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Hampstead Volunteer Fire Company

 A few of our younger members have made video's for the company. Here are the links for two of them, first and second.  Thanks to Zach & Chris for your efforts!

PROM PROMISE 2008 APRIL 30 - On Wednesday April 30, The Hampstead and Manchester Fire Companies preformed an auto extrication demonstration during the Prom Promise program at North Carroll High School. The junior and senior classes at North Carroll stood and watched as several of their peers were cut out of cars during a simulated car accident which had been caused by a distracted driver, in this case, texting on a cell phone. ... (Full Story & Photos)

Crews from Hampstead and Manchester work to remove trapped victims from mock car accident. Photo taken by Ken Koons, Carroll County Times.

The basement area where the bulk of the fire load was.

BASEMENT FIRE IN MANCHESTER APRIL 26 - On Saturday April 26, Station 2, Truck 2 was alerted for smoke in a dwelling. Upon arrival of Manchester's Engine 44 command advised "smoke showing." Seconds later Truck 2 arrived on scene and assisted the crew from E-44 with fire attack and ventilation. Upon entry of the structure it was determined that the origin of the fire was in the basement area. As crews began an interior attack Engine 23 was ... (Full Story & Photos)

CORN FIELD FIRE APRIL 16 - Tuesday Evening at 19:40 Hours, The Station was alerted for a corn field fire in the area of Spring Garden Elementary. The Engine and Brush unit quickly responded and arrived to find a duck blind and about 1/4 of an acre of field on fire. Crews extinguished the fire, and during the course of checking for hot spots a second large sized fire was spotted which appeared to be a house fire. Engine 23 cleared ... (Full Story & Photos)

APARTMENT FIRE IN FIRST DUE APRIL 07 - On Monday, April 7th Station 2 was alerted for an apartment fire on Gill Ave. Manchester's Engine 43 which was in the community on a detail arrived first followed closely by Engine/Tanker 24 with nothing showing from the front of the building. Upon further investigation by the crew of Truck 2 it was determined that there was indeed a fire in a second floor bedroom. Crew's made entry into the 2nd ... (Full Story & Photos)

COMPANY RECEIVES DONATION APRIL 03 - On Saturday March 29th the Hampstead Fire Company was invited to participate in the Grand Reopening of the Greenmount Weis Market. Weis market graciously donated $750.00 to both the Hampstead and Manchester Fire Companies. The officers and members are grateful to have such outstanding community support. So on behalf of both the Hampstead and Manchester fire companies we say "THANK YOU!"... (Full Story & Photos)

EASTER BUNNY EGG HUNT AND BREAKFAST MARCH 22 - On March 22, The Hampstead Volunteer Fire Company Juniors hosted their annual Easter Bunny Breakfast and the Egg Hunt. Children and families from all over gathered to enjoy a free home style breakfast. Families ate everything from sausage to biscuits, they dined in then sat with the Easter bunny for pictures. The kids really enjoyed their visit with the easter bunny, they then had even more fun hunting ... (Full Story & Photos)

Community Breakfast MARCH 08 - On Saturday March 8th, Hampstead Volunteer Fire company made breakfast for the community. It started out pretty quiet, but around 8:30 the business picked up. There were so many customers the company slowly started running out of food. Before breakfast had ended, there was no more sausage, or creamed chipped beef. The line from this event was so long it went up the stairs and out the doors. Eventually ... (Full Story & Photos)

Cooking 'till it's gone

CHIMNEY FIRE MARCH 07 - On Sunday night around 21:30 Hours, A call for a chimney fire was dispatched on Hillcrest Ave. Engine/Tanker-24 and Engine-23 quickly responded and arrived on scene advising nothing evident, Chief-2 with command. The homeowner advised he saw flames coming from the chimney before the fire department arrived. Crews from both Hampstead and Manchester quickly completed their investigation and began extinguishing ... (Full Story & Photos)


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