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On Wednesday,
Aug. 25, County Executive Jim Smith, along with Fire Chief John Hohman
and elected officials, stood together with pride as they rededicated
the Dundalk Fire Station #6, located at 2815 Sollers Point Road. On
Feb. 10 of this year, at approximately 2:40 a.m., a two-alarm fire broke
out right inside the station, causing $625,000 worth of damage, including
the destruction of a new fire engine, a medic unit, a brush unit and
a Maryland National Guard Humvee. Fire Department officials were faced
with not only the severe damage and repairs that had been caused by
the fire, but they were also stuck right in the middle of one of two
blizzards that occurred that week. Soon after the fire had sent the
station into flames, fire crews needed to find a temporary location
to stay and store their equipment and fire engines. Thanks to Sollers
Point Technical High School, our units and fire crews were able to find
a fast and safe location that night and within two weeks at the school,
crews moved back to the station, stated Smith. It is important that
we as the people and the government do everything possible to protect
our protectors. The fire crews were able to contain the early morning
fire without any injuries. According to Diane Young, Principal at Sollers
Point, the fire station chose to keep their fire engine there in order
to make sure they could not only keep the vehicle operating but to ensure
the safety of Turner Station as well. According to a press release,
the cost of repairs to the three-engine bay cost was covered by the
County's insurance. The Smith administration assisted with the project
which was completed by the middle of July, only five months after the
fire had occurred. It is our job as the government to work together
and to move quickly just like the fire crews who were able to contain
the fire within just seven minutes, acknowledged Smith. The revitalization
of the new fire station has brought many improvements and now we can
say it stands here today, back better than ever.
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