City of Baltimore - File #: 24-0217R

• File #: 24-0217R
• Version: 0
• Name: Honoring the Efforts of First Responders in Southeast Baltimore and Remembering the Victims of the Lombard Street Fire
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/8/2024
• In control: Baltimore City Council
• Final action: 4/8/2024
• Title: Honoring the Efforts of First Responders in Southeast Baltimore and Remembering the Victims of the Lombard Street Fire For the purpose of honoring the efforts of the first responders to the recent fire on Lombard Street in Southeast Baltimore and remembering the victims.
• Sponsors: Zeke Cohen, President Nicholas J. Mosby, Danielle N. McCray, James Torrence, Kristerfer Burnett, Ryan Dorsey, John T. Bullock, Mark Conway, Sharon Green Middleton, Eric T. Costello, Odette Ramos, Phylicia Porter
• Indexes: First Responders , Honoring, Lombard Street Fire , Remembrance , Victims

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/8/2024	0	Baltimore City Council	Adopted
4/8/2024	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.

Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Cohen



A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Honoring the Efforts of First Responders in Southeast Baltimore and Remembering the Victims of the Lombard Street Fire
For the purpose of honoring the efforts of the first responders to the recent fire on Lombard Street in Southeast Baltimore and remembering the victims.
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Recitals

Whereas, an initial emergency call was placed in the early morning hours of Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 reporting a massive fire at 3414 East Lombard Street.

Whereas, 911 specialists Anthony Jones and Towanda Osei-Bonsu fielded the emergency calls.

Whereas, the Baltimore City Fire Department arrived at the scene within 2 minutes of
receiving the initial call, assisted with the removal of victims from the building, and performed CPR until the arrival of the transport unit, which quickly took the victims to the hospital.

Whereas, firefighters Mark A. Lopez, Frank A. Snyder, Mark Lemmon, Haseeb Durrani,
William Buttner, Justin M. King, Joshua A. Wodka, Joshua J. Drexler, and Michael B. Connelly
bravely responded to the scene at 3414 East Lombard Street.

Whereas, paramedics Stephen Kehne, Cody Lust, Maria Ashley, Christopher Rondholz,
Mark Fritsch Jr., Zephyr Agena, and Chaz Charter aided the transport of victims to the hospital.
Maria Perez, a bilingual Baltimore City police officer, served as a bridge between distraught family members and investigators, o...