 3 arrived first to find smoke showing and had a bedroom off on the first floor.  Tower 323 arrived and began a primary search, which turned up negative, and assisted opening up the bedroom. 

Later at 2020 hrs, the Tower responded to another reported bedroom fire in the 400 block of Rocklyn Avenue (Box 2-22).  The Tower arrived first to find fire in a bedroom, and held it in check with a can until Engine 2 stretched an attack line.  The Tower crew also threw ladders and performed a search of the structure.  Crews operated for over an hour before returning to service. 

Around 1015 Thursday morning, Engine 321 responded for the electrical fire in the unit block of Harwick Court (Box 14-11) for the reported dryer smoking.  Engine 14 arrived with smoke showing and filled the box.  Crews located a fire in the laundry room, which was extinguished within minutes. These three fires bumped PVFC's tally to 14 structure fires with handlines in service for the month of December.

Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company members were pleased to join dozens of fellow community members Sunday night December 25th to light the menorah at the Chanukah House on Greenspring Avenue. Representing PVFC in the lighting were longtime company member Bill Levin, his wife and former Ladies Auxiliary member Norma Levin, and Board of Directors member Andrea Lavine. Before and after the Menorah lighting, many youngsters enjoyed their tours of Tower 323 and Medic 325.

Shortly after returning to quarters from a community detail at the Chanukah House, the tones at Station 32 kept Pikesville volunteers busy on Christmas night. While transferred to Station 1 in Towson, Medic 325 was alerted for Fire Box 1-32, responding with Central Division units for a trash chute fire in a residential hirise building on Virginia Avenue in Towson. Around 8:30 p.m. Tower 323 was alerted to transfer to Station 1 and fill-in for Truck 1 who was operating at the Virginia Avenue fire. While enroute to Station 1, the Tower was alerted with Providence Volunteer Fire Company Engine 291 and BCoFD Engine 2 for an electrical fire at a house on Falkirk Avenue.

Shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, December 12, Pikesville VFC Tower 323 was among westside Baltimore County fire units dispatched to a reported dwelling fire (Box 33-9) in the unit block of Monnery Court in Woodlawn. BCoFD Engine 13 (Westview career) arrived to find smoke showing from the 2nd floor of a duplex and crews on the interior located a fire in the basement. BCoFD Engine 2 (Pikesville career) arrived next and picked up Engine 13’s hydrant. Upon arrival of Tower 323 the crew split up to search the house and handle ladders and outside vent operations.

Around lunchtime, Engines 3 and 18 were alerted to the 3500 block of Rhom Road (box 3-03) for the appliance fire.  While responding, dispatch upgraded the incident to a dwelling fire which added Engine 321 to the assignment.  Moments later, Engine 3 arrived with heavy smoke showing.  Engine 18 laid a supply line for Engine 3 and assisted them with fire attack.  Engine 321 arrived and established RIT as Engine 2 picked up 18's line.  Engine 321's crew conducted a 360 to observe fire conditions and egress points while ensuring sufficient ladders were thrown.  After staging on Side A as RIT, Engine 321's crew was reassigned to assist with searching the structure.  Although all occupants escaped the fire prior to FD arrival, Engine 321's crew located a cat in the basement and removed it to its awaiting owners outside.  Once the incident was scaled back, Engine 321 cleared after operating for approximately 30 minutes.

In the late morning house, Tower 323 responded to the dwelling fire in the unit block of Salem Court (Box 2-23).  Tower 323 arrived with nothing evident, but found heavy smoke conditions as soon as they opened the front door.  The Tower crew made their way back to the kitchen and found the stove on fire with moderate extension to the cabinets.  With Engine 2 out of position, Engine 3 assumed first due engine responsibilities.  Crews made quick work of the fire, and the assignment was quickly scaled back. 

Minutes after training ended, Squad 322 was alerted to the dwelling fire in the 6900 block of Rockfields Road (Box 3-05).  Engine 3 arrived to find a 2-story end of group townhouse with fire in the basement.  Engine 3 stretched a line to the walk-out basement as Truck 13 arrived to throw ladders and initiate a search.  Although last arriving, Squad 322 came in the 2nd entrance to the street and came nose to nose with Engine 3.  The Squad crew set up lights to the rear of the structure and in the basement while assisting crews opening up.  The Squad returned to service after 30 minutes of work.

Minutes after returning from the city fire, PVFC was alerted to the dwelling fire in the area of the 1700 block of Reisterstown Road (Box 2-10).  Crews found nothing in the area while checking the main stretch of road and in the cemetery.  Dispatch came back advising a corrected location (nowhere close) of the 6900 block of Blanche road for the shed on fire next to the house.  Engine 2 dropped a line and arrived with a well-involved shed close to the rear of the structure.  The structure, lawncare equipment and a venting propane cylinder were burning.  Tower 323 assisted Engine 2's crew from Side A as Engine 321 went to the alley on Side C.  The fire was knocked within a matter of minutes and no extension to the dwelling was found.  The incident was quickly scaled back to units from 2 and 32.

