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REPORT To the MSFA Executive Committee

BRIAN S. GERACI

STATE FIRE MARSHAL

Mr. Chairman, members of the Executive Committee, it is my pleasure to present to you this report on the activities and events pertaining to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. OSFM Personnel: Deputy State Fire Marshal’s Christopher McIntyre, Carl Witmer and Brandon Sheppard started with the agency on May 13, 2015. DSFM McIntyre is assigned to the Lower Shore Region, DSFM Witmer will be assigned to the Western Region and DSFM Sheppard is assigned to HQ until the completion of his law enforcement academy which began on May 26th. DSFM Chris Fenzel started with the agency on June 10th and will be assigned to the Upper Shore Regional Office. DSFM John Grothe joined the agency on August 5, 2015 and is assigned to HQ waiting for a law enforcement academy class to start. Of the new hires one is a veteran, one is a veteran and a volunteer firefighter and two are volunteer firefighters. We have two additional sworn positions we are in the process of filling along with four vacant fire safety inspector positions and two contact fire inspector positions. After over 20 years of dedicated service Master Deputy State Fire Marshal Paul Schlotterbeck who was assigned to the Upper Shore Regional Office retired from the agency at the end of May. M/DSFM Schlotterbeck will be going to work for MDE as one of their emergency responders. FSI Heather White resigned from the agency at the end of July to take a position with the Ocean City Fire Marshal’s office. S/DSFM Sander Cohen received a unit citation from the Prince George’s County Fire Chief for his assistance in the regional bottle bomb explosion case that occurred last year in several jurisdictions. Fire Fatalities: As of this date the total fire fatalities for 2015 currently stands at 42 compared to 39 at this same time last year. There were no reported fatal fires during the month of July. More information about fire deaths in Maryland can be found at the OSFM website at http://mdsp.maryland.gov/firemarshal. Fire Deaths by Jurisdiction: 2014 2015 2014 2015 Allegany 3 Anne Arundel 2 10 Baltimore City 18 12 Baltimore County 5 5 Calvert 1 1 Caroline 0 Carroll 4 Cecil 3 1 Charles 0 2 Dorchester 0 Frederick 0 Garrett 0 Harford 0 2 Howard 3 Kent 2 Montgomery 8 Prince George’s 5 5 Queen Anne’s 1 1 St Mary’s 1 Somerset 1 Talbot 0 Washington 2 Wicomico 5 1 Worcester 0 2

2014 Life Safety Achievement Award: I am pleased to report that the Riviera Beach Volunteer Fire Company has received the 2014 Life Safety Achievement Award, from the NASFM Fire Research and Education Foundation and the Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company. The department was one out of 117 departments across the country to receive the award. Since 1994, Life Safety Achievement Award has recognized fire departments for having outstanding fire safety statistics and prevention programs during the preceding calendar year. The award recognizes the proactive fire prevention efforts that the organization has made toward improving its community’s fire and life safety behaviors. Fourth of July: The OSFM was advised of only five reported injuries across the state. Three adults and two juveniles received minor injuries from burns and soft tissue damage as the result of the miss use of legal and illegal fireworks. There were four reported fires in the City of Hagerstown as the result of fireworks. Proposed 2016 Legislation: We have sent three proposals to the MSP legislation office for review and submission. Two involved the repealing of section 6-313 Chimney Fire Reports and section 6-314 Reports of Losses by Insures. The last one is preventing the sale of nine volt smoke alarms within the state which was turned down last year. FY17 Budget Requests: As in previous years we will be requesting new vehicles, three additional fire protection engineers, eight additional fire safety inspectors and an annual salary review for the fire safety inspectors. Firefighter Life Safety Initiative 14 & 15: The Maryland Emergency Services Life Safety Task Force presented this training on Saturday, May 16th at the Kent Island Fire Department. This training dealt with Public Education, Code Enforcement and Sprinklers as it pertains to firefighter safety. It was a disappointing turn out with only a total of 12 individuals in attendance. MALSC: The Mid Atlantic Life Safety Conference will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 At the John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. The conference theme this year is Reducing Emerging Risks. 508 Funding: The verification letter was sent to the Military Department on July 21, 2015 indicating that all fire and rescue departments did participate in reporting to MFIRS for FY 15. NASFM Web Training Portal: The National Association of State Fire Marshal’s has a web based training portal that deals with the following topics: Pipeline Safety, LNG Emergencies, Fire Incident Data, Evaluating the Fire Risks in Existing Buildings, Residential Sprinklers and Crowd Manager Training. The website is: http://nasfm-training.org/. Conferences: We participated with our fire service partners MSFA and MFCA at the MML Convention in June and at the MACo Convention in August. We will also be at the Maryland Association of Realtors Conference in October. At all of the conferences the focus was to promote residential sprinklers. Fire and Life Safety Information Exchange Program: As a reminder, the Maryland Fire and Life Safety Information Exchange Program website is: www.mdlifesafety.org.

