Via MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer.
For the first time, the entire Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) was out of service Wednesday so every member could attend a service for three firefighters who died Jan. 24 while battling a vacant apartment fire.
Units “from all corners” of Maryland and Washington, D.C. covered calls Wednesday, according to the Baltimore firefighters’ union.
The victims in last week’s fire were Lt. Paul Butrim, Kenneth Lacayo and Lt. Kelsey Sadler. Lacayo was a Wheaton High School graduate and life member of the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad in Montgomery County.
Thousands came to honor the fallen heroes, BCFD wrote on Twitter. Gov. Larry Hogan paid tribute to the firefighters during the service.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) units helped fill-in for Baltimore City, per Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer. A Burtonsville unit responded to a structure fire in East Baltimore around 8:15 a.m. All Wheaton Volunteer units attended Wednesday’s service as well as hundreds of other Montgomery County fire rescue personnel.
Mutual Aid Baltimore City @mcfrs M710, PE715, A702, A724B, PE723, T734, fill-in. All @WheatonRescue2 units (including career & volunteer personnel assigned to RS742) are attending services along w/ @mcfrs Recruit Class 50 & hundreds of others @MontgomeryCoMD (career & volunteer) https://t.co/lLZ6PcM22C pic.twitter.com/Pbcr0tAdhU
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 2, 2022
Baltimore, MD – First thing Wednesday morn while on the way to the Baltimore City ‘full-in’ Station assignment, @mcfrs PE715 (Burtonsville) came across a structure fire at 1303 Clearview Ave., East Baltimore, other BCFD & Mutual Aid units were on scene, fire is under control pic.twitter.com/BdnYMWOTNv
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 2, 2022
Mutual Aid Baltimore City @mcfrs T734 (Milestone) filling-in at BCFD T26 (Mannasota Av) assisting at Heritage HS, Baltimore City, Other @mcfrs ‘full-in’ units also responding to calls, incl @MCFRS_EMIHS EMS units handling multiple calls along with many other mutual aid units https://t.co/zIjVjmiGPk pic.twitter.com/fyFPALIorA
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 2, 2022
It was my honor to pay tribute today to the life and legacy of three of our true heroes—Lt. Paul Butrim, Lt. Kelsey Sadler, and Firefighter Kenneth Lacayo of @BaltimoreFire. May they rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/YiksQegnAD
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) February 2, 2022
