My dad was Chief of SSVFD somewhere around the 1950's. I would like to have the dates he was Fire Chief if available. I was also a member of SSVFD from around 1959-1962. I was on your WEB site (7/04/2011) and saw a picture (History of SSVFD) on page two of the Wayne Powell collection, photo 10 of 20 and I believe the person in the white turnout coat is my dad – George Tavenner, Sr.(Fire Chief). Do you know what year the photo was taken? If it is possible I would like to have a copy of that photo and I would be willing to cover the cost of re-printing. Thanks for responding in advance.
George Tavenner, Jr.
(AKA Butch)
(NOTE: We checked and according to the list in the board room, George Tavenner was Fire Chief from 1950-1951 and became a Life Member in 1960.)
Signed on May 02, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Name:
George Pyle III
Location:
Northen St.Marys County Maryland
Comments:
Thought I would kindley sign the guestbook again along with wishing every member thats an mother a happy and safe mothers day weekend.
Goodnight.
Signed on April 18, 2011 at 1:19 PM
Name:
Jenny Ladson
Comments:
Saw a bunch of you guys in Chipoltle. Lookin' good;)
Megan Ellzy suggested I take a look, and she's right, you've done a great job with your website. So this is a big hello from the Saranac Lake Fire Department!
we display patches from other departments in our meeting room. Are you interested in a patch swap?
I just wanted to tell you folks up in silver spring that those green st.patricks day shirts look very nice. As well wish all of you an happy but safe st.patricks day.
Goodnight.
Signed on February 09, 2011 at 7:47 PM
Name:
George Pyle III
Location:
Northen St.Marys County Maryland
Comments:
Just thought I would sign your guestbook while fooling around with my laptop computer as well as enjoying looking at the site every eveining I choose to go on the web.
nice website..
tryin to get ideas for our new website.
im a volunteer member for sleepy hollow FD in westchester county NY
Union hose engine company #2 (engine 86)
just stop by lookin for ideas. u guys should check out our website and write down ur info, so we could keep in touch and invite u guys up for a parade
Signed on December 21, 2010 at 6:39 PM
Name:
Noah Kahn
Location:
Silver Spring, MD
Comments:
thanks for all you do for our community! I didn't realize this Dept was partially Volunteer until I received a mailing from you---now I'm going to donate what I can.
Signed on December 11, 2010 at 2:55 PM
Name:
George Pyle III
Location:
Southren Maryland
Comments:
Just wanted to wish all an merry christmas and an safe newyear.
Goodnight.
Signed on October 28, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Name:
George Pyle III
Location:
Southren Maryland
Comments:
Just wanted to say I very much enjoy the website and I think that ambulance 701 looks very sharp on the webpage photo shots of your Fire/EMS units.
Keep up the fantastic work on your webpage and have an happy but very safe halloween.
Hello,
My name is Tibor and I am a firefighter from Slovakia.
I am a collector of firefighter patches.
Your web page is very nice and interesting.
I wish you a lot of success in your future work.
Greetings from Slovakia
Tibor
Signed on August 11, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Name:
Derrick Russell
Rank/Title:
Supervisory Investigator
Location:
Washington D.C.
Comments:
Hello Everyone.
Its a pleasure to see this great web site and to see SSVFD continue its great tradition. I was the first county cadet to work within the Silver Spring Fire Department back in 1982. Its good to look at the historical photos which i recognizied Fire Fighter Torre who worked out of Station Company 1, and to see Barry and Mr. Brenner still giving great service to the community of Silver Spring Maryland.
Great site guys. Just stopping by to say hi! I am a firefighter myself for 16 yrs. I also own a graphics business. I do vinyl decals, can koozies, etc. I have tons of firefighter graphics that i ship all over the country.
Keep up the good work guys.
-Brad
Signed on June 20, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Name:
John Burch
Location:
Seattle WA
Comments:
I was a volunteer in 1964 until I went in to the USAF
Signed on April 05, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Name:
Ing. Jetty Middelkoop
Location:
Netherlands
Comments:
Dear representative of Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Dept.,
As a Dangerous Goods Officer for the fire dept. I have specialised in the dangers of H2S. I search for incident reports on H2S on a nearly daily basis. This morning I found your website. Untill now this is the most extensive report on current H2S suicides I have seen. Thanks for listing all the current suicides: I keep a register of H2S suicides in Western countries, and your website showed me I had missed several cases. Much appreciated.
Nice site. I'm shocked to see how many calls you guys run per year. In Holbrook we run about 2,150 between Fire & EMS. Keep up the good work & GOD Bless.
Your Brother, JP
Signed on March 19, 2010 at 7:07 PM
Name:
PATRICK SELLIN
Rank/Title:
firefighter
Location:
france
Comments:
hello
your site is very good !!
i am firefighter to france
and i collect the fire patchs of the world
NICE SITE AND OLD PIX. SITE IS A GREAT COMMUNICATION TOOL FOR THE DEPT. PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR SITE... GOD BLESS AND KEEP UP THE HARD WORK
Signed on February 08, 2010 at 10:16 PM
Name:
Anrae McGhee Godley-Cooper
Rank/Title:
Spc. U.S. Army Infantry
Location:
Alabama
Comments:
Keep up the Great work, and May God bless you all and your familys!
Signed on February 01, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Name:
George Pyle III
Location:
Northen St.Marys County Maryland
Comments:
Very nice website and congrats on your successful move on bringing up the website I think it is very well put together as well as I am sure it will get you all a lot ferther than you all ever will dream of.
