Volunteer Fire Company Installs Officers, Elects Board Members

The Pikesville group's annual meeting was held recently.

Lawrence Goldberg will serve his second year as captain and commander of the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company. Goldberg and other field operations officers were inducted recently during the company's annual meeting, according to a news release. The other officers include: The following members were elected to the company's board of directors: Directors include Glenn Resnick, Michael Schwartzberg, and Rick Udell. Chaplains are Kathleen Resnick and Terry Sapp. For more information on the company, visit the new website.

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Obituary: Lee Sachs, Member of PVFC, Director of National Fire Group

Sachs died Dec. 19, and his funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation.

Dryer Fire Interrupts Businesses at Greenspring Shopping Center

An afternoon fire took hold Monday at Village Cleaners.

Firefighters rushed to Greenspring Shopping Center Monday afternoon after a dryer reportedly caught fire at Village Cleaners. Units from the Baltimore County Fire Department's Career Station No. 2, the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company and Brooklandville rushed to the scene around 3 p.m. "Like" Pikesville Patch on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and sign-up for instant updates in e-mail through our newsletters. The fire began in the dry cleaning business, likely in a dryer, according to security guard Ron Matthias. At 3:30 p.m., the fire was out, but firefighters were checking the roof and the business, as well as The Hair Cuttery next door. Two salon customers were seen outside the salon, having been evacuated mid-style or mid-wash. …

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Hall of Fame Inducts PVFC Member

Bill Levin, who died earlier this year, was inducted posthumously on Sept. 22.

Bill Levin has been posthumously named to the Baltimore County Volunteer Firemen’s Association Hall of Fame.  Levin joined the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company in 1988 and served for 24 years. He passed away earlier this year, according to a company news release. Norma Levin, who is his widow, and Richard Berkowitz, company president, accepted the recognition Sept. 22 on Bill Levin's behalf. Levin is the 22nd member of the company to be named to the Hall of Fame. "Bill was a dedicated volunteer for the community," Berkowitz said in a statement. "He's perhaps best known as the firefighter who would often respond to the station from his home for all calls—no matter how small, and no matter how late at night the pager went off."

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Fill the Firefighter Boot at Park Heights and Old Court

The Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company is accepting donations from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Volunteers from the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company are asking for donations this afternoon. The company's Fill the Boot campaign is being held from 4-8 p.m. today at the intersection of Park Heights Avenue and Old Court Road. Dig up some change or bills and divert your commute this evening to help out with our local group. Funds raised helps pay for expenses, including firefighter uniforms and equipment, and the new heavy rescue vehicle and ambulance.

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Brookmill Road Fire Extinguished

Members of the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company helped a trapped motorist in Owings Mills and then extinguished a fire in Pikesville.

  The Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co. had some working calls Monday night. First, rescue crews helped free a trapped motorist following an auto accident at Owings Mills Boulevard & South Dolfield Road in Owings Mills. Then at about 8:30 p.m., crews extinguished a blaze between the first and second floors of a home in the 6900 block of Brookmill Road in Pikesville. See photos, and read more about both calls on the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company website.

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Marsue Drive Apartments Catch Fire

On Tuesday evening Baltimore County firefighters battle a blaze in Milford Mill.

UPDATE—Grey Rock House Fire Damages Three Homes

A fire—caused by a truck colliding with a house on Howard Forest Lane—burned one house and damaged two others, fire officials said.

UPDATE (5:54 p.m.)—A truck collided with the house at 8821 Howard Forest Lane in Grey Rock and caught fire, according to fire officials. While the visible fire has been extinguished, fire crews are expected to continue to work at scene, according to a news release from the Baltimore County Fire Department. Two adjacent homes, at 8823 and 8819, were also damaged in the fire,  according to the release. Firefighters throughout the Pikesville and Owings Mills areas battled the house fire near the intersection of Old Plantation Way and Howard Forest Lane, authorities said. Neighbors said the fire reportedly began in a landscaping truck and somehow spread to the homes. Pikesville High School journalism student Kara Seidel said she watched as …

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