From the Office of the State Fire Marshal: Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire of the Northeast Regional Office of the State Fire Marshal has been named the recipient of the: 2015 “James C. Robertson, Deputy State Fire Marshal of the Year” award. State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci made the presentation during a ceremony […]
Bomb Techs Respond to Scarboro Landfill After Suspicious Item Discovered in Dumpster
From the Office of the State Fire Marshal: Bomb technicians from the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Harford County Hazmat Team responded to the Harford Waste Disposal Center in Street on Monday morning after a suspicious item discovered was in a Dumpster. A citizen observed a person dispose of a wooden crate with […]
Deputy State Fire Marshal Alkire from Northeast Region Attends Homeland Security Training
From the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire, Fire/Explosive Investigator from the Maryland Department of State Police – Office of the Fire Marshal, Northeast Region recently completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), in Anniston, Ala. The CDP is operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s […]
Dog Perishes Saving Owner From House Fire in Street
A loyal canine died saving his owner from a two-alarm blaze which broke out in their Street home late Sunday night, fire officials said. Andrew T. Schmidt, 79, was alone in his Boyd Road home shortly after 11:15 p.m. Sunday night when his dog Shamus alerted him to a fire which had broken out in […]
Harford Firefighters Investigate Vehicle Blaze in Bel Air
Firefighters from the Bel Air and Fallston fire companies battled a small vehicle blaze early Thursday morning, the cause and details of which remain under investigation, according to the state Fire Marshal’s Office. The fire was reported at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday in a 2003 Chevrolet Impala on the 1300 block of Gates Head Drive […]
Harford County Fire Departments Battle Edgewood, Havre de Grace House Blazes
Responders battled two house fires in Edgewood and Havre de Grace earlier this week which caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage to each, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Fire crews responded to a blaze at a home on the 1900 block of Eloise Lane in Edgewood at approximately 4:43 a.m. Tuesday. […]
Havre de Grace Man Arrested for Possession of IED
From the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Northeast Regional Office: HAVRE DE GRACE, MD (June 10, 2010) – Deputy State Fire Marshals arrested Daniel Martin Frank, 46, of Havre de Grace for possession of an improvised explosive device. Frank was taken into custody at the Havre de Grace Police Department. The device was originally located at […]
Firefighters Respond to Blaze on Washington Street in Aberdeen
Firefighters responded to a blaze at a home on Washington Street in Aberdeen Thursday morning which caused an estimated $30,000 in damages but caused no injuries. According to the State Fire Marshal’s Northeast Regional Office, members of the Aberdeen, APG and Susquehanna fire companies responded to the home of David and Cynthia Johnson at 419 […]
