2008
| President | Jay Grimes |
| Vice President | Craig Osborne |
| Secretary | Carrie Ammons |
| Director | Jeff Preston |
| Director | Rob Hoover |
| Treasurer | John Raidt |
| Chief | Will Ball |
| Assistant Chief - Fire | Kevin Lewis |
| Assistant Chief - EMS | Brian Lowman |
| Captain | Fred Cole |
| Captain | Rodney Guessford |
| Captain | Michael Grinder |
| Lieutenant | John Shipley |
| Lieutenant | Robert Horning |
| Lieutenant | Donald Bingaman |
The Williamsport Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. is a moderate sized suburban
fire department located along the Potomac River in Williamsport, Maryland. The
fire company, which is all volunteer company, providing services to the Town of
Williamsport, Marlow West Virginia, and assigned response area in Washington
County Maryland. 30 volunteer firefighters and 25 active support personnel staff
the Department. The firefighters are commanded by three chief officers and four
company level officers. The administrative staff consist of a President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Building and grounds superintended, and
financial
director.
The fire company operates 3 Engines, 1 Ladder Truck, 1 Brush Unit, 1 Utility
vehicles, 2 Ambulances, 1 Rescue Squad, 1 Boat, 1 BLS Chase Unit, and a Mobile
Command Vehicle to provide protection to the citizens of our response area and
surrounding jurisdictions. The department runs approximately 650 responses a year.
Our protection area covers three industrial parks with a great deal of diversity. Two
major interstate highways and a number of schools and health care facilities.
The current station is located on Brandy Drive just off of South Conococheague
Street in Williamsport. The station is divided into two sections, the operations
section is approximately 10,000 square ft facility housing the apparatus and
providing modern living quarters for personnel providing them with the comforts
of home. and the banquet hall is a modern 9000 sq. ft facility capable for hosting
company meetings, large banquets and weddings. We conduct weekly
fundraising activities that allow the fire company to operate, without these fund
raising projects we couldn’t meet the financial needs of our operating budget.
The firefighters of the Williamsport Volunteer Fire Company logged thousand of
hours last year training, providing life safety education to the community,
conducting fund raisers to be able to offer to its customers an aggressive
professional service.