Manchester Volunteer Fire Department

06/01/2026

Great turnout yesterday, glad we were able to help. Thanks to everyone who came by and supported the cause!

A huge thank you to the ❤️Manchester Volunteer Fire Department❤️ for helping International Thespian Society Troupe 7825 raise enough money to help pay for their bus to Indiana in June!!! Thank you for your time and efforts to make the fundraiser a tremendous success! The best part was working with all of you.

😍If you purchased food or donated money yesterday, we THANK YOU! Your money helped to fund the bus for the theater students. Thank you for being part of the ITS Troupe's journey to Nationals!

🤩Thank you to Rachel Mansir and her daughter Emma Hoobler for organizing and leading this fantastic fundraiser!

🤩Thank you to all the ITS students and parent volunteers who worked yesterday!

🤩Thank you to our special guest server, Mrs. Vinson, for spending your day off with us!

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

During today’s live fire training we had 69 operational personnel participate and completed 41 evolutions.

Members from Manchester, Westminster, Lineboro, Reese, Pleasant Hill, Hanover Area Fire & Rescue, Winfield Community Volunteer Fire Department, and Hereford Volunteer Fire Company were in attendance.

Volunteers were able to work on hose line advancement, using the thermal imaging camera, search, spray patterns and more.

A huge thank you to Chief Franklin and Bridget for the countless hours and months of work it took to get this training lined up. Thank you to the home owners for allowing us to train here.

Thank you to Westminster Fire Department for providing breakfast, Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company for providing lunch, Lineboro Volunteer Fire Department who provided the pallets to burn and porta pots for the day, and Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Company for providing the water and Gatorade.
Thanks again to Jason Roofing and Restoration, LLC for prepping the roof for today’s burn. Thank you the Dug Hill Rod & Gun Club for allowing us to park apparatus.

There were also 12 non operational attendees, 9 Carroll County Department of Fire and EMS of Maryland employees, and 5 guests. Commissioner Susan Krebs was among the guests and were happy to have her here observing and learning more about what we do.

It was a very successful training day and we appreciate all the volunteers who took time to practice and learn in order to better serve their community and each other.



Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association

05/31/2026

Evolutions are done. Letting it burn now. Check back for photos from today. Like and follow and page for all the updates.

05/31/2026

Live fire training today. A lot of great practice done today. Before we leave today the house will be burnt to the ground. Like and follow our page to see more video today and all the goings on at MVFD!

05/31/2026

Live fire training take a lot of preparation. Crews are getting ready for today’s training.

05/30/2026

Congratulations to MVFD member, Noah Kakel, for graduating from the EST program Friday!

The EST (Emergency Services Training) Program offers:
-Fire Department Basic Orientation
-Protective Equipment and SCBA
-Hazardous Materials Awareness / Operations
-Firefighter I
-Firefighter Survival
-Rescue Technician Courses
-Emergency Medical Technician (National Registry / Maryland EMT-B)

Upon graduation of the program, the participants will have met both state and National certifications in order to provide Emergency Services in their community.

Congrats to all the graduating students and thank you to the instructors and support staff.
Mt. Airy: Trista Christiansen
Hampstead: Riley Lynott
Westminster: Colby Petry, Dalin Thomas
Manchester: Noah Kakel✨
Pleasant Valley: Ileana Judd
Reese: Abagail Frankfurth, Madison Lippy
Sykesville: Caleb Elburn, Jake Upton
Gamber: Christian Often, Jacob Reardon, Madelyn Royer, Ashlyn Pearcy, Jacob Sherfey
Winfield: Hunter Fincham, Mason Pollack
Alpha: Jonathan Riedel
Arbutus: Ace Hobbs

Instructors/Support Instructors for this years class were:
Evan Dayhoff
Tim Deklau
Bruce Fleming (Lead Rescue)
Andy Franklin✨
Debbie Gartrell-Kemp
Sherry Hohl (Lead EMT and Hazmat)
Susan Mott
Dave Olson (Lead Rescue)
David Polikoff
Connor Risner
Michael Robinson, Jr.✨
David Ruby (Lead EMT)
Ian Runkles (Lead Fire)
Josh Shaffer (Lead Fire)
Marianne Warehime✨
Tim Warner
Byron Welker

Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association

05/30/2026

If only we had scratch and sniff screens! Come by TODAY and get a fresh pit beef, ham, or turkey sandwich.
😋Drive thru event
💵Cash Only
🕰️11am-4pm
🎭All proceeds benefit Troupe 7825 Thespian Society trip to Indiana to represent Maryland.


Manchester Valley Performing Arts Boosters

05/30/2026

❤️Four of hearts sales at the back of the firehouse Wednesdays 5-7pm, at Greenmount Bowl, or online!
👉🏼manchestervfd.org