Call history
Beltsville House Fire
Saturday, February 5th, 2011

On the evening of Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011, just as the Volunteers at the GVFD were sitting down to dinner, the box alarm was struck for 45th Avenue in Co. 31's first due (Beltsville) for the report of smoke in the house. Engine 351 responded as fourth due engine with six personnel, and Chief 35B.

As units responded to the scene, Public Safety Communications updated the call, advising a next door neighbor reported that there was a working basement fire. Engine Co. 31 arrived on scene moments later to report a split level, single family home with smoke showing.

Engine 351 picked up the hydrant a block from the scene, pulled a back-up line from Co. 41's wagon, and positioned themselves at the patio door to the basement on Side Charlie (the rear of the house). The crew from Co. 35 assisted in ventilation and opened up walls and ceiling in the basement.

The Volunteers returned the 'house within an hour.

Photo courtesy of Beltsville VFD.

Beltsville House Fire
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Thursday, July 7th, 2011
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
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Sunday, February 27th, 2011
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On Sunday, February 27th, 2011, as the Volunteers at the GVFD were arguing over what to have for lunch, the first due Box Alarm was sounded for 10 Parkway--down the street from the firehouse--for smoke coming from a building.
Friday, February 25th, 2011
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On the afternoon of Friday, February 25th, 2011, the Volunteers at Co. 35 received a phone call at the station from someone reporting an auto fire on Lakecrest Circle in the first due. Engine 353 responded to the scene and quickly extinguished the fire with the front jumpline.
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
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Around 7:30am on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, the Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department was interrupted from their morning housework for a report of an auto fire in the area of Greenbelt Road and Hanover Parkway, secondary to a personal injury accident.
Friday, February 18th, 2011
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While the volunteer members of Greenbelt were nestled in their beds, Engine 351 and Ambulance 359 were dispatched along with Squad 14 for an overturned vehicle on Greenbelt Road near Hanover Parkway with entrapment.
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
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In the early hours of Wednesday, February 9th, 2011, Engine 351 responded to a report of alarm bells on Mandan Road, in the first due. After arriving on scene to find a silent apartment building, presumably filled with peacefully sleeping residents, and no alarm bells to be found, the sleepy Volunte...
Saturday, February 5th, 2011
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On the evening of Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011, just as the Volunteers at the GVFD were sitting down to dinner, the box alarm was struck for 45th Avenue in Co. 31's first due (Beltsville) for the report of smoke in the house.
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
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On Wednesday, January 26th, 2011, after running multiple "wires down" calls due to the snow storm, the Volunteers were getting ready to make some cocoa and thaw out when the tones were dropped for the report of a house on fire on Greenhill Road, in our own first due.
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
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On Sunday, January 23rd, 2011, as the Volunteers at Company 35 were preparing for a day of football, the alarm was sounded for Northbound Baltimore Washington Parkway, in the area of Greenbelt Road, for a reported auto fire in the First Due.

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