Chief Bowers Presents the Distinguished Service Citation

On August 10^th the Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce hosted a public safety awards breakfast at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds.  During this event, Fire Chief Richard Bowers presented the Distinguished Service Citation to members of Companies 29, 34 and Battalion Chief 705 for their response to a traffic collision this past February 19th.

Video of the presentation is below.

Fire Chief Richard Bowers Comments on June 29 Storm Response

A recent video below from our Fire Chief re the big storm a few weeks ago that I thought might be of interest.

Stay Safe,
Bill D

What's Brewin Episode 2 Part 1 Richard Bowers Chief: MCFRS

See our Fire Chief, Richard Bowers, on the County's What's Brewin show. Learn more about the Chief and our department!

Part 2 is posted on our YouTube site: http://www.youtube.com/MCFRSPubEd

Stay Safe,

Bill Delaney

Interim Fire Chief Named

Interim Fire Chief Named

Nationwide Search to Choose Permanent Fire Chief

County Executive Isiah Leggett has selected Division Chief Richard Bowers as Interim Fire Chief effective November 1, 2008. County Fire Chief Tom Carr recently announced that he will retire and has accepted a job as Fire Chief in the City of Charleston, South Carolina. Chief Carr will retire from the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service at the end of October 2008.

The permanent Fire Chief will be selected through a national search process. In the meantime Chief Carr and Chief Bower’s will work on the transition.