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Friday, 9/11/2020 and Saturday, 9/12/2020 Live! Casino & Hotel MSFA Room Block Friday, 9/11/2020 and Saturday, 9/12/2020 $189 per night Must book through hotel link or call hotel directly (443) 842-7000 Area hotels: No designated Room Block TownePlace Suites by Marriott Arundel Mills BWI Airport 7021 Arundel Mills Cir. Hanover,...
REMINDER. If you have not already applied for a Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant (VFA) for 2020, the application period closes on July 15th close of business. There have been a lot of questions regarding the eligibility of radios and pagers. They are eligible, however they receive fewer priority points. The grants...
June 26, 2020 First Vice President Walker, Second Vice President McCrea, Executive Committee Chairman Blackiston, Vice Chairman Lutz, members of the Executive Committee, Committee Chairs, MSFA Officers, and Members of the MSFA, Before I get into my annual report, I would like to take a moment to recognize the passing...
Office Winner MSFA President Charles W. “Chuck” Walker MSFA 1st Vice President Joel C. McCrea MSFA 2nd Vice President Benjamin W. “Ben” Kurtz MSFA Secretary Doyle E. Cox MSFA Financial Secretary Mitch Vocke Chief Chaplain John F. Long Trustee Thomas A. Mattingly Jr. Amendment #1 – Realigning Terms of Secretary,...
Virtual Session 1 contains the opening, the Presidents reports, Introduction of Special Guests, and our Keynote Speaker, Marc Bashoor
2020 MSFA/LAMSFA Joint Memorial Service – Annual Memorial Service Honoring those who have answered their last call! Watch on You Tube: https://youtu.be/cNWkVJaA95M
May 15, 2020 Deadline for MSFA Nominations to be submitted electronically to the Office of the Secretary. __________________________________________________________________________________________ June 1, 2020 LAMSFA ballot review on website __________________________________________________________________________________________ June 12, 2020 Remarks by Convention Chair Siarnicki posted online (Explanation of 2020 Events Schedule) __________________________________________________________________________________________ June 14, 2020 LAMSFA Ballots emailed to LAMSFA Chairman...
*All presentations will be posted online at the scheduled times and then placed on the MSFA website under Convention Training Opportunities _________________________________________________________________________ June 21, 2020 1300 hrs. PGFD: One Fire Department’s Operational Response to COVID-19 1400 hrs. TIMS 1-hour Refresher (registration required) – MDOT 1500 hrs. Dying Not an Option...
All Department Delegates: Please be sure to open and respond to all 5 emails you receive when casting your ballots for the MSFA 2020 Elections. These will count for the 5 votes you are allotted and must be submitted. Each Chief Delegate will receive five (5) individual ballots by e-mail. ...
The Citizens Truck Company #4 (CTC) is selling a 2002 Ford F-150 Super Crew four-wheel drive pickup truck. Vehicle comes with ARE Bed Cap (purchased less than five years ago) and New Michelin Tires. Mileage is 96,461 at time of posting. (VIN #1FTRW08L52KB41643)
The truck is functional and was in service as recently as June 2020. Vehicle will come with the original service manual and specification literature. Truck does not come with equipment (lighting, sirens, etc.) shown in enclosed photos. Truck does possess rusting on the rocker panel inside the Driver’s Door. Vehicle has been continually serviced by Frederick County Shop since purchase. All markings related to Citizens Truck Company will be removed by seller prior to sale.
“The Miss Fire Prevention meeting will be held on July 5, 2020 at 1pm at Level VFC. Possible date for the contest is August 30, 2020. Location TBA. Questions please contact Lori Denbow at 1-410-808-4130”
President – Charles “Chuck” Walker 1st Vice President – Joel McCrea 2nd Vice President – Benjamin Kurtz Secretary – Doyle Cox Financial Secretary – Mitch Vocke Chief Chaplain – John F. Long, Jr. Trustee – Hobart “Hoby” Howell Trustee – Thomas Mattingly, Jr. Currently available candidate videos here: (https://www.msfa.org/msfa-candidate-videos/) More...
MSFA 128th Annual Convention and Conference Phase 1 Agenda May 15, 2020 Deadline for MSFA Nominations to be submitted electronically to the Office of the Secretary. __________________________________________________________________________________________ June 1, 2020 LAMSFA ballot review on website __________________________________________________________________________________________ June 12, 2020 Remarks by Convention Chair Siarnicki posted online (Explanation of 2020 Events Schedule)...
Candidate videos displayed below for each respective candidate: Videos will be open for viewing at 10:00 am on June 17, 2020. President – Charles “Chuck” Walker 1st Vice President – Joel McCrea 2nd Vice President – Benjamin Kurtz Secretary – Doyle Cox Financial Secretary – Mitch Vocke Chief Chaplain –...
The City of Winchester, VA (pop. 27,932) is seeking experienced chief officers with strong leadership skills as candidates for its next Fire Chief.
The NVFC has several announcements: The application period is now open for the CHEMTREC HELP (Hazmat Emergencies Local Preparedness) Award. Two volunteer fire departments will each receive $10,000 to enhance their response capabilities and increase local readiness for hazardous materials incidents. The application period is also open for Columbia Southern...
The VCAF online application process will open on July 1, 2020 with all applications completed and submitted by August 19, 2020. However, no new online applications will be opened after August 9, 2020. If your company is in good standing, with current year credentials on file with the MSFA Secretary...
To All Members of the MSFA, As you know by now, the 2020 convention will be different than any other convention we have ever held. There will be a lot of information coming out over the next few weeks but we need to address one of the more important issues...
The First Responders Children’s Foundation is providing grants to volunteer firefighters impacted by COVID-19.
As we all know that we are facing the COVID-19 Pandemic I have looked at several issues at hand and with the deadline of the Fire Prevention Awards I've moved the deadline to May 15, 2020. It will have to be in the hands of the Stae Fire Marshal Office. It can be turned in to your local site and then we will make sure it is transferred to the Judging location at Head Quarters.
I've taken in some comments and I feel due to some of the responsibilities of the departments that having to deal with the COVID-19 response it's only fair. This will only apply to this years awards for Fire Prevention and Life Safety.
This does not apply to any other awards that the MSFA has listed. Again this only applies to the Fire Prevention and Life Safety Awards and this includes the Silver Spring Trophy.
I would also ask that if you will be applying that you send me an email so that we know to look for a entry. Please email me at tacrisman@hotmail.com once I receive this I will respond back with an acceptance letter.
I greatly appreciate everything that everyone is doing and keeping prevention in the forefront of our daily responsibilities. If you have any questions please contact me at 240-882-6772.
Thank You Teresa Ann
FEMA has announced several new grant opportunities to provide funding to fire and EMS departments. See the attached notice for details.
The Odenton Volunteer Fire Company has 900' of surplus 4" LDH hose that it is willing to donate to another company.
The Convention and Conference Steering Committee is continuing to work on specific requirements for both phases of this year's events and as each separate component is finalized, vital information will be shared with our general membership.
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