pAround noon Truck 34 was alerted for the 2nd alarm brush fire on Van Dusen Road in Company 10s Laurelnbsparea. Truck 34 arrived on scene with 5 personnel to find units working a 30 foot tall mulch pile. Due to the 50 mph winds the fire grew tremendously. With a large brush fire and several house fires throughout the county a mandatory recall of career and volunteernbspstaffing was called in by the county. As personnel began to arrive at Company 34 E-341 E-343 and A-348 were were placed in service. A short time later E-343 and E-341 were added to the call. E-343 was directed to an area behind a construction building to protect all of the equipment being used on the construction of I-95. E-341 was sent with the crew from 9 to extinguish fire moving rapidly. The crew from 9 and 34 placed a 1000 ft attack line in service to control fire in their area. With fire still burning units from all over the state of MD and DC were called to assist on the brush fire. A large column of smoke could be seen for miles and the incident even closed I-95 due to the lack of visibility and the spread of fire. As units from surrounding counties began to arrive crews were rotated out. After about 8 hours of operating on scene the units from 34 were released from the scene.nbspGood job by all personnel throughtout the countyp
