Thursday, May 2, 2013
The volunteer firefighter who was was critically injured during the April 24 fire in Reisterstown died Thursday at Maryland Shock Trauma. His funeral is set for Sunday.
It was a horrific fire April 24 that the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company was called to control. Volunteer firefighter Gene Kirchner, 25, and several others were searching the home at 19 Hanover Rd., trying to find a resident because "very, very agitated residents were screaming that someone was trapped," Baltimore County Fire Chief John Hohman said during a press conference Thursday afternoon. "Gene and others, they attempted to rescue the individual," Hohman said, calling the fire "horrific." Kirchner, a nine-year veteran of the company, died on Thursday at Maryland Shock Trauma after spending eight days in critical condition. "Gene himself ended up being rescued from the second floor by his co-volunteers here at Reisterstown and two …
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The 25-year-old is the second fatality from a house fire April 24 at 19 Hanover Road in Reisterstown.
UPDATE (2:30 p.m.)--Volunteer Firefighter Gene Kirchner died Thursday afternoon at Maryland Shock Trauma, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. The member of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire company was critically injured April 24 while doing a search during a house fire at 19 Hanover Rd in Reisterstown. "It is with deep sorrow and regret that the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company announces the line of duty passing of Firefighter Gene Kirchner," according to a statement from the fire company. "Gene succumbed to his injures after an 8-day fight." Gene was a 9-year member of the fire company, and was a junior firefighter for 2 years, it states. "A full fire department funeral will be scheduled." A 58-year-old resident died …
Monday, January 28, 2013
Check out the top stories from this weekend.
Minister, Civil Rights Leader Dies Vernon Dobson, a minister and leader of the civil rights movement in Baltimore, died of a stroke, on Saturday. He also served in the Navy during World War II, according to The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore's VA Office Worst in Nation The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs takes a year on average to process claims from service members, and make more mistakes then any other office in the nation, according to The Baltimore Sun. Police Identify Man Shot at Lutherville Light Rail Stop Patch reports Harold J. Blandon, Jr., 35, was identified as the man shot and severly wounded at the Lutherville light rail station. Three Alarm Fire Damages Rosedale Shopping Center A fire broke out in the …
Sunday, July 1, 2012
The fire was reported shortly before 11 a.m.
Fire crews put out a car fire in a garage under the Baltimore County Detention Center Sunday morning. Fire vehicles arrived at the scene shortly before 11 a.m. The fire was under control within a half-hour, fire department Lt. Jay Ringgold said. "It's a high risk situation because it is in a high risk location, but really it's more of a nuisance situation," Ringgold said. Personnel from the Towson fire station and Providence Volunteer Fire Co. were on the scene. An alarm at the jail, located in the 700 block of Bosley Avenue, sounded, but it did not appear that the jail had been evacuated. The westbound lanes of Bosley Avenue between York Road and Kenilworth Drive were closed by police as fire crews worked at the scene. Timonium Patch …
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Union leaders call ballot question a "citizens' initiative."
County Executive Jim Smith is urging voters in next week's election to defeat a ballot initiative that would allow unions representing general county employees to use binding arbitration for salary and other disputes. In a press release Thursday, Smith said the initiative, called Question A, would "diminish the authority of the county executive to submit a fiscally responsible budget by authorizing a third party arbitrator to determine employee salary increases and other employment issues." If approved by voters on Nov. 2, the proposed change to Baltimore County's charter would allow unions representing general county employees—not police officers, firefighters and teachers—to seek binding arbitration for disputes including public safety …
Tim
11:21 am on Friday, May 3, 2013
Not much more to add here to this. My condolences to family and friends of this brave young man. more ›