Huntingtown responds to Annne Arundel and PG County County
By Assistant Chief Jonathan Riffe
September 18, 2004
On Saturday September 18, 2004 at 0356 hours, Tanker 6 (Huntingtown) along with Company 5 (Dunkirk) and Company 1 (North Beach) responded to Lower Pindell Road in Anne Arundel County Station 9's (Lothian)'s first due for the reported building fire. Units from Company 5 arrived first on the scene and found a church/school heavily involved with fire. Tanker 6 (F/F M. Nasti) and Chief 6C (Spriggs) arrived on location and assisted in extinguishment and Water Supply for several hours. At 0856 hours, Tanker 6 returned to service. Engine 61 (Chief 6A, J. Riffe) handled the fill-in at Company 5 from 0401-1000 hours.
During the above operation, Engine 62 (F/F D. Cox) also transferred to Prince George's County Station 37 (Ritchie) since their department was participating in the annual PG County Parade. Lieutenant Christopher Cunningham rode as officer during the transfer from 0700-1400 hours. They responded on two incidents including an Automatic Fire Alarm (AFA) and a Motor Vehicle Collision.