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by Valerie Coleman Christina Huffer is a junior at Walkersville High School. Huffer has been swimming for thirteen years and is currently an athlete for the girls swim team at WHS. Throughout her thirteenRead More
Read MoreCrews from Company #11 responded to 2 house fires on Friday night. The first occurred around 7:30PM in Frederick City. ET114 was dispatched as part of the Rapid Intervention Assignment for a basement fire on Rock Creek Drive, but was diverted to establish a landing zone for Trooper #3, who was called to medevac a burn victim from the scene. The MSP helicopter was landed in the parking lot of the old Frederick Town Mall, where EMS crews met them with the patient. ET114 was then sent to Station #1 to cover any additional calls.
For the second incident, Quint11 (Q11) was dispatched as part of the first alarm assignment for a house fire in Lewistown at around 9:00PM. This was a single family home with fire found on the first and second floors by first arriving units. Deputy Chief Barrick was one of the first officers to arrive on scene and was assigned as the Fire Attack/Operations Supervisor. Upon arriving on scene Q11 set up ground ladders on each side of the structure, and was then directed to open the roof for ventilation. Q11 and crew remained on the scene for approximately 3 1/2 hours to assist with overhaul and lighting for investigators from the Fire Marshal’s office, once the fire was extinguished.
After voting overwhelmingly against building a new Rock Creek School in Walkersville, the Frederick County Board of Education voted in the exact opposite to do just that. A large group of people from the Monocacy Middle School area attended and opposed locating Rock Creek on their school grounds. They announced that they had been involved in discussions with the school system for a year about the project. Most of Walkersville learned of the project yesterday, and others just a few weeks ago. School system staff said they spoke to “the…
Read MoreThe Frederick News Post reports: The latest recommendation calls for building the new Rock Creek School on the same grounds as Walkersville Middle School. The architect of the school, as well as Frederick County Public Schools staff, reviewed seven possible sites for the new Rock Creek School, a school for students from ages 3 to 21 with severe disabilities. The Frederick County Board of Education is scheduled to make a final site selection Wednesday night. Staff used a cumulative scoring system based on . . . continue reading on The Frederick…
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