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Vigilant Hose Company Annouces Thurmont Officials Graduate from

Annual Fund Drive Academy for Excellence in Local

If you have not already received the Vigilant Hose Company Annual Fund Governance
Drive letter, you can expect it any day now. The Vigilant Hose Company is
requesting your help in meeting its goal to replace an engine that is almost From the Town of Thurmont, Commisioner Wes Hamrick, Zoning and
thirty years old and will cost over $600,000. The company has been working Utility Inspector Kelly Duty, and Chief Administrative Officer Jim Humerick
with Pierce Apparatus sales and service in the design and requirements needed graduated from the Academy for Excellence in Local Governanace at the
to bring its service up-to-date. Maintaining a modern fleet of top of the line University of Maryland School of Public Policy Academy Fellows graduation
equipment is very important to them and the citizens they serve every day. ceremony, held on Sunday, September 24, 2017, in the University of Maryland
Modern equipment also enables Vigilant Hose Company to provide up-to-date Memorial Chapel.
safety features that benefit its membership, while delivering fire suppression More than ninety public officials from across the state received an Academy
service to the community. certificate in the presence of family and friends. All Academy Fellows
Through Vigilant Hose Company’s numerous fundraising efforts, investments completed a substantial number of program hours, which included core and
have been able to be made towards reducing its debt. They continue to work elective classes designed to meet their professional needs as municipal or
towards the goal of replacing the 1989 engine, which will be roughly thirty years county officials in local government. Through the program, Academy Fellows
old by the time the new engine would arrive. Vigilant Hose Company continues not only enhanced their understanding of local government issue and ethical
to explore grant opportunities that will assist in the purchase, but to date, the standards for public service, but also developed a foundation for informed
company’s requests have been unsuccessful. policy making and effective governance.
Your generous donations will help Vigilant Hose Company to reach its goal University of Maryland School of Public Policy Dean Robert C. Orr
and to maintain the high level of service you expect from them every day. Unlike said, “The School is proud to recognize the efforts of these graduates.
most other companies in Frederick County, your fire protection is delivered by a Their commitment to public service and to providing the best possible local
100 percent volunteer group of individuals that have an average alarm response government to people across the state is admirable.”
time of less than five minutes. Vigilant Hose Company is, and will continue to The Academy, which offered its first classes in 1978, is a collaborative effort
be, the leader in providing you the best service possible. It strives to meet your between the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, the Maryland
needs, and along with the company’s plans to bring the Emmitsburg Volunteer Municipal League, the Maryland Association of Counties and the Local
Ambulance Service, Company 26, into its organization, will continuously and Government Insurance Trust.
diligently work to bring you the best possible service when an emergency arises.
Please watch for additional new releases and updates on Vigilant Hose
Company’s fund drive, its merger process with the Emmitsburg Ambulance “ The greatness of a nation
Company, and the Subscription notice coming from Frederick County Billing and its moral progress can be
Services, which provides the opportunity for you and your family to join and judged by the way its animals
~ Mahatma Gandhi “
not have to worry about ambulance billing charges in the event of a medical are treated.
emergency. Vigilant Hose Company appreciates your support and thanks you in
advance for your generosity.

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