Station 54 serves Chase and the surrounding communities in Baltimore County, Maryland.
On Thursday, March 10, 1983 at 8 a.m., officials placed Engine, Medic and Brush 54 in service. Until June 1, 1983 and until Station 54 was completed, all equipment ran out of Station 12.
The first Engine 54 was a new 1983 Oren with a 1250 gpm. pump with a 1,000-gallon water tank. The first Medic 54 was a new 1983 Ford. The first Brush 54 was a new 1983 Jeep.
The first day crew was "B" shift: Capt. Edward Gail, Lt. Steve Janowich, Herman Schweers, Gilbert Paige, Deborah Greene, Patrick Murphy, and James Weis. The first night crew was "A" shift: Capt. J. O'Neill, Lt. Patrick Kelly, Gerald Eurice, Thomas Fabrizio, Timothy Harner, John Lloyd and Robert Weis.
The first 
listed call for Engine 54 was a fill in at Station 16. The first call for Brush 54 was a hydrant detail.
All equipment was placed in service at the new Station 54 at 8 a.m. on June 2, 1983. The first call for Engine 54 out of Station 54 was a medical call on Friday, June 3, 1983.
January 4, 1987, 1:04 p.m., Amtrak train crash.
September 14, 1997., Stealth Fighter crash.
March 2000, Joseph Palczynski murders.
November 18, 2001, 50-plus acre brush fire. Fire began on Nov. 18 and took about one week to extinguish.
On May 3, 1990, Fire Chief Elwood Banister called in service Marine Unit 59 to respond to waterfront fires and other emergencies. It was a 1990 Boston Whaler, 25 feet in length, twin 200 horsepower Johnson outboard engines, with a 750 gpm. pre-piped fire pump.
Station 59 was located at at Bowley's Condo Marina at the mouth of Middle River. In 1992 and until 1996, budget cuts required that the unit be manned only on weekends and holidays. During the week, marine unit responses were handled by Station 54 personnel. Engine 54 would go to the marina, then respond on Marine Unit 59. After 1996, Marine Unit 59 was taken out of service.
Revised May 11, 2007
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