In the interest of transparency, I wanted to take a few minutes to make a full disclosure about the site and my association with the Howard County, MD, Department of Fire & Rescue Services.
When I first began the site, I was not associated with the Department, and began it for two reasons –
A page of apparatus pictures has been added. The pictures, contributed by Pat LePore, are available here, and are a showcase of the current fleet of apparatus.
Future plans include the addition of past apparatus and history of companies. If there’s anything else you’d like to see added, please contact me.
Firefighters from Savage work to free a trapped deer in Jessup, MD.
I would like to thank Jigar Patel of Savage V.F.C. for setting me straight about yesterday’s deer story, as well as allowing me to use a picture he shot. This has reinforced the need to be not only timely, but
HowardFire has expanded into the world of Facebook and Twitter!
While the website will remain the hub of the media endeavors, branching into Facebook provides a chance to introduce new readers to the site, whom might otherwise not visit the site.
As for Twitter, the purpose is twofold – first, as with Facebook, it
As you may have noticed, the site is experiencing some technical problems with posting new pages. I am working diligently to resolve this problem as quickly as possibly.
As you may have noticed, there are some big changes afoot!
In an effort to bring a larger array of tools to both you, the consumer, and me, the author, I have switched from the Blogger platform to a WordPress powered website. In addition to a myriad of other options, this powerful, flexible platform