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May 26, 2010 - Around 17:30 Wicomico Central alerted Station 74 of a car fire on Rt 13 Northbound in front of the Bank of Delmarva. Crews arrived to find a Ford Tarus fully involved. Crews quickly got a hand line in service and were able to extinguish the fire. Rt 13 Northbound was shut down for about 45 minutes during the incident. Traffic was slowed to a crawl as it was redirected from the scene.

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April 27, 2010 - At approx. 11:50 AM, Wicomico Central alerted Station 74 Delmar of a MVC with injuries with rollover on Rt. 13 in the area of Barr Freightliner. . It was reported that the car rolled several times. Crews arrived to find a car in a ditch with one occupant. Delmar EMS transported one patient to PRMC. One lane of Rt. 13 was shut down durning the duration of the incident and removal of the car.

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April 26, 2010 - At 9:35pm Sussex County EOC received reports of a house explosion at 31332 Dogwood Lane in Laurel. Crews from Laurel (Station 81), Delmar (Station 74), and Sharptown (Station 14), Blades (Station 71), Sussex County Rescue Team and Sussex County Paramedics were on scene. Police officers from Laurel Police and DSP, along with a team from the Delaware State Fire Marshall's office responded.

Crews arrived to find a double-wide mobile home rocked off its foundation and a majority of it collapsed. Debris was strewn for quite a distance. It is believed that a family of 5, 3 children and 2 adults, was in the house at the time, 4 escaped, and a 26 year old male was trapped for an extended period. The extent of the injuries to the victims is not known at this time.

There was propane service at the house, however there was no immediate indication of fire, nor was the storage tank ruptured. The State Fire Marshall's office is expected to have an invesitgation team on location well past midnight.

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February 6, 2010 - At 4am on Feb 6 2010 while a blizzard was pounding the Eastern Shore the Delmar Fire Department was running alarm after alarm. Crews were responding to calls ranging from ambulance calls to trees and wires down. While returning from a wires down call, crews noticed a large blue and white flash that lit the sky up for about 10 seconds.

74 Command (A. Rementer) went to the area to investigate the cause. Command arrived at #8 East Jewell St to find wires arcing at the rear of the structure. The power surge caused the transformer / power cut-outs to come off the utility power and land in the rear of the structure causing it to catch fire. 74 Command up graded the alarm to a working structure fire.

Engine 74-1 arrived and laid 5inch supply line down the block from the hydrant to the scene. Truck 74 arrived and positioned in front of the structure and its crew began to prepare for ventilation and aerial operations. Due to the Town of Delmar Public Works Division doing upgrades to the town’s water system, they only had one of the three town’s pumps in operation. Several additional tankers were requested to the scene. Tower 81 set up behind Truck 74 and started to work on side B of the structure. Salisbury Truck 2 set up to the rear of the structure. Crews worked for about 25 minutes until the structure was deemed unsafe and the evacuation tones were ordered and everything went to a defensive mode.

Crews worked on scene for about 4 hours in 20 degree temps and heavy snow conditions. The Town of Delmar was without power for most of the day. The American Red Cross was called in to assist the family with housing.

Responding departments were Sta.74 Delmar, Sta.2 Salisbury, Sta.81 Laurel, Sta.5 Hebron, and Sta.79 Gumboro.

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January 9, 2010 - At 3:42pm Sussex EOC alerted Station 74 (Delmar), Station 79 (Gumboro) and Station 81 (Laurel) to a reported house fire in the 36,000 block of Smith Mill Church Rd. in Delmar. Deputy 74 (A. Rementer) arrived on location to find fire showing from side A. Command requested standby tanker crew from Parsonsburg (Station 6) and an engine crew from Salisbury Station 2 to standby at Station 74. The situation was brought under control in about 45 minutes. The state fire marshal's office is investigating the cause of the fire.

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January 8, 2010 - On 1-8-10 the Delmar Fire Department responded to an accident with injuries on Bi-State Blvd and Executive Club Drive. 74 crews arrived to find a 2 car rear end collision with a total of 5 patients. Crews secured both vehicles of any leaking fluids and assisted EMS with patient care. 2 of the 5 patients refused care on scene so EMS transported 3 patients to PRMC for treatment. Firefighter Jeremy Smith had the command.

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December 31, 2009 - On 12-31-09 the Wicomico Co EOC alerted Sta.74 Delmar for a motor vehicle accident on Melson Church Rd. While enroute EOC advised responding units that FF B. Morris was on scene and advising that this would be a rescue operation. 74 Command with Deputy 74 (A. Rementer) arrived on location to find a vehicle inside a garage. Rescue 74 arrived led by 74-15 J. Morris and started to stabilize the structure. Crews then used the ‘O Cutters’ to cut the ‘A, B and C’ post. They were then starting to make a relief cut on the roof when the car caught the debris under the vehicle on fire and caused a lot of smoke. The decision was then made to do a rapid extrication. The driver was then loaded into an awaiting ambulance and transported to PRMC in serious condition. The crew of Engine 74-3 then soaked the area down with a 1 ¾ inch hose line.

    December 21, 2009 - Residential Boiler Explosion - Line Rd.

    November 28, 2009 - Assist Salisbury with HazMat at Dress Barn

    November 28, 2009 - MVC w/ Injuries - Whitesville Rd. - Delmar

    November 2, 2009 - Building Fire - La Cabana

    November 2, 2009 - 2 Car MVA - Dorothy Rd x Rt.13

    October 21, 2009 - Delmar assist Sta.6 Parsonsburg on MVA w/ Rescue

    October 8, 2009 - House Fire - White Deer Road

    October 1, 2009 - Apartment Complex Fire - Delmar Md.

    September 24, 2009 - Car Fire - Delmar Md.

    September 21, 2009 - Working House Fire - Delmar Md.

    September 16, 2009 - MVC with Injuries on Jersey Rd

    September 16, 2009 - MVC with Injuries on Ocean Hwy near Chestnut St

    August 20, 2009 - MVC with Rollover Providence Church Rd

    June 14, 2009 - Accident with Rescue - Delmar Md.

    June 2, 2009 - CONTROLLED BURN - WALLER RD - DELMAR, MD

    May 5, 2009 - MVC w/ Injuries - Jersey Rd. - Delmar, MD

    May 3, 2009 - Accident w/ Injuries - Delmar De.

    April 27, 2009 - Traffic Control 74 Back in Service

    March 24, 2009 - Trash Fire - Delmar De.

    March 3, 2009 - Structure Fire - Blackwater Branch Rd

    January 16, 2009 - Structure Fire

    January 11, 2009 - FATAL Accident - Delmar Md.

    January 7, 2009 - Accident w/ Rescue - Delmar Maryland

    December 30, 2008 - Vehicle Accident Ends With A Fatality

    December 16, 2008 - Propane Truck Overturned

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