At 0859 units from Union Bridge and New Windsor were dispatched to 1100 Block of Clear Ridge Road for the farm machinery on fire. Engine 81 arrived on scene to find a small fire involving a field sprayer with power line entangled around its boom. The power company and Carroll County Haz-Mat Team where requested by the Incident Commander, Chief 8-1 (M. Cartwright). Once the power line was secured and it was safe for personnel to approach the vehicle, hand lines where deployed to extinguish the fire. Engine 101 deployed a 2" handline and assisted Engine 81's crew with extinguishment. Crews then blanked the vehicle in foam to ensure the vehicle would not reignite. The New Windsor units operated for just over an hour prior to returning to service.
NWFD Units: Engine 101, Haz-Mat 30
Other Unts: Union Bridge: Engine 81, Engine-Tanker82, Brush 85, Paramedic 89, Chief 8-1; Taneytown: Engine-Tanker 54
