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

court

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