Dennis Brothers, President

Accepted into the Baltimore County Fire Department in September 1982.  Graduated from the Baltimore County Fire Rescue Academy in December 1982.  Promoted to the position of Paramedic in September 1985.  Promoted to the position of Fire Lieutenant and assigned to the Fire Rescue Academy in April 1990.  Assigned to Field Operations in January 1991.  Promoted to the position of Fire Captain and assigned to Fire Prevention in August 1992.  Assigned to Field Operations in March 1993.  Captain assigned to the Randallstown station January 1995 – January 2007.  Transferred to Baltimore County Fire Rescue Academy in January 2007.  Promoted to Director of Training on May 10, 2008. Transferred as Director, Logistics, SCBA Repair, Fire Maintenance, Building Services in 2011.  Member of the Gamber and Community Volunteer Fire Company since October 1975. Currently charged with being the lead representative to the county for the renovation of the Carroll County Training Center.          

Charles J. Simpson, Jr., 1^st Vice President

Mr. Simpson has over forty-one years experience in emergency services as a volunteer firefighter/paramedic, volunteer EMS Captain and Company Board member. He has been a Maryland EMT for forty-two years and a Maryland ALS provider/Paramedic for thirty-nine years. As a twelve year member of the Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company he has served various committees including Delegate and Webmaster. He is also a Life member with forty-two years in Westminster Fire Department. Mr. Simpson has served as the President of the Carroll County Volunteer Ambulance Association and Chairman of the Carroll County Medical Advisory Board. He has worked as the EMS Training Manager for the CCVAA and as EMS Director/Chief of Dorchester County. Mr. Simpson has twenty-eight years experience teaching emergency services classes for MFRI. He has served on numerous State and National Committees for Fire and Emergency Medical Services including the MSFA EMS and Training Committees and the MIEMSS Regional Council and Jurisdictional Advisory Committee.

Mr. Simpson served ten years with the Maryland National Guard and in 1998 retired with thirty years experience from Verizon Telephone Company engineering department. On January 1, 2013 he retired from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency where he served as Operations Manager and Coordinator for State NIMS and ICS Compliance. He has been married for forty-three years and has two children and five grandchildren.