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PHIA Donates $500 to White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company

The donation was made in honor of fallen firefighter Mark Falkenhan.

The death of , a 43-year-old Lutherville firefighter who perished in a in January, has inspired  across Baltimore County.

On Monday evening, Falkenhan was again honored with a $500 donation by the Perry Hall Improvement Association to the . 

"We appreciate the hard work and sacrifice by the members of the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company to help protect the community," said Dennis M. Robinson Jr., president of the PHIA, who presented the donation. "Residents of the Perry Hall area are safer because of the dedication of these hometown heroes."

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Lt. Jack Amrhein of the Baltimore County Fire Department, who acts as the PHIA's Public Safety Liaison and volunteers at the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company, helped coordinate and present the donation. He was joined by Senior Lt. Kevin Palmer, Capt. Rick Blubaugh and President Donald Wilder, EMT, who accepted the donation on behalf of the company. 

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