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Chief Officers
Chief - Bill Snyder
Years in Department 22
Past Offices Held

Chief of Department - 2 year
Deputy Chief - 6 years
First Assistant Chief - 2 years
Second Assistant Chief - 1 year
Captain (Bel Air) - 3 years
Lieutenant (Bel Air) - 2 years
Sergeant (Bel Air) - 2 years
Training

Fire Officer IV
Fire Instructor III
Rescue Specialist
EMT-B
BS Degree - Fire Science
University of Maryland
In Master's Degree Program - St Joseph's University - Public Safety
Collapse Rescue Technician
Confined Space RescueTechnician
Special Memberships FEMA / Maryland Task Force 2
Employment Harford County Government
Deputy Chief - Scott Panowitz
Years in Department 20
Past Offices Held

Deputy Chief - 2 year
First Assistant Chief - 3 years
Captain (Bel Air) - 5 years
Lieutenant (Bel Air) - 2 years
Sergeant (Bel Air) - 3 years
Training

Fire Officer II
Fire Instructor II
Rescue Specialist
EMT-B
HAZMAT Technician
BS Degree - Fire Engineering
University of Maryland
Special Memberships None
Employment Fire Protection Engineer - BFPE
Assistant Chief - Josh Krebs
Years in Department 18
Past Offices Held

First Assistant Chief - 2 year
Captain (Bel Air) - 2 years
Lieutenant (Bel Air) - 2 years
Sergeant - 2 years
Training

Fire Officer I
Rescue Technician
HAZMAT Technician
CRT - I
Special Memberships None
Employment Baltimore City Fire Department
2nd Assistant Chief - Ricky Davis, Jr.
Years in Department 20
Past Offices Held

Captain (Bel Air) - 2 year
Lieutenant (Bel Air) - 5 years
Sergeant - 3 years
EMS Lieutenant - 1 year
Training

Fire Officer I
Rescue Specialist
EMT - IVT
Special Memberships None
Employment Baltimore Gas and Electric
 
Suppresion Line Officers
2nd Lieutenant Forest Hill Station - Bob Stower
Years in Department 18
Past Offices Held

Second Assistant Chief - 5 years
Captain (Forest Hill) - 2 years
Lieutenant (Forest Hill) - 2 years
Sergeant (Forest Hill) - 1 year
Training

Fire Officer II
HAZMAT Technician
Firefighter II
Rescue Technician
Confined Space Rescue Technician
Fire Inspector I
Fire Instructor I
EMT-B
Special Memberships Harford County HAZMAT Team
Employment BWI Airport Fire Department
Captain Forest Hill Station - Mike Brunicke
Years in Department 19
Past Offices Held

Captain (Forest Hill) - 4 years
Lieutenant (Forest Hill) - 4 years
Training

Fire Officer I
Rescue Specialist
Hazmat Incident Commander
EMT-B
Fire Department Safety Officer
Special Memberships None
Employment Harford County Emergency Operations - Manager
Captain - Bel Air - Mike Walker
Years in Department 14
Past Offices Held

Lieutenant - (Bel Air) 2 years

Sergeant - (Bel Air) 1 year
Training

Firefighter 1, 2 and 3

Fire Officer 1

MICRB Instructor 3

Rescue Technician in all 6 rescue disciplines

MFRI Instructor - 8 Years
Special Memberships Harford County Technician Rescue Team
Employment District of Columbia Fire Department - Assigned to Rescue 3
Asst Captain - Bel Air - Gary Kadolph
Years in Department 35
Past Offices Held

Lieutenant - (Bel Air) 4 years 
Training

 

Fire Apparatus Dr/Op Pumps       
Public Fire Educator I                        
Fire Inspector I                                   
Fire Investigator I                               
Fire Officer IV    National                                       
Fire Instructor III                                                     
Haz Mat Ops        National                                     
Rescue Tech. V & M                                              
Haz Mat Incident Commander                          
EMT-B    MD                                                         
MICRB  Level II Instructor                                                                             
Fire Apparatus Dr/Op Pump                            
Health & Safety Officer                                     
Incident Safety Officer- Supp.                          
Incident Safety Officer- EMS                            
Incident safety Officer- Spec.Ops                      
Public Fire & life Safety Ed. I  
Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Aerial                            

                     

Special Memberships Life Member - Wise Avenue VFD
Employment Retired Captain - Baltimore County Fire Department
 
Emergency Medical Services Line Officers
EMS Lieutenant - Beverly Britton
Years in Department 12
Past Offices Held

EMS Assistant Chief - 3 years
EMS Captain - 1 year
EMS Lieutenant - 4 years
Training

NREMT-I
ACLS
Homeland Security
Special Memberships None
Employment APG-EA Surety/Occupational Health Clinic
 
Suppresion Line Suppresion
First Lieutenant Forest Hill Station - Todd Mckinney
Years in Department 23
Past Offices Held

Sergeant (Forest Hill) - 1 year

Lieutenant (Forest Hill) - 1 year
Training

Firefighter I
Firefighter II
Fire Officer I
Hazmat Operations
VA Department Of Fire Programs - Numreous Courses / Certifications
VA Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads - Numerous Courses / Certifications
Special Memberships None
Employment US Government / US Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center
 
 
 
05 Feb 2012

 

Bel Air Vol Fire Company, Inc.
109 South Hickory Avenue
Bel  Air, MD 21014
      
(P) 410-638-4400 (Admin/Bus Office)
(P) 410-638-4401 (Operations)
(F) 410-638-4431
 
New Chief of Department
December 10
The BAVFC announces that Eddie Hopkins has been elected as the new Chief of Department, effective De...
Joe Price Congrats!
November 17
The Bel Air VFC wants to extend a congratulations to one of its' own members, Joe Price; who has bee...
Box 331 - Dwelling Fire
January 20
At approximately 0700hrs, the Bel Air VFC with assistance from the Abingdon VFC ...
Dwelling Fire - Wheel Road East
January 19
A one alarm fire destroyed a vacant single story, single family home at 862 Wheel Rd East near ...
Box 321 - Dwelling Fire
January 16
At 1831 hrs, the BAVFC was alerted for a dwelling fire in 400 blk of Weatherby Road off of MD R...
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September 4
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Top Responders - April 2010
May 7
Top Fire Responders - April 2010 &nbs...