map book for beginners john w. blake, asst. chief, ems bavfc
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MAP BOOK FOR BEGINNERS
John W. Blake, Asst. Chief, EMS BAVFC
Introduction
• Used to locate response addresses
• Contains a lot of useful information for both EMS and suppression
• Many thanks to Bill Snyder & Donald Mac Lean for their hard work
Travel routes
• There are 5 main routes of travel based from house 1.– 1 - 5
• There are 4 main routes of travel based from house 2.– 6 – 9
• All travel routes are organized in a clockwise fashion from each house, starting with the lowest number.
Travel routes
• Travel routes:– 1: Rt. 1 north– 2: Rt. 22 east– 3: Rt. 24/924 south– 4: Rt. 1 south – 5: Rt. 24/924 north– 6: Rt. 24 north– 7: E. Jarrettsville Rd.– 8: Rt. 24 south– 9: W. Jarrettsville Rd.
Travel routes
Hse 1
1
2
3
4 5
Rt. 1
Rt. 22
Rt. 24/924
Rt. 1Rt. 24/924
Travel routes
Hse 2
6
Rt. 24
7
E. Jarr. Rd
8
Rt. 24
9W. Jarr. Rd
Mapbook sections
• 5 main sections
• 1st map shows in town streets
• Direction of travel is from bottom to top of page, with house 1 at the bottom of the page
• Main travel routes are in bold, with arrows indication direction of travel from house 1
Mapbook sections
• Map book sections:1. Maps 1-10, Rt. 1 north
2. Maps 11-20, Rt. 22 east
3. Maps 21-39, Rt. 24/924 south
4. Maps 41-51, Rt. 1 south
5. Maps 61-75, Rt. 24/924 north
Box numbers
• Each address is located in a box area• Each box is either 3 or 4 numbers,
depending on company• Example:
– Box 321: 3 = Bel Air
2 = route of travel
1 = distance from station
• Based on the box alone, you can start in the general direction
Box numbers
• In town boxes:– 2nd number is always 0– Boxes:
• 300: downtown
• 301: Hickory Ave.
• 302: Maitland
• 303: S. Main
• 304: Baltimore Pike
• 305: N. Main
• 309: UCMC
Box numbers
• Review:– Which is closer to House 1?
• 317 or 311
• 322 or 324
• 303 or 333
• 354 or 351
Forest Hill boxes
• All are based at the intersection of Rocks Rd. & Jarrettsville Rd.– 361, 2, 3, 5: north, via Rocks Rd.– 371: east, via Jarrettsville Rd.– 381, 2, 3: south, via Rt. 24– 391: west, via Jarrettsville Rd.
Forest Hill boxes
1
25
8
Bypass boxes
• Box 330: Emmorton bypass from MacPhail to Balto. Pike
• Box 340: Emmorton bypass from Balto. Pike to Rt. 1 bypass
• Box 348: Rt. 1 bypass from Benson to Vale Rd. overpass, including Rt. 24 ramps
Bypass boxes
348
330
340Boulton StBalto. Pike
Mac Phail
351
Dual alert boxes
• The following are dual alert boxes for fire calls. On EMS calls, we will be alerted 2nd due.– 346, 47, 49, 56, 58: Co. 13– 317, 18: Co. 9
Numbering system
• The Harford County system begins at Main St. & Pennsylvania Ave.– Havre de Grace, Joppa, Aberdeen
do not follow this system
• Blocks:– Unit: 0 – 99– 100: 100 – 199– Generally, each block is between
2 major cross streets
Numbering system
• If traveling North or East, odds are on the right side
• If traveling South or West, they are on the left side
• Try to remember certain addresses. – For example, house 1 is 109.
Therefore, you know that any street parallel to Hickory Ave. has the odds on the right side going north
– John Carroll is 703 Churchville Rd.
• What side of the road is 104 Plumtree Rd. ? (going south)
Important hundred blocks
Route of travel
700 block
1300 block
2400 block
Rt. 1 north
Moore’s Mill Rd
Roller rink
Ruff’s Mill Rd
Rt. 22 east
John Carroll
Moore’s Mill Rd
Schucks Rd
Rt. 24 south
Mac Phail Rd
Ring Factory
Wheel Rd
Rt. 1 south
Tollgate Rd
Benson Rt. 152
Rt. 24 north
Moore’s Mill Rd
Bynum Rd
Jarretts-ville Rd
Territory limits
• Rt. 1 north: Deer Creek bridge
• Rt. 22: Corns Drive
• Rt. 24 south: Wheel Rd.
• Rt. 1 south: Milton Ave.
• Rt. 24 north: 1st bridge over Deer Creek
Legends/index
• Indexes: 2 types– Street– Development
• Legends: apartment/business section6
6 Street section
see 4 See map 4 for add’l. info.
4 See apt. section for larger view
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Legends/index
• Legends (con’t):Hydrant
Drafting hydrant
< 500 GPM500 – 1000 GPM
> 1000 GPM
Pond
… … Stream/creek
Sprinkler connection
Legends/index
• Legends (con’t):– (Marywood): development names
are in parenthesis or shaded– Special notices : circled or printed
in red…… Unpaved road
11L 11Ror Means left or right
Some pages have letters after them,however, letters should never go Higher than I
Special sections
• Bypass/Ma & Pa Trail:– Bypass has mile markers– Broken into lettered areas– Ramps are also lettered
• Apartment/business:– Signified by a triangle
• Mutual aid:– Separate book, black in color– Set up and used the same as main
book