Benedict Volunteers double pull for a multi-alarm brush fire in Calvert
By Firefighter/EMT-B Sean Kerrigan
September 5, 2007
On September 5 around 2:00pm, Benedict Volunteers were alerted mutual aide to Calvert box 307 Sollars Wharf Rd. for the brush fire. Engine 5-3 was dispatched as a Tanker under the command of Captain 5(Billy White) and Engine 5-4 under the command of a firefighter (BrianTherres). The report was a woods fire and a large field with exposures in danger. Units arrived to assist with extinguishment. Benedict Volunteers operated for approximately two and a half hours, with an additional crew at the station.
Units:
Engine 5-3 (as a Tanker) Engine 5-4
Mutual Aid:
Multiple units from Calvert, St. Mary's ,and Charles counties
