Community Corner
THE LUTHERVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY SCHEDULES GROUNDBREAKING FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 15
Baltimore, MD (March 14, 2014) – The Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company, an all-volunteer fire company located at 1609 Bellona Avenue in north-central Baltimore County will hold a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow for an 11,000 square foot addition onto its existing building. The event begins at 11:30 am and more than 125 fire company and community members are expected to attend.
Originally opened in 1909, the Lutherville Company is among the most active stations in the County and serves an area stretching from the city line to its south, north to the Pennsylvania state Line, east to Belair Road and west to Greenspring Avenue.
The Mullan Contracting Company, headquartered in Lutherville, has been chosen as the general contracting firm for the $4.2 million project that is expected to commence in mid-March.
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The new 11,000 square foot addition has been designed to house additional firefighting apparatus, as well as support a fitness center, a state of the art training center and a new bunk room area for the members. The facility will support the day-to-day needs of the more 100 volunteers that work from the station, providing fire suppression, rescue and EMS support to more than 40,000 residents and businesspeople residing within the companies first due engine area and more than 100,000 residents it its rescue area. Also known as Station 30, it services approximately 2000 rescue, fire and support calls on an annual basis.
The Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company responds to the needs of the community with six different pieces of equipment, including three firefighting engines, two medical support vehicles and one heavy rescue vehicle. The two new engine bays are being constructed to accommodate all existing equipment within one building. An engine and a medical support vehicle are housed in a garage at the back of the company’s property.