A well deserved congratulations are long due to EMT-P Shawnya Bray for being awarded the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System EMS Provider of the Year Award. Paramedic Bray was nominated by 2nd Assistant Chief (EMS) Bev Britton for her outstanding contributions in the past year to the continuous improvement of emergency medical services Her tireless volunteer work has helped to keep the Bel Air VFC on the forefront of EMS, not only in Harford County, but in the State of Maryland

The following members were the winners of Mustache March:

FF Smithson,  FF Graziano, Sgt Ruble

We thank them for there hard work in this area.

Top Fire Responders - Janauary 2010

1.  Captain Ricky Davis                   116

2.  Sgt Brandon Ruble                     113

3.  EVD Ron Britton                        103

4.  FF Aaron Bellmyer                       92

     Chief Bill Snyder                           92

6.  FF Mike Altadonna                      89

7.  FF Eric Gardner                           78

     EVD Ed Hopkins                         78

9.  EVD Bill Marshall                         77

     FF Russell Tracy                           77

Top Fire Driver Responders - January 2010

1.  EVD Ron Britton                    49 drives

2.  EVD Bill Marshall                   38 drives

3.  EVD Mark Johnson                24 drives

4.  EVD Bill Wynne                     22 drives

5.  EVD Bob Kral                       22 drives

     Captain Ricky Davis               22 drives

Top Fire Driver Duty Hours - January 2010

1.  EVD Ron Britton                   114 hours

2.  EVD Mark Johnson                 48 hours

3.  EVD Greg Sentmen                 42 hours

4.  Lieut Eric Larson                     40 hours

5.  EVD Bill Marshall                    24 hours

Top Fire Responders - December 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton             110

2.  FF Brandon Ruble             92

3.  FF Scott McNutt               85

4.  EVD Pat Carlton                79

5.  FF Mike Altadonna            74

6.  Lieut Gary Kadolph            73

7.  Chief Bill Snyder                 73

8.  Captain Ricky Davis            72

9.  Dep Chf Scott Panowitz      72

10.  FF Zack McMillan            63

Top Fire Driver Responders - December 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton                52 drives

2.  EVD Bill Marshall               33 drives

3.  EVD Mark Johnson            23 drives

4.  EVD Pat Carlton                 20 drives

5.  EVD Bill Wynne                 14 drives

Top Fire Driver Duty Hours - December 2009:

1.  EVD Ron Britton                     142 hrs

2.  EVD Mark Johnson                  57.5 hrs

3.  EVD Greg Sentmen                  54 hrs

4.  Capt Mike Brunicke                 40 hrs

5.  EVD Eric Larson                      33 hrs

Top Fire Responders - November 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton            126

2.  Captain Pat Carlton          96

3.  FF Mike Altadonna          92

4.  Chief Bill Snyder               91

5.  FF Kevin Kadolph            88

6.  FF Brandon Ruble             85

7.  Aron Bellmyer                   77

8.  FF Scott McNutt              76

9.  FF Russell Tracy               76

10. FF Zach McMillan            73

Top Fire Driver Responses - November 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton               60 drives

2.  EVD Bill Marshall              27 drives

3.  EVD Bill Wynne                25 drives

4.  EVD Bob Kral                  19 drives

5.  EVD Tim Coale                 15 drives

     EVD Clete Resh                15 drives  

Top Fire Duty Driver Hours - November 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton               135 hours

2.  EVD Mark Johnson             54 hours

3.  EVD Bill Wynne                  40.5 hours

4.  EVD Steve Cox                   35 hours

5.  Captain Mike Brunicke         32 hours

The Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC) recently conferred the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) designation on Stephan D. Cox, the first U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) representative to receive this prestigious credential.

Chief Cox is a 41-year emergency services veteran. He currently serves as regional fire chief for Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emergency Services, directing the emergency medical services of 27 installations, from Maine to North Carolina.

Steve has served as a Chief Officer for the past 36 years. In 2003, he retired as manager of field operations for the Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute (MFRI) and began a new career in the DoD's Fire & Emergency Service, first serving as assistant director of Fire & Emergency Services for Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Washington, D.C.

The EMS accomplishments spanning Steve's career are too many to name. Most recently he implemented the transition for EMS transport from the Navy Bureau of Medicine to the Fire & Emergency Services; established EMS standard operating procedures for the department; and identified and staffed Quick Response Vehicles for paramedics. Chief Cox continues to teach emergency medical technician (EMT) classes to new students and recertification classes for current providers.

Steve serves as the DoD representative on the CPC. He holds an associate's degree in Law Enforcement, a bachelor's degree in Behavioral Science, and a master's in Management. He holds numerous emergency services certifications and earned the Chief Fire Officer designation in 2003. 

Chief Cox is one of only 43 individuals nationwide to hold the CMO designation and is one of 23 dual designated Chief Officers. The BAVFC sends out it congratulations to Chief Cox for this accomplishment!

