Shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday Sept 24, Baltimore County Fire Department units were alerted to a reported person in the water at the Greenspring Quarry on Greenspring Avenue (Box 14-13). Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company 32s technical rescue team responded with Squad 322, Tower 323 and Utillity 329 with staffing of 10 volunteers. First arriving BCoFD Engine 14 (Brooklandville career) assumed command and reported the subject had jumped down a cliff approximately 150 feet down and was at the base of the water. Firefighters from stations 14, 17 (Texas career) and 32 set up a rescue haul system, with crews from Station 17 (Urban Search and Rescue Team) rappelling down to the patient. After about an hour, using a stokes basket rescue operation, firefighters assisted the subject up the cliff as well as one civilian who attempted to make the rescue prior to the fire department arrival. Units on scene: DC1 E14 HM114 TOW323 S322 USAR 17 TOW17 M14 BOAT17 M17 U329

Lansdowne, MD – September 11, 2009 – Baltimore County, MD firefighters responded to an early morning house fire in Lansdowne on Friday, September 11. Fire Box 36-3 was dispatched at 1:38 a.m. reporting a house on fire at 2361 Research Drive. First arriving units from BCoFD Station 5 (Halethorpe) reported a fully involved two-story dwelling and began stretching lines for fire attack. Firefighters confirmed all occupants had escaped the house, and due to heavy fire conditions command ordered a defensive operation. Firefighters used multiple hand lines and the deck gun from Engine 5 to bring the blaze under control. Crews found a pet cat outside the home and a paramedic resuscitated the animal with oxygen before turning it over to a family member who took it to an emergency animal hospital. The BCoFD Fire Investigation Division was requested to determine the cause and origin of the fire.