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2009 County Convention Mugs

Mugs for the 2009 Anne Arundel County Volunteer Firefighters Association Convention are now available.  Cases will be made available to companies at the July and August Volunteer Association meetings.   You may also purchase mugs individually by calling "Chile" at 443.517.7592.  

Mugs will be $15 this year for advanced purchase, and $20 at the door to the Bull Roast on September 12th.  

 Volunteers Needed

 

WE WANT YOU !!!!

2009 Hurricane Season Opens, Climate Change Brings About New Danger: The Pop-Up Storm JUNE 23 - Hurricanes of any category can be terribly destructive. Communities in low lying, coastal areas such as ours can be particularly vulnerable to high winds, torrential rain and flash flooding. But to make matters worse, forecasters are predicting a troubling new trend for this storm season and future hurricane seasons: The "Pop-Up Storm." Typically, tropical storms and hurricanes can be tracked ... (Full Story & Photos)

Orchard Beach takes Odenton Parade by storm. MAY 26 - The members of the Orchard Beach VFD participated in the Odenton VFD annual parade/carnival on Monday, taking top honors 2 days in a row. The participants included 9 members, 7 Cadets and 2 members of the ladies auxiliary. In route to line up, the skies became very dark and the rain started followed by thunder and lightning. The sky remained like this until about 10 min before the start of the ... (Full Story & Photos)

Hunkering down in the storm - A saturated line up for Odentons 2009 parade.

Another big day for Orchard Beach VFD MAY 25 - Sunday afternoon the members of the Orchard Beach VFD participated in the Lake Shores VFD's annual Memorial Day Parade/Carnival. With a hand full of members and cadets we were able to walk away with 4 awards. Brush-11 took home the first place trophy for Best Appearing Brush Truck, Squad 11 won 2 trophys for best apperaing rescue squad and best appearing engine and for 2 the second week in a row ... (Full Story & Photos)

Squad responds on 18-3 All Hands Box MAY 20 - Shortly before 6pm, Station 11 received the alert for a dwelling fire and Squad 11 was dispatched to Point Pleasant Road in Marleys area. Engine 181 was the first piece to arrive and reported heavy fire from the dwelling. Upon arrival, the crew from Squad 11 was assigned fire attack on side charlie. As they made their way around to the backyard, firefighters encountered heavy fire in the basement, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Photo credit: Craig Urban for The Capital

Busy Saturday for OBVFD MAY 16 - Saturday was a busy day for the boys and girls at Orchard Beach. It started off with last minute scrambling to get crews for the Riviera Beach Parade/Carnival. We were able to get the Tower, Squad, Brush Truck, Ambulance and Chiefs car along with a good showing by the Cadets to make it to the parade. After that, things were slow for a few hours. The Squad and Ambo made it back to the carnival for ... (Full Story & Photos)