New County Fire Chief

County Fire Chief to be Named After Nationwide Search,
County Executive Selects Permanent Fire Chief

County Executive Isiah Leggett will announce his selection for the position of County Fire Chief on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The announcement will take place at 1 p.m. in the County Executive’s conference room, located on the 2nd floor of the Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, Maryland.

Richard Bowers has been serving as the Interim Fire Chief since the departure of Tom Carr who is now the Fire Chief in Charleston, SC.

The Montgomery County (MD) Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS), an Accredited Agency, is a full spectrum life safety agency protecting about 500 square miles and nearly 1 million people who live and work in Maryland’s most populous jurisdiction. Under the direction of County Fire Chief the MCFRS is a combination system (career/volunteer) in the suburban Washington, D.C. area, operating 34 community-based fire and rescue stations and several other support facilities with an annual budget of about $195 million dollars. The MCFRS annually handles about 105,000 emergency calls for service