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⚠️ The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch on Mar 16 for the following MARYLAND COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE:

ANNE ARUNDEL BALTIMORE CALVERT
CARROLL CECIL CHARLES
DORCHESTER FREDERICK HARFORD
HOWARD MONTGOMERY PRINCE GEORGES
SOMERSET ST. MARYS WASHINGTON
WICOMICO WORCESTER

MARYLAND INDEPENDENT CITIES INCLUDED ARE

BALTIMORE CITY

OFFICIAL WEATHER ADVISORY

Issue Date: Sunday, March 15, 2026
Subject: Major Multi-Hazard Storm System Targeting the Mid-Atlantic
SYNOPSIS

A powerful and intensifying "bomb cyclone" moving through the Great Lakes today is fueling a significant weather outbreak across the Eastern United States. While the northern tier of the system delivers blizzard conditions to the Midwest, the southern "warm sector" is primed for a Level 4 out of 5 severe weather outbreak as it shifts into our region.

PRIMARY THREATS & IMPACTS
Residents should prepare for a volatile 24-hour window where multiple atmospheric hazards will be in play:

🌪️ Tornadoes: Potential for multiple tornadoes, including the risk of long-track, intense cells.
💨 Damaging Winds: Widespread straight-line wind gusts of 60 to 75 mph, capable of causing power outages and structural damage.
🧊 Large Hail: Large-caliber hail (1” to 2”+) likely with discrete cells.
❄️ Wintry Transition: As the cold front passes Monday night, rain is expected to change to accumulating snow for inland and mountain areas.

EXPECTED TIMELINE: MONDAY, MARCH 16
The severe threat will peak on Monday as the squall line marches from west to east:

SAFETY ACTIONS
Monitor Alerts: Ensure you have multiple ways to receive warnings (Weather Radio, Wireless Emergency Alerts).
Identify Shelter: Know your safe spot—lowest floor, interior room, away from windows.
Secure Property: Bring in loose outdoor furniture and check backup power supplies today.
Detailed maps, radar animations, and localized impact zones are included in the Full Report linked below.

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Celebration of Life & Repass In Honor of Captain Carroll Greer

Please join fellow firefighters and friends as we come together to share memories and celebrate the life of a dedicated public servant and friend.

Location: American Legion Colmar Manor Post 131 4103 Lawrence St, Colmar Manor, MD 20722

Time: Thursday, March 12, 2026 The gathering will begin immediately following the funeral services at Fort Lincoln, starting at approximately 1400 hours.

“Rest easy, Captain. We have the watch from here.”

𝐓𝐎: 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓: 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥: 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐫.

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟎𝟗𝟑𝟎𝐡𝐫𝐬 – 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝟎𝐡𝐫𝐬

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞: 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝟎𝐡𝐫𝐬 (𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠)
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐉.𝐁. 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞
𝟕𝟒𝟕𝟒 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐝, 𝐇𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐬𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞, 𝐌𝐃 𝟐𝟎𝟕𝟖𝟓

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝟑𝟒𝟎𝟏 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐑𝐝, 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐌𝐃 𝟐𝟎𝟕𝟐𝟐

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥
𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐀 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬.
𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬: 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐏𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐫.

In Memoriam: Captain Carroll Greer Jr.

It is with heavy hearts and profound respect that we announce the passing of Captain Carroll Greer Jr., who answered his final alarm on February 26, 2026.

A dedicated public servant and a fixture of the Maryland and Federal firefighting communities, Captain Greer’s career was defined by bravery, leadership, and an unwavering commitment to the safety of others. His distinguished service spanned several decades and multiple agencies, including:

Naval Service Weapons Fire Department

Walter Reed AMC Fire Department

Bethesda Naval Fire Department, where he retired with the rank of Captain.

In addition to his professional career, Captain Greer was a pillar of the volunteer service. He was a Life Member of the Mt. Rainier Volunteer Fire Department in Prince George’s County, Maryland, where he mentored generations of firefighters and served his local community with distinction.

A Legacy of Service
Captain Greer was known by his colleagues as a "firefighter's firefighter"—a leader who led by example and a mentor who shared his vast knowledge with everyone he worked alongside. His loss will be felt deeply across the many stations he called home.

"May he rest in eternal peace, knowing his legacy lives on in the lives he saved and the firefighters he inspired. Rest easy, Cap—we have the watch from here."

** Arrangements are pending and will be updated when available. **

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Remembering the Silver Spring Train Collision: 30 Years Later

February 16th marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic collision between a Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) train and an Amtrak train in Silver Spring, Maryland. This disaster claimed 11 lives and injured more than two dozen passengers and crew members, remaining one of the most significant and harrowing responses in the history of Forest Glen Engine 754.

Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on a snowy and bitterly cold evening, the crew of Engine 754 was dispatched alongside other fire-rescue units from across the DMV for a train collision with reports of a massive fire.

Upon arrival, the Engine 754 crew faced treacherous conditions. Navigating the track bed in freezing temperatures, the crew worked past downed high-voltage wires and the wreckage of the Amtrak locomotive to reach the MARC passenger car, which was heavily involved in fire.

Today, we honor and remember the crew members, passengers, and families affected by this tragedy, as well as the brave first responders who answered the call.

Official Statement: Passing of Retired Chief George Wilt

​FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

​It is with deep sadness and profound respect that we announce the passing of Retired Fire Chief George Wilt, who departed this life today at the age of 94.

​Chief Wilt was a cornerstone of the fire service community, leaving behind a legacy of bravery, leadership, and unwavering commitment to public safety. His distinguished career spanned decades, notably serving as the Fire Chief of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Fire Department, where he led with integrity and oversaw the protection of one of the nation’s most vital medical institutions.

​In addition to his professional career, Chief Wilt was a devoted Life Member of the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department. His decades of volunteer service exemplified the true spirit of the "Brotherhood," mentoring generations of firefighters and serving the Rockville community with distinction.

​We extend our deepest condolences to the Wilt family, as well as the many friends and colleagues whose lives he touched. Chief Wilt’s contributions to the fire service will not be forgotten, and his memory will continue to inspire those who carry on the noble tradition of the fire service.

​"Rest easy, Chief. We have the watch from here."