News Releases: Please take time to visit the OSFM’s Facebook page to find all of the educational news releases issued by the OSFM. There are at least two educational news releases issued every month. Share the releases on your Facebook pages as well. Like us at http://facebook.com/MarylandStateFireMarshal. Mr. Chairman, and members of the Executive Committee, this completes my report to you today. As always, it is our pleasure to provide you with this updated information. Thank you for your dedication and hard work in making Maryland a safer place to live.

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Office of the State Fire Marshal

Maryland Fire Incident Reporting System

MFIRS

Reporting period: through August 19, 2015

ALL REPORTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE 10TH OF THE MONTH

The red indicates errors throughout the year, not necessarily the month.

Please contact me for the complete list of errors.

2015 2014

COUNTY/ Last report submitted Missing Months Last report submitted

FIRE DEPARTMENT FDID

ALLEGANY

Cumberland 01001 June December

LaVale VFD 01002 June December

Bedford Road 01003 July December

Baltimore Pike 01004 Februrary December

Corriganville 01005 July December

Ellerslie 01006 July February December

District 16 01007 July December

Bowling Green 01008 April December

Cresaptown 01009 May December

Bowman's Addition 01011 Februrary December

Flintstone 01012 March December

Oldtown 01013 July December

Mt. Savage 01015 July December

Frostburg 01016 July December

Shaft 01017 June December

Midland 01018 March December

Barton Hose 01019 June December

Goodwill 01020 March December

Luke 01021 July December

Potomac 01022 July December

Orleans 01043 May December

Rawlings 01047 May April December

ANNAPOLIS 27035 July December

ANNE ARUNDEL 24000 June December

BALTIMORE CITY 25001 February December

BALTIMORE COUNTY 03100 April December

BWI 26043 July December

CALVERT

North Beach 04001 June December

Prince Frederick 04002 July December

Solomon's 04003 July December

Dunkirk Station 04005 July December

Huntington 04006 July December

St. Leonard 04007 July December

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CAROLINE

Federalsburg 05001 June December

Preston 05002 May December

Denton 05003 July December

Ridgely 05004 June April December

Marydel 05005 July December

Greensboro 05006 July December

Goldsboro 05007 July December

CARROLL

Mt Airy 06001 June December

Hampstead 06002 June December

Westminster 06003 June December

Manchester 06004 April December

Taneytown 06005 June December

Pleasant Valley 06006 June December

Lineboro 06007 February December

Union Bridge 06008 May December

Reese 06009 June December

New Windsor 06010 June December

Harney 06011 June December

Sykesville 06012 June December

Gamber 06013 June December

Winfield 06014 June December

CECIL

Cecilton 07001 July March - Jule December

Chesapeake City 07002 June May December

Singerly 07003 July December

North East 07004 July December

Charlestown 07005 July December

Perryville Comm. 07006 July December

Water Witch 07007 June December

Rising Sun 07008 June December

Hacks Point 07009 May December

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CHARLES

LaPlata 08001 July December

Hughesville 08002 June December

Waldorf 08003 June December

Nanjemoy 08004 March December

Benedict 08005 April December

Cobb Island 08006 April December

Potomac Heights 08007 June December

Tenth District 08008 March December

Indian Head 08009 June April December

Bel Alton 08010 March December

Bryans Road 08011 March December

Waldorf 08012 June December

Newburg 08014 June December

DORCHESTER

Rescue 09001 July December

Hurlock 09006 July December

Vienna 09011 June December

Secretary 09016 July December

E. New Market 09021 May December

Eldorado-Brookview 09026 June December

Neck District 09031 July December

Lakes & Straits 09041 March December

Church Creek 09046 May December

Hoopers Island 09051 May December

Madison 09056 July December

Linkwood Salem 09061 July December

Taylors Island 09066 May December

Elliott Island 09071 July December

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FREDERICK

Independent 10001 July December

Junior 10002 July December

United 10003 July December

Citizens 10004 July December

Brunswick 10005 July December

