BCFD Oldtown Fire Station

05/28/2026

Happening now! TOWER 1 currently operating on a 3 alarm fire in east Baltimore.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimore-guilford-avenue-3-alarm-rowhouse-fire/71434126?fbclid=Iwc3NjcASFgL1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe_zW49R5uxEgCl7LbuSIKmTn7rok9iUHi7LG7iNfygAY6wHuqp8DY2sjPIhw_aem_D7D7S98XiPnY7rAxcFZmrg

Firefighters were called to a three-alarm rowhouse fire Thursday afternoon in Baltimore.

03/19/2026

3/19/26 (C Shift) - Around 0110 hours, units were dispatched on Rescue Alarm 6-83 to St. Paul St and E Preston St for a vehicle accident with entrapment. Tower 1 arrived on scene to find a MTA bus vs a passenger car with the bus on top of the car against a light pole with 1 patient heavily entrapped.

Additional SOC units and various resources such as the University of Maryland Medical System Shock Trauma GO Team and heavy wreckers were requested to the scene. Crews worked to stabilize and lift the bus and then begin extrication on the passenger car. Extrication of the occupant was completed in about an hour.

Multiple patients were transported to local hospitals from the bus and passenger car. Photos are credited to their original photographer.

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02/13/2026

2-12-26 (D Shift) Engine 6 and Tower 1 operated on Box Alarm 6-83. Units had fire in a 4 story Brown Stone. This fire went 3 Bells 🔔 🔔 🔔
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02/13/2026

2/11/26 (B Shift) - Around 2330, units from Oldtown responded on Box Alarm T5-72. Units arrived with smoke showing from Side Alpha and Truck 5 removed an occupant from the 2nd Floor via a ground ladder. The building was determined to be a Code X and units conducted exterior operations. Units operated on scene for several hours to extinguish the fire.

02/02/2026

2/1/26 (C Shift) Around 0130 units from Oldtown were dispatched on Box Alarm 33-72 for a building fire. Tower 1 arrived on scene with nothing showing and upon investigation found an apartment fire on the basement level of a 3-story garden style apartment. Engine 6 & Tower 1 found a bedroom fire and Engine 6 knocked the fire. BC-2 had command and Air Flex 2 also responded.

Unit operated in 10 degree weather with a wind chill around 3 degrees.

01/31/2026

1/31/26 ( C Shift) Tower 1 was requested on Box Alarm 40-21 to the 3800 Block of Boarman Ave for the dwelling fire. On arrival, the Tower set up for ladder pipe operations. The fire went 2 Alarms and the Tower operated for 3 1/2 hours with temperatures in the single digits.

01/09/2026

1-8-26 (C Shift) Engine 6 and Truck 1 (Tower 1 in a tiller) operated on Box Alarm 51-60. Units had fire in a 2 story middle of the group. Companies removed one victim.
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01/05/2026

1/4/26 (B Shift) - At 2147 Engine 6, Truck 1 (in a reserve truck), BC-2, Safety Officer 2, Air Flex 2, & FIB responded on Box Alarm 33-72 to the 1200 Block of Broadway for a dwelling fire. Truck 1 arrived on scene with a 3-story MOG with smoke showing. Units found fire in a 3rd Floor window frame with extension into the walls. Engine 6 extinguished the fire while companies opened up.

01/03/2026

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12/31/2025

12-30-25 (A Shift) Engine 6 and Tower 1 operated on Box Alarm 35-70. Units had fire in a code x-ray 2 story MOG with extension. This fire went 2 bells 🔔 🔔
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