SFDFD BUILDING UPDATE
The Sykesville-Freedom District Fire Department continues to provide quality emergency services to the community after February's fire that destroyed much of our station.
WMAR-TV aired a news report on Wednesday, June 2, concerning the need to tear down the remainder of the administrative portion of the building. To see and read the story, please click here.
The Carroll County Times also published a story Thursday, June 3, on the decision to tear down more of the building. To read that story, please click here.
WJZ-TV aired a news report about the department's recovery on Sunday, February 21. To read the story and watch the video, please click here.
Head on collision on route 32 with one trapped
JULY 21
- Just after 7pm on Wednesday, July 21, Carroll EOC alerted Sykesville units for a Vehicle collision with entrapment on southbound Route 32 and Springfield Ave. P-129 arrived to route 32 southbound, one half mile past springfield ave, to find a 2 car "Head-on" collision with one trapped. Rescue Squad 12(Schombert), Engine 124(Newton) both arrived shortly after and began extrication of the patient. ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Missing Swimmer
JULY 19
- On Sunday evening ATV 12 was alerted to assist units with a missing swimmer in Liberty Reservoir. Utility 12 with ATV 12 responded with four personnel to the area of Deer Park Road and the Carroll County / Baltimore County Line.
Upon arrival on the scene ATV 12 and crew where advised that they were going to be used to transport equipment and personnel through the woods to the water edge. At this ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Area Rattled by Earthquake
JULY 16
- Just shortly after five this morning members and area residents were awakened by their houses shaking. Shortly after the rattling stopped, the station was alerted for an explosion in the area of White Rock Road and Aster Way. Engine 124 and P-129 responded and was quickly advised by communications that they were on the phone with Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and they started that it ... (Full Story)
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Slick roads lead to a "Door Pop"
JULY 14
- At 20:31hrs Carroll County 911 alerted Station 12 and P128, for a Vehicle Collision at the intersection of Johnsville Rd. And Piney Ridge Parkway. Paramedic 129, Rescue Squad 12, and Engine 124 arrived on scene to find a 2 car "T-Bone" collision with 4 injured and 1 trapped. Captian 12-1 (Ludwig) established the Johnsville Rd command. Crews worked for 10 minutes to extricate the trapped subject. ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Tower 12 to Frederick County for House and Barn Fire
JULY 06
- The Frederick County Sheriff's Office has issued a preliminary report that a self-inflicted gunshot killed the man found at the scene of a fire Monday in the 14600 block of Black Ankle Road, near the Carroll County line.
The sheriff's office said the investigation indicates Thomas R. Baker Sr. set fire to his house and a barn before taking his own life.
Marc E. McNeal, bureau chief of the Frederick ... (Full Story & Photos)
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"Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact. When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. Firemen do not regard themselves as heroes because they do that the buisness requires"
Chief of Department Edward F. Crocker FDNY
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