Vigilant/Emmitsburg 10006 July December

Middletown 10007 July December

Myersville 10008 July December

New Midway 10009 July December

Thurmont 10010 July December

Walkersville 10011 July December

Braddock Heights 10012 July December

Rocky Ridge 10013 July December

Carroll Manor 10014 July December

New Market 10015 July December

Woodsboro 10016 July December

Liberty Town 10017 July December

Graceham 10018 July December

Jefferson 10020 July December

Wolfsville 10021 July December

Lewistown 10022 July December

Urbana 10023 July December

GreenValley/N.Mkt 10025 July December

Point of Rocks 10028 July December

Westview Fire 10031 July December

Spring Ridge Fire 10033 July December

GARRETT

Bloomington 11010 July December

Friendsville 11011 June December

Gorman 11012 June December

Deer Park 11020 July December

Deep Creek 11030 June December

Oakland 11040 December

Accident 11050 December

Grantsville 11060 July December

Kitzmiller 11070 May December

Eastern Garrett 11080 June December

Bittinger 11090 June December

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HARFORD

Level 12001 June December

Aberdeen 12002 July December

Bel Air 12003 May April December

Abingdon 12004 June May December

Susquehanna Hose 12005 July December

Whiteford 12006 March December

Jarretsville 12007 June December

Joppa-Magnolia 12008 June April/May December

Darlington 12009 July June December

Norrisville 12010 December

Fallston 12013 March January December

Harford Co. EMS Found. 12014 May December

Harford Co. Hazmat 12015 June December

Technial Rescue 12016 April December

Havre De Grace Amb. Corp.12059 May December

HOWARD 13000 July December

KENT

Millington 14002 June December

Galena 14003 July December

Kennedyville 14004 July December

Betterton 14005 July December

Chestertown 14006 July December

Rock Hall 14007 July December

MONTGOMERY 15555 April December

PRINCE GEORGE'S 16000 February December

QUEEN ANNE'S

Kent Island 17001 May December

Grasonville 17002 June December

Queenstown 17003 July December

Goodwill 17004 July December

Church Hill 17005 December

Sudlersville 17006 April December

Crumpton 17007 May December

Queen Anne-Hillsboro 17008 July December

United Communities 17009 June December

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ST. MARY'S

Leonardtown 18001 July December

Mechanicsville 18002 March December

Bay District 18003 May December

Ridge VFD 18004 April December

Seventh District 18005 April December

Second District 18006 July December

Hollywood 18007 June April December

Bay District #2 18009 December

SOMERSET

Ewell 19001 July December

Crisfield 19002 July December

Marion 19003 July December

Deal Island-Chance 19004 March December

Princess Anne 19005 December

Mt. Vernon 19006 March December

Tylerton 19007 July December

Fairmount 19009 May December

TALBOT

Oxford 20020 July December

Trappe 20030 July December

St Michaels 20040 July December

Cordova 20050 May December

Easton 20060 July December

Tilghman 20070 December

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WASHINGTON

Sharpsburg 21001 July December

Williamsport 21002 July December

Clearspring 21004 July December

Hancock 21005 July December

Boonsboro 21006 July December

Smithsburg 21007 July December

Leitersburg 21009 July December

Funkstown 21010 July December

Potomac Valley 21011 July December

Maugansville 21013 July December

Mt. Aetna 21016 July December

Hagerstown City 21021 July December

Halfway 21026 June December

Long Meadow 21027 July December

Wash Co Airport 21035 July December

WICOMICO

Salisbury 1, 2, 16 22001 April December

Fruitland 22003 April December

Delmar 22004 June December

Hebron 22005 July December

Parsonsburg 22006 December

Pittsville 22007 May December

Willards 22008 March December

Mardela Springs 22009 February December

Powellville 22011 May December

Westside 22012 January December

Sharptown 22014 December

Allen 22015 July December

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WORCESTER

Pocomoke City 23001 July December

Stockton 23002 July December

Girdletree 23003 July December

Snow Hill 23004 July December

Newark 23005 July December

Berlin 23006 July December

Ocean City 23007 June December

Showell 23008 July December

Ocean Pines 23009 July December

Bishopville 23010 July December

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