Engines 112, 113, and Ambulance 119 Respond to 2 Alarm Brush Fire

At ten minutes past eight Sunday morning, Engine 113 was dispatched to the Community of Chestnut Hill Cove to investigate a brush fire. Upon arrival, the crew was met by a homeowner who led the officer of the engine to the water front where he had pointed out what appeared to be a small brush fire in the woods across Stony Creek.

After this, units proceeded to the BGE powerline crossing enterance on Fort Smallwood Road, and entered. Chief 11 and Brush 13 made the initial enterance. Brush 13's crew was then sent into a road that led through the woods to investigate, but were forced to continue on foot because of many obstacles that were scattered across the small road. When the crew discovered the fire, their investigation had determined that approx. 4-6 acres of land were involved and the fire was spreading at a steady rate. Chief 11 had then assumed command and called for the box.

As Brush 13's crew had made it out of the woods, Engine 113 setup and layed about 1000' of 3 inch and 1 3/4 line for water supply, started initial fire attack, and created an initial fire line on the south end of the fire. Lieutenant 11 was made Swan Creek branch commander. 11 and 13's crews worked on for a few hours making headway, but the decision was made to call for a second alarm for water supply and safety reasons.

After 7 hours, despite a flare up, the crews brought the fire under control and continued mop up. Crews were released at approx. 1330 hours.