Top Fire Responders - October 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton               125

2.  EVD Rich Presberry          108

3.  Sgt Scott McNutt              103

     Chief Bill Snyder                103

5.  FF Keith Smithson               91

6.  FF Mike Altadonna              85

7.  FF Brandon Ruble               83

8.  FF Arron Bellmyer              78

9.  FF Rob Clairidge                 77

10. FF John Hartlove                72

Top Fire Driver Responses - October 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton                59

2.  EVD Bill Wynne                 31

3.  EVD Bill Marshall               29

4.  EVD Rich Presberry           19

5.  EVD Bob Kral                   17

Top Fire Driver Duty Hours - October 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton             153 hrs

2.  EVD Bill Wynne                75.5 hrs

3.  EVD Mark Johnson            46 hrs

4.  EVD Steve Cox                  33 hrs

     EVD Bill Marshall               33 hrs 

Top Responders - September 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton                    93

2.  EVD Rich Presberry               87

3.  Sgt Scott McNutt                    84

4.  FF Keith Smithson                  80

5.  FF Bob Snyder                       72

6.  FF Aaron Bellmyer                  69

     FF Zack Hisker                       69

    FF Brandon Ruble                    69

9.  Chief Bill Snyder                      61

10. FF Rob Clairidge                    60

       EVD Gary Kadolph               60

Top Fire Driver Responses - September 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton           50 drives

2.  EVD Bill Marshall          20 drives

3.  EVD Mark Johnson       14 drives

4.  EVD Bob Kral               13 drives

5.  EVD Bill Wynne             11 drives

     EVD Rich Presberry       11 drives

     EVD Mike Walker          11 drives

Top Fire Driver Duty Hours - September 2009

1.  EVD Ron Britton             124 hrs

2.  EVD Mark Johnson            43 hrs

3.  Lieut Eric Larson                36 hrs

4.  EVD Doug MacLean          24 hrs

     EVD Bill Marshall               24 hrs

Top Fire Responders - August 2009

  1.EVD Rich Presberry                  117                                                                               

  2.  EVD Ron Britton                       115   

  3.  Sgt Scott McNutt                        94

  4.  Capt Pat Carlton                         88

  5.  FF Keith Smithson                      87

  6.  FF Bob Snyder                           85

  7.  FF Joel Carr                               83

  8.  FF Rob Clairidge                        83

  9.  EVD Gary Kadolph                    82

10.  FF Don MacLean                       74

Top Fire Driver Responses - August 2009

  1.  EVD Ron Britton                          51

  2.  EVD Bill Marshall                         33

  3.  EVD Richard Presberry                27

  4.  EVD Bill Wynne                           27

  5.  EVD Gary Kadolph                      17

Top Fire Driver Duty Hours - August 2009

  1.  EVD Ron Britton                       102 hrs

  2.  EVD Mark Johnson                     58 hrs

  3.  EVD  Bill Marshall                       24 hrs

  4.  Lieut Greg Sentmen                     24 hrs

  5.  EVD Mike Walker                      23 hrs  

Top Fire Responders – June 2009

1.       EVD Ron Britton                         137 Calls

2.       Sgt Scott McNutt                        101 Calls

3.       Capt Pat Carlton                          96 Calls

4.       EVD Bill Wynne                            96 Calls

5.       Chief Bill Snyder                          91 Calls

6.       FF Rich Trujillo                            89 Calls

7.       EVD Bob Kral                                86 Calls

8.       EVD Rich Presberry                     85 Calls

9.       Lieut Ricky Davis                         74 Calls

10.    EVD Gary Kadolph                      74 Calls

Top Fire Driver Responses  - June 2009

1.       EVD Ron Britton                           67 drives

2.       EVD Bill Wynne                            56 drives

3.       EVD Bill Marshall                       39 drives

4.       EVD Mark Johnson                      22 drives

5.       EVD Tony Coliano,Sr                   19 drives

Top Fire Driver Duty Hours – June 2009

1.       EVD Ron Britton                             154 hrs

2.       EVD Bill Wynne                                72 hrs

3.       EVD Mark Johnson                          44 hrs

4.       EVD Bill Marshall                            24 hrs

5.       EVD Doug MacLean                         24 hrs

        Top 20 All-time Fire Responders

                        Thru 06/30/09

  1. Don MacLean                              36,582*      

    2. Millard Purcell                              35,416

    3. Richard Presberry                        23,071*                

  4. Dick Woodward                           23,009*                  

    5. Bill Snyder                                    21,214*                

    6. Bill Marshall                                 16,423*                

    7. Rick Davis,Sr                               16,239

    8. Mel Kulis                                      15,798

    9. Dick Vaughn                                15,630

  10. Ricky Davis, Jr                             15,461*                

  11. Mike Gallagher                            14,661  

  12. Dave Cox                                      14,132*                

  13. Scott Panowitz                            13,785*                

  14. Ron Britton                                  13,221*                

  15. Tom Schaech                               12,370

  16. Ed Hopkins                                  10,882*                   

  17. Steve Cox                                     10,811*                

  18. Tony Coliano, Sr                         10,673*                

  19. Pete Caudill                                  10,492

  20. Russ Eyre                                     10,389*

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June 11th: The BAVFC congratulates Josh McGill and Megan Cochran on their award winning John Carroll High School senior projects. This was the inaugural year of the Senior Project which took a year's worth of planning and execution. Their hard work culminated in the Senior Project Showcase Event on Friday, June 5th which featured every senior displaying and presenting their projects. Josh was awarded “Exemplary” and Megan was awarded 2nd place and a $500 scholarship. Each did their project on aspects of fire and EMS, respectively, and how they operate at the BAVFC. Josh and Megan also now join the following John Carroll Alumni who are members of the BAVFC: