Photo courtesy of the Jarrettsville Volunteer Fire Company One victim was rushed to a local hospital after falling from the King and Queens Seat in Rocks State Park Wednesday evening, fire officials said. The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m., according to the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association. Members of the Jarrettsville Volunteer […]
UPDATE: 10-Year-Old Girl Injured by Steel Rebar in Jarrettsville Sledding Accident
A 10-year-old girl was rushed to a regional hospital Monday after being impaled on a piece of steel rebar during a sledding accident. The accident occurred just before 11:30 a.m. Monday in the 3600 block of Anderson Lane in Jarrettsville, according to a posting on the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association’s Facebook page. […]
Harford County Observes National EMS Week; EMS Providers Recognized for Their Lifesaving Service
From Harford County government: Harford County government will pay tribute to the Emergency Medical Service providers during National EMS Week, May 19 – 24, 2013. This year’s theme is “EMS: One Mission; One Team”. Emergency Services Week or EMS Week brings together local communities and medical personnel to honor and raise awareness of those who […]
UPDATE: Drowsy Driver Crashes Charter Bus on I-95 in Aberdeen; 4-5 Passengers Treated
Nine people were injured Friday morning when a charter bus struck a guardrail on southbound I-95 near Aberdeen, fire officials said. The crash was reported at about 8:45 a.m. Friday near mile marker 86 at Maxa Road and Paradise Road, according to the Harford County Emergency Operations Center. Nine patients were transported to hospitals in […]
Riley Foundation Awards $27,000 in Scholarships to Harford Youths and Fire/Rescue Volunteers at 7th Annual Banquet
From the Charlie Riley Community Service Scholarship Foundation: The Foundation awarded $27,000 in scholarships at the organization’s seventh annual banquet and awards ceremony November 14th at Level Fire Company. The scholarship program honors the memory of the late Charles W. Riley, a 52 year member and chief of Abingdon Fire Company and a member of […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Police Academy Week 9: Emergency Operations Center
A creaky-looking leather chair. A large easel with a map of Harford County. A worn, wooden desk, on which rests a rotary phone, a tube radio, and a reel-to-reel recorder. Yesterday, this was the county’s emergency operations and dispatch center in downtown Bel Air. Today, the center occupies a low-slung building in Hickory, a decades-old […]
Hurricane Irene Slams Harford Saturday Night; Damages, Power Outages Reported in Early Hours of Storm
Hurricane Irene rolled through the Harford County area Saturday evening and into the early Sunday hours, felling trees, closing numerous roads, creating at least two car crashes and causing power outages in the initial hours of the storm. While the full force of the hurricane was expected to hit the area after midnight Saturday, driving […]
Citizen-Initiated CPR Saves Two Lives in Northern Harford County Near-Drowning, Medical Emergency
From the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association: At approximately 6:15 P.M. on August 3, 2011 Harford County 911 received a report of a possible cardiac arrest due to a drowning at a residence in the 1300 block of Quaker Church Road in the Darlington area. Local law enforcement and units from the Darlington […]
