Montgomery County Fire and

Rescue Service
Agency

An Internationally Accredited Public Safety

NEWS ADVISORY
Steven E. Lohr, Fire Chief

Public Safety Headquarters, 100 Edison Park Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

Assistant Chief Scott Graham

Phone: 240-876-1260

Media Line: 240-777-2442

@MCFirePIO

IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2013

Veterans Day Ride-Along Day

Montgomery County, Maryland - - - Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS)
is inviting veterans and service members to ride-along with its Firefighter/EMTs this Veterans
Day, Monday, November 11, 2013. Participants can sign up to ride as an observer in a fire truck
or ambulance as well as experience a day in the life of a Firefighter/EMT.
Veterans or service members who would like to sign up for this experience can contact the
MCFRS Recruiting Section at 240-777-2238 or send an email to
fire.recruiting@montgomerycountymd.gov. Participants will be assigned to a Montgomery
County fire station and can expect to spend 3-6 hours with MCFRS personnel. Participants will
be asked to sign a waiver and should be able to quickly climb into emergency vehicles.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service offers both paid and volunteer Firefighter/EMT
opportunities. A veterans preference is offered during the hiring process for new recruits. We
recognize that our military service members may be a good fit with our Department, says Fire
Chief Steven Lohr. The discipline, structure and camaraderie our service members have
experienced may enable them to be highly successful within our organization.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service anticipates it will accept applications for paid
Firefighting/EMT positions sometime in 2014. Applications for volunteering are open
throughout the year. The hiring process for paid positions currently involves a written exam,
oral interview, background review, medical screening and physical test (CPAT).
For more information regarding careers with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, or
the Veterans Day ride-along opportunity please contact Leslie Maxam, Recruiting Section
Manager at 240-777-2238.
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