A single vehicle crash occurred on February 3, 2020 at approximately 3:45 pm. Units from Gamber & Community Fire Co. were alerted and responded to the 2100 block of Deer Park Rd. in Finksburg.

Responders found a single car had run partially up a utility pole support wire. Electrical service was knocked out in the vicinity. There were no injuries in the crash. Units cleared after arrival of BGE.

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A single vehicle crash resulted in a working rescue in the 3500 block of Niner Road in Finksburg. Fire company units were alerted at 12:57 am on February 2, 2020 and Medic 139 and Engine 134 from Gamber & Community Fire Co. responded along with Rescue Squad 12 from Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department.

Units found a single car resting on the driver's side of the vehicle. It apparently had ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Oscar Brothers Memorial Scholarship Fund

BACKGROUND

The Gamber and Community Fire Company in cooperation with the Oscar Brothers family will once again be offering a four year college scholarship to a student who lives within the primary area serviced by the fire company. This scholarship will officially be known as the Oscar Brothers Memorial Scholarship Fund.

The Brothers family has been ... (Full Story)

Gamber & Community Fire Company's Engine 131 has been scheduled to be refurbished over the next five months. The unit will be transported to Atlantic Emergency Solutions' collision center in Roanoke, Virginia sometime during the week of January 20.

Engine 131 is a 2000 Pierce Dash pumper with an eight man cab and a 1000 gallon water tank. During the process, all corrosion will be removed, the body ... (Full Story & Photos)

New officers have been elected and appointed to Fire/Rescue/EMS and administrative positions for the Gamber and Community Fire Co. as follows:

2020 Administrative Officers

President – Dale Bollinger
1st Vice President – Chad Hastings
2nd Vice President – Richard Yingling
Treasurer – Susan Sullivan
Recording Secretary - Christine Green
Corresponding Secretary - Jeannie Green
Sergeant-at-Arms - Charles ... (Full Story)

Santa and The Gamber and Community Fire company would like to say thank you to everyone who made it out this morning! We had an excellent turn out of almost 800 people who came out to eat pancakes and sit with Santa next to our fire engines.

We would like to remind everyone that Santa will be back in town December 13th thru the 19th riding on our fire engine through your neighborhoods! Please check ... (Full Story & Photos)

Divers from Gamber & Community Fire Company were called at 10:50 am on Wednesday morning to assist in the retrieval of an automobile from a farm pond in Gamber. The car had accidentally rolled down a long hill, unoccupied, and entered the pond.

The fire company dive team assisted the tow truck operator and the homeowners. One diver, Joseph Petrowicz, entered the water and hooked the tow line to the ... (Full Story & Photos)

An asphalt truck crash on Klees Mill Rd. in the Morgan Run Environmental area closed the road early Saturday morning. Gamber & Community Fire Co. units were alerted to the collision at 8:14 am. Paramedic 139 arrived on the scene first and reported that a large truck was on its side and multiple wires were down across the road. The truck was hauling hot asphalt and the entire load spilled across the ... (Full Story & Photos)

Gamber & Community Fire Co. Charter Member, Charles W. Arnold, passed away on August 27, 2019.

Charles William Arnold, 94, of Sykesville, died Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Born October 10, 1924 in Birdhill, he was the son of the late Elias Bayard and Anna Derr Arnold. He was the husband of Elizabeth Ellen Buckingham ‘Betty’ Arnold. They had been married for ... (Full Story & Photos)

A working basement fire challenged Gamber & Community Fire Co. units as well as neighboring fire companies on Wednesday afternoon. The house fire was dispatched at approximately 4:10 pm in the 3600 block of Oxwed Court off of Marianne Ct. and Klees Mill Road in Westminster.

First arriving Engine 131 from Gamber reported smoke from all sides of the dwelling and immediately called for additional supporting ... (Full Story & Photos)