Station 15 serves Eastview and the surrounding communities in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Forty-four firefighters, officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics work respond to nearly 9,000 calls for service each year.
Fire Chief Winfield Wineholt placed Station #15 in service on May 1, 1966 to help meet the demands of the growing Essex and Dundalk areas. This new station was located at 1056 North Point Rd., in the Berkshire community. The station opened with a 36 firefighters working three shifts and manning an engine, truck and brush fire jeep.
Truck 15's fir
st first reported fire response was to 33A Glenwood Road; Engine 15 first responded to a fire at the Eastern Stainless Steel Co.on Rolling Mill Road. At the end of the first year of service, Engine 15 had responded to 313 calls, and Truck 15 had responded to 96 calls.
Early 1967 brought tragedy to the Eastpoint community when a Colgate rowhouse fire killed eight people. Newspaper accounts described the fire as "one of the worst in the history of the metropolitan area."
On April 14, 1971, station members responded to a child trapped in a cave next to the firehouse. Firefighters found that children had tunneled into a pile of dirt which had collapsed. With shovels and their bare hands, they removed more than two feet of dirt from around the child's head and administered oxygen. Crews transported the child to the hospital; happily, he made a complete recovery.
In late February 1972, air and foam units were moved from Eastview to Middle River to make room for a Station 15's first ambulance.
n February 19, 1979 , Fireman Charles Friedel was injured on the job and rushed to City Hospital. He died on March 3, 1979. This has been the only line-of-duty death suffered by a member of Station 15.
Several Eastview firefighters received Silver Stars, the Department's second-highest honor, for rescuing four people from a rowhouse fire at 7916 Gough St. on March 1, 1982. a dwelling fire was reported at 7916 Gough Street.
After years of heavy use, Station 15's 1966 Seagrave ladder truck was placed in reserve status. The new Truck 15 was a 1992, 100-foot, tractor-drawn American LaFrance with a fully enclosed crew cab. Two years later, the 1966 Mack C-Model pumper, which had been a workhorse for nearly 20 years, was replaced. The new engine was a 1984, American LaFrance 1250 GPM pumper with a 500-gallon water tank.
The Fire Department's greatest loss occurred at the Shillers Furniture Store on October 22, 1984. On that day, three firemen from the Dundalk fire station lost their lives. Firefighters from Eastview worked alongside their brothers from Dundalk, with the truck operating on the roof and the engine operating an attack line in the rear.
Days after the Department instituted a fourth shift, on Jan. 4, 1987, a Conrail locomotive and Amtrak passenger train collided in Chase. The collision caused a fire with entrapment and more than 100 people injured. Engine and Truck 15 operated over the next two days in extreme conditions, rescuing passengers and removing hazards. The Department honored several members of the Eastveiw station with bronze and silver stars.
In 1994 Eastview station received two new pieces of apparatus, a 1994 Seagrave 100-foot, tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck and a 1994 Freightliner 1000 GPM pumper with 750-gallon water tank. These are the last new pieces placed in service at the Eastview station.
In March 2000, Station 15 found itself in the middle of a terrorizing siege when Joseph Palczynski killed four people in eastern Baltimore County, then took a hostage. The gunman took refuge in a Lange Street apartment house, from where he fired on vehicles and the police. The Eastview station became the command center for police agencies. The fire station was locked down until the incident ended a few days later, when police SWAT teams stormed the apartment, killed the gunman and rescued a hostage.
On Dec. 20, 2002, Eastview crews responded to a dwelling fire with people trapped at 7855 Charlesmont Road. Two truck members received Bronze Stars, the Department's third-highest award, for rescuing two residents.
On November 2, 2003,Truck 15 responded to 557 Chalcot Square in Essex for a reported gas leak. As the first engine company entered, the house exploded and collapsed on two firefighters. A mayday quickly went out, and the members of Truck 15 -- who had arrived just as the explosion occurred -- went to work rescuing the trapped firemen. The members of Truck 15 received the Department's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for placing themselves in grave danger while performing rescue operations.
Today, Station 15 houses an engine, truck, medic, brush fire unit and EMS supervisor.
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Engine 15 | Truck 15 |
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Brush 15 | Medic 15 |
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HazMat Support 15 | EMS 3 |
Revised May 10, 2007
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