Fallen Firefighter Awarded Highest Honor
The Baltimore County Fire Department posthumously honored Mark Falkenhan with the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart during the agency's promotions and commendations ceremony.
Baltimore County Fire Department Capt. Roland Dembeck accepts that any time he enters a burning building he may have to pull a civilian out of the blaze. Going into a fire to save a fellow firefighter is not something Dembeck ever expected after more than 20 years on the job. But that’s exactly what Dembeck did on Jan. 19 when he climbed up a ladder and pulled Lutherville Volunteer Firefighter Mark Falkenhan out of a burning apartment building on Dowling Circle in Hillendale. Dembeck rescued a gravely injured Falkenhan from the third floor of the building before emergency medical service personnel transported him to St. Joseph Medical Center in an unsuccessful effort to save his life. “In our job, you are prepared to rescue civilians and …
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