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CLEAR SPRING, MD - February 24, 2009 Box 4-5 was dispatched at 4:23 p.m. for a field fire impinging on a structure at 11655 Rocky Meadow Road. Responding units were advised that the caller was reporting three acres involved. Clear Spring Fire Co. Chief 4 requested two brush units (Brush 13 and Special Unit 5).

Chief 4 arrived on the scene at 4:28 established Command, and reported approximately ten acres involved with structural exposures on the north, east and south sides of the fire. Engine 42 and Tanker 4 were sent to 11618 Big Spring Road with orders to protect the structures on the east side of the fire. Two additional brush units (Engines 264 and 104) were requested at 4:33. Engine 41 and Engine 23 were sent to 12516 Big Pool Road with orders to protect the large bank barn at that location. Halfway Engine 263 was sent to 12524 Big Pool Road with orders to protect the dwelling at that location. Engine 132 was sent to 11655 Rocky Meadow Road with orders to protect the dwelling at that location.

Special Unit 5, along with Brush 13, Engines 105, 264, 104 and 124 entered the field and controlled the fire from inside the burned area utilizing booster lines and ground sweeps. The involved area was a rocky area with numerous cedar trees.

Command reported the fire under control at 5:19 p.m. and began extensive mop up operations. Command was terminated at 6:34 and units began clearing. Total acreage involved was estimated at approximately twenty and no structures were damaged.

Units on the scene were: Clear Spring Chief 4, 41, 42, 44, Tanker 4, and Utility 4; Hancock Engine 53, Special Unit 5; Williamsport Engine 23; Maugansville Engine 132, Brush 13; Halfway Engines 263 & 264; Franklin County Engine 91 & Engine Tanker 9 from Mercersburg PA; Funkstown Engines 105 & 104; Fairplay Engine 124, Ambulance 491, Maryland Forestry Service Western 35 & 36 and Fire Police Units 8FP8, 8FP9, 8FP37 and 8FP51.