After 44 years in the Howard County Fire Department, Firefighter Paramedic Erby Perdue, Jr. has retired. Erby started as a volunteer with the Fifth District VFD before becoming a member of the Ellicott City VFD for many years, rising to the rank of Deputy Chief. For the last 31 years he has been a contingent Firefighter Paramedic assigned to the West Friendship VFD.
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The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States has changed many, many things in everyone’s lives. One thing that hasn’t changed is that your West Friendship VFD First Responders (Volunteer and Career) are still here for you whenever you need us, day or night. The West Friendship VFD is a combination fire department, relying on a mix of career and volunteer staffing. Our volunteer members are continuing ... (Full Story & Photos)

WFVFD responded to the 5-45 box in Dayton this morning for a report of smoke in a home. At 09:56 units were alerted for the 14300 block of Howard Road, where the caller reported a haze of smoke in the residence with the fire alarm sounding. Units arrived to find heavy smoke and began an offensive attack on a working basement fire. Water Supply 3, Tanker 3, and Tanker 34 utilized cisterns in the area ... (Full Story & Photos)

Members of Station 3 responded this evening for a serious motor vehicle collision in West Friendship. At 18:23 the tones sounded for the reported rescue with injuries on Route 32 near I-70. Callers advised that a vehicle had been traveling Eastbound on I-70 and left the roadway, fell between the two bridges of the Route 32 overpass, and landed on Route 32 below I-70. Arriving units found a single ... (Full Story & Photos)

Late Sunday units responded for a crash on I-70 in Cooksville. At 22:30 the station was alerted for the reported vehicle overturned on I-70 near Route 97. Units arrived at Westbound I-70 just west of Route 97 to find a pickup truck on its roof on the slow shoulder with a single occupant who had self-extricated. The pickup struck a truck-mounted crash attenuator that was on scene protecting work crews ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 20:07 the station was alerted for the reported motorcyclist down on I-70 near Route 32 in West Friendship. Units arrived at Eastbound I-70 near the Fairgrounds and located a patient in the median with significant injuries and began treatment. Maryland State Police Aviation Command's Trooper 3 was requested and landed in the Eastbound lanes of I-70 and subsequently transported the patient to the ... (Full Story & Photos)

This afternoon units responded for the reported car flipped over on Route 32. At 13:17 the station was alerted for the 2000 block of Route 32, with a caller reporting an accident in the Park and Ride lot. Units located an overturned SUV about twenty feet into the woods off the parking lot. Tower 3 worked to quickly extricate the patient who ultimately refused transport by EMS. Units cleared at 14:09.... (Full Story & Photos)