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Woodland Beach Vfd Purchases New Property

Monday, July 16, 2012

WBVFD Plans Bayside Festival to Fund New Firehouse

The new fire station is set to be constructed at the corner of Route 2 and Route 214 in Edgewater.

The Woodland Beach Volunteer Fire Department (WBVFD) announced over the weekend it will be hosting its 2012 Bayside Festival on July 28 in Edgewater, featuring six different bands and slew of sports memorabilia auctions.  The event, located at the Bayside Inn at 1246 Mayo Rd., will benefit the local volunteer fire department and its efforts to build a new fire house on the corner of Route 2 and Route 214. Their current station was built in 1946-47 and its location causes significant problems when getting out to cover incidents, said 38-year WBVFD veteran Mac Connell Jr.  The money raised from the 2012 Bayside Festival will go directly toward funding the construction of the new fire station, expected to cost between $2 million and $3 …

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Woodland Beach Fire Department Purchases New Property

Susan

6:24 pm on Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Tickets are 10$ in advance and 15$ at the door.   more ›

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Woodland Beach Fire Department Purchases New Property

It may take more than five years to complete, but firefighters said the new location will greatly benefit the department and community.

The Woodland Beach Volunteer Fire Department (WBVFD) will be moving to a new location after it announced last week the purchase of a new property on the corner of Maryland Route 2 and Maryland Route 214. The property will give the volunteers better technology and quicker access to the nearby community, WBFVD President Mac Connell said. Currently stationed in a residential neighborhood on Londontown Road in Edgewater, Connell said the move is a much-needed one, both for the department and those it serves. Their current station was built in 1946-47 and its location causes significant problems for volunteer firefighters and paramedics. Whenever traffic-slowing accidents occur on Route 214 or Route 2, Connell said response times to emergency …

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Hundreds Attend Woodland Beach VFD Fundraising Concert

Richard Lancaster

1:32 pm on Monday, July 30, 2012

I am appalled at this planned move. Yes the old one is small, but delays in getting out to Mayo? Give me a break, that's just an excuse for this. Since 75%of the homes in Woodland Beach were built back in the 30's and 40's out of WOOD, with minimal and now very very old electrical work, THAT is where the fire department should stay. We have a daughter one block away from them and the FD presence …   more ›

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