Upperco Volunteer Fire Company

08/31/2026

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. To honor and empower, join us for a free basic self-defense class.

This class is FREE but registration IS required. Register here:
https://forms.gle/Ey98cLuaNXioKiLb9

DETAILS:
📆 • Saturday, October 3rd
⏰ ️• 9am-12pm
📍 • Upperco Volunteer Fire Dept.

**Must be 18+ years old. No experience with martial arts or self-defense necessary.**

08/29/2026

To Our Community,

The Upperco Volunteer Fire Company invites our community to join us on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 7:30pm at the Upperco VFC station at 5500 Fringer Rd for a public memorial ceremony honoring the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Light refreshments will be provided following the ceremony.

Please feel free to share this announcement.

Thank you for your support.

UVFC PIO M. Runyon

08/24/2026

Upperco VFC Hosts Rural Water Management Course

On Sunday, August 23rd, your Upperco Volunteers hosted a rural water management course, bringing together members and equipment from Baltimore, Carroll, and Howard Counties. The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for firefighters to learn and practice effective sourcing and moving water for fireground operations in non-hydranted areas.

Participants spent the early morning in the classroom, then moved outside for a full-scale drill where they practiced setup of draft sites, tanker operations, and portable folding tank supply operations.

Thanks to all of our career and volunteer partners for helping to make this a successful training event!

- UVFC PIO M. Runyon

Baltimore County Fire Department
Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company
Maryland Line Volunteer Fire Company
Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services
Carroll County Department of Fire and EMS of Maryland
Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department

08/18/2026

Good afternoon!

Please take a few minutes to participate in the Baltimore County Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation Plan Survey!

This survey is designed to gather important information from our communities and partners to help to identify and prioritize emergency management and preparedness priorities to best prepare our county to be resilient in the face of disasters!

- UVFC PIO M. Runyon

REMINDER: While it remains open, please participate in our Hazard Mitigation Survey by telling us which hazards most concern or effect you and your community!

Follow this link to take the survey: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=uqlPlFSEPUG55r9Arx1qmyFmbZRQjL9EjYUZxhBQIWtUOTI3R0RFQVFVWTVaSzVETEc3STk0SjZMVC4u&origin=QRCode

08/16/2026

Upperco Volunteers Support Our Partners Across the County

Your Upperco volunteers are spending this rainy Sunday supporting our volunteer partners across the county, as Engine 852 is transferred to fill in the Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire Rescue & Marine company during their concert event.

Meanwhile, additional volunteers are staffing Engine 851 back at our station, and took the opportunity to give our station a good cleaning.

Just another day of volunteers supporting our community and our neighbors and partners!

We’re always looking for volunteers to join the team, stop by the station to learn how!

- UVFC PIO M. Runyon

08/16/2026

Upperco VFC Hosts Third Motorsports Event of 2026 Season!

Your Upperco volunteers spent a beautiful Saturday hosting the third Upperco Demolition Derby of our 2026 season. Hundreds of community members, racing team members, vendors, and volunteers came out to support the event, and it was another great success!

A very special thanks to our partners from Middle River Volunteer Fire & Rescue and Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company and Upperco VFC EMS members who provided standby emergency services to keep our racing personnel safe.

We sincerely appreciate all of your wonderful support, and hope to see everyone at our fourth and final event of the year, our October 17th Demolition Derby event!

- UVFC PIO M. Runyon

08/13/2026

Upperco volunteers respond to working building fire in Westminster

Shortly before 6pm Wednesday evening, Carroll County units were dispatched to the report of a building fire in downtown Westminster, at 27 Main St. First arriving units reported smoke from the roof of a mixed occupancy building with multiple residential units, and observed an individual on the roof, as well as multiple people on all floors of the building.

Seeing this, the box was upgraded to a rescue assignment, followed shortly by the Rapid Intervention Dispatch (RID) and Fire Task Force (FTF), bringing multiple additional units from surrounding companies and jurisdictions, including E852 from Upperco.

Upon arrival, E852 took a position to the rear of the involved building, and was eventually put to work assisting first in crews with opening up and other tasks.

Luckily, thanks to the actions of the responders, the fire was mostly contained to the roof area and no injuries were reported. E852 returned to service after about an hour.

Picture credit to Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company and Westminster Fire Department

- UVFC PIO

08/12/2026

Upperco E852 is currently operating at the scene of a working building fire at 27 Main St. in Westminster.

Units were alerted for smoke from the building, and arrived to find a fire in the roofline, with people trapped.

Units continue to operate at the scene at this time. Please stay clear of the area!

- UVFC PIO

08/01/2026

Upperco Volunteers respond to working house fire in Reisterstown

Late Friday evening, July 31st, units from several 5th Battalion companies were dispatched to investigate a possible electrical fire, with smoke reportedly coming out of an outlet, at a home in the 300 block of Norgulf Rd in Reisterstown.

First arriving BCoFD Engine 56 immediately requested the remainder of the box alarm assignment, reporting fire showing from the second floor of a single-family dwelling. This assignment alerted numerous additional companies and mutual aid partners, including your Upperco VFC volunteers.

Engine 852 and Utility 859 responded to the scene, and established the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) upon arrival. This critical task provides a crew of personnel staging immediately in front of the structure, ready to enter to perform rescue operations should any firefighters become lost, disoriented, injured, or trapped during dangerous operations.

Upperco volunteers operated on scene for approximately an hour before returning to service, while additional volunteers staffed our other engine, ready to respond to any calls for service in the area.

Interested in joining the team? We are always looking for new volunteers to join, no experience required. Come visit us and see what it’s all about!

PIO M. Runyon

08/01/2026

Upperco VFC Engine 852 and Utility 859 are currently operating at the scene of a working house fire in the 300 block of Norgulf Rd in Reisterstown.

Units were initially dispatched to investigate an electrical fire, and arrived to find fire showing from the second floor of the dwelling.

Please avoid the area!

PIO M. Runyon