Shortly after returning and cleaning up from the dwelling fire in Pikesville, Tower 323 was alerted to respond mutual aid into Baltimore City.  As city crews were battling multiple structure fires, an apartment fire was escalating in the 6300 block of Red Cedar Place (Box 45-03).  The Tower responded on the 3rd alarm. 

Upon arrival, the crew reported to Command and was assigned to operate on Side C.  The Tower crew took an 1 3/4" attack line off BCFD Engine 31 and extended it off a charged 2 1/2" in the rear.  The crew assisted Engine 31's crew stretch the line up a ground ladder to the 4th floor fire apartment.  Once up in the fire apartment, the Tower crew assisted opening up the walls and ceilings for the engine crews before standing by for city fire investigators.  The Tower operated for approximately an hour before returning to service.

Shortly after 1930 hours, Engine 321 was alerted for an appliance fire with Engine 2 in the unit block of Weyanoke Court (local box 2-28).  Based on the comments of "stove and microwave on fire," Engine 2 requested Tower 323 to respond.  Engine 2 marked up with nothing evident from an end of group townhouse, but quickly found fire showing from the rear of the structure.  Engine 2 established command, initiated an aggressive interior attack and requested the box and working fire assignment. 

Engine 321 arrived at the hydrant and stretched a 300 ft line to Side C.  Tower 323 arrived and initiated a search and throwing ladders.  Squad 322 arrived and assisted the Tower with search and ladders as the Tower driver put the aerial to the roof.  As Engine 2 knocked the fire in the kitchen, crews from 32 and Engine 19 discovered moderate extension to the 2nd floor and significant extension into the attic.  As the interior crews began opening up and extinguishing the fire on the second floor and attic, the Tower crew and Truck 18 opened up multiple large holes in the roof.  Company 31 stood by as the RIT team and later assisted with overhaul.  Crews operated for over two hours before returning to service.

On Monday night November 14, the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company proudly placed into service the new Medic 325 advanced life support ambulance to protect the Pikesville community and surrounding region. And two minutes after going in service, Medic 325 responded on its first call, for a non-emergency, sick subject. Medic 325 annually is one of the busiest medic units (career or volunteer) in Baltimore County, with more than 1,880 calls for medical assistance during 2010. The new ambulance, a 2011 Ford F450 4WD / Lifeline, was built at the Lifeline plant in Sumner, Iowa and sold to PVFC by dealer Diamond State Ambulance Inc. in Newark, Delaware. The unit replaces a 2003 Ford E450 Super Duty/Lifeline which had more than 115,000 miles, often driven under harsh conditions, and answered more than 13,000 calls for emergency medical service in the past seven years. That ambulance had been out of service for about seven months and PVFC had been using a reserve medic unit from the Baltimore County Fire Department. The new state-of-the-art ambulance, which will be officially dedicated in February during the company banquet, will cost approximately $200,000. Much of the funding is coming via community donations, in addition to contributions from two area philanthropic organizations, Save – A – Heart and Covenant Guild, who are each contributing $50,000 during a five-year period. At one time, the PVFC ambulance routinely responded on as many as 2,500 calls per year until Medic 2, a Baltimore County Fire Department ambulance, was put in service in October 1996. This was one of the last BCoFD career (non-volunteer) fire stations to be assigned a medic unit. However, PVFC’s Medic 325 remains consistently busy, often running to emergencies as far away as Catonsville and Cockeysville when closer units are unavailable due to call volume.

Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company crews had a busy Thursday, November 3 running on four working incidents in neighboring Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Company’s first-due area. Before 8 a.m.,PVFC responded with other Baltimore County westside units to a townhouse fire (Fire Box 46-21) in the unit block of block of Kentbury Court and a single family house fire (Fire Box 46-20) on Waterwheel Square where firefighters rescued the occupant. Later in the morning, PVFC Squad 322 was dispatched to Rescue Box 46-1 at Liberty Road & Marriottsville Road. Arriving units reported a Jeep Wrangler had run off the road into a BGE pole with the driver heavily entrapped. While the Squad crew stabilized the passenger side, which was at a bad angle on a steep hill, the crew from BCoFD Truck 18 (Randallstown career) removed the driver’s door and rammed the dash to free the patients’ legs. BCoFD Engine 18 (Randallstown career) landed the Maryland State Police medevac Trooper at an area shopping center and the patient was flown to an area trauma center. Later in the day, PVFC responded to Fire Box 46-18, for a working fire in an end of the group rowhouse.