Pocomoke Fire Company Banquet-

 

(City of Pocomoke)

A big thank you and congratulations to the Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company!

 2026 Annual Banquet

On Saturday night, the Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company held its annual banquet to celebrate the accomplishments of the department over the past year and to recognize members for their dedication, service, and sacrifice.

The Auxiliary recognized their members as well as Miss Fire Prevention Baylee Cowger, Little Miss Fire Prevention Levin Sterling, and Little Fire Chief Weston Tyler. The Auxiliary presented President Howard with a donation on behalf of the Auxiliary. 

Service awards were presented to Angel Bolding and Jimmy Englishmen for five years of service; Noah King for ten years; Dean Olsen and Mark Speta for twenty years; Travis Cowger for twenty-five years; Michael Shannon for thirty-five years; Danny Miles for forty-five years; and Rick Choquette and Michael Dean for an incredible fifty years of service.

In addition, Michael Shannon was named Firefighter of the Year; the Chief’s Award was presented to Josh Weichmann; and Winter Rennick was awarded Rookie of the Year. 

Firefighters Deyton Dean, Tommy Wall III, and Christian Martin, along with Officer Chris Barrs of the Pocomoke City Police Department were presented with awards for their heroic actions in rescuing a trapped occupant from a house fire prior to the fire department’s arrival—an outstanding example of courage, teamwork, and commitment to protecting our community.

The department also recognized its Top 15 Responders for the year: Larry Fykes, Mike Dean, Mike Shannon, Ryan Aydelotte, Dicky Gladding, Billy Sparrow, Travis Cowger, Paul Taylor, Bobby Ayres, Chris Henry, Josh Weichmann, Jerry Barbierri, Eric Denston, Marion Butler Jr., and Joseph Kamps.

We thank all of our members for their hard work, continued dedication, and countless hours of service throughout the year. We are also deeply grateful for the ongoing support of our community and to everyone who attended and helped make the evening a success.

Finally, we would like to thank the Snow Hill Volunteer Fire Company Inc for providing a stand-by crew so our members could enjoy an evening of fellowship.

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Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company news-

 

Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company

We are proud to announce the results of our annual elections. Please join us in congratulating the following members on their new or continuing roles:

President: Adam Howard 

Vice President: Jerry Barbierri 

Recording Secretary: Marion Butler Jr.

Treasurer: Mike Shannon

Assistant Treasurer: Larry Fykes

Chaplain: Mike Dean

Board of Directors:

• Billy Sparrow

• Lucas Holland

Line Officers:

Chief: Eric Denston

Assistant Chief: Lucas Holland

Captain: Noah King

Lieutenant: Jimmy Englishmen

Lieutenant: Travis Cowger

Lieutenant: Josh Weichmann

Engineers:

Chief Engineer: Mark Speta

Assistant Engineer: Tommy Wall

Assistant Engineer: Christian Martin

Congratulations to all of our newly elected officers! We look forward to another strong year of leadership and service to our community.

Firemen quell Pocomoke home blaze.

(Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company release)

On 12/15/24 at 12:52 pm, the PCVFC along with neighboring fire companies were alerted for a residential structure fire in the 200 block of Walnut Street. Units arrived to find a 3-story home with smoke coming from the eaves of the house and fire showing from a second-floor window.

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Saturday's Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company Event

 

Congratulations to our Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company

on their well-planned open house event for the public commemorating the 100th birthday of their antique American LaFrance fire engine.

See the fire company's Facebook page for event photos: 

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New emergency siren for Pocomoke

 (WBOC)

POCOMOKE CITY, Md. -- Worcester County recently installed an emergency siren at the Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company's headquarters. The fire company is thrilled to have a new and very loud tool at their disposal. 

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Pocomoke City Gets a new Tool to Warn Neighbors of Impending Emergencies | Latest News | wboc.com

(UPDATED) 2023 Boat & Cash Bash!

 Check the Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company's FACEBOOK  page for tickets availability.

(3/22) "We have less than 50 tickets left for this years event. Online ordering is being turned off. If you need tickets, they will be available first come basis. Contact Tyler Fairman 443-523-5830 if you need any tickets!

We can not guarantee tickets will be sold at the door. We will be posting updates until the event! You don't want to miss this event!"

Our Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company's 2023 Boat & Cash Bash is Saturday, March 25th from 1-6pm at the fire company, 1410 Market Street,  doors  open  at  1230pm.

Grand prize is a 2022 184 Coastal Skiff with Trailer and 70hp Yamaha Motor provided by Scott's Cove Marina.

Cash prizes: 

$250 every 15 min, $1,000 at 530p.m. 

All You Can Eat & Drink
Beer (must be 21) & Sodas

Tickets are $40 per, or 3 Tickets for $100.

Marking a big day in Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company history

 (Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company Facebook)

On September 4, 1939 our former firehouse on 5th Street was dedicated. The 5th Street Firehouse was state of the art and featured several apparatus bays, a recreation room, office, meeting room, hose tower, kitchen, and second floor dining hall. The dining hall later became famous with the Ladies Auxiliary’s Chicken and Dumpling Dinners.

In 1937, Chief Fred Henderson had been appointed by the Mayor and Council to seek a location for a new firehouse. This was after Chief Henderson expressed concerns to the City that the company had out-grown the Willow Street location that served as home since 1908 (formerly located behind the First National Bank, now a vacant lot). A location was selected on 5th Street between Market Street and Walnut Street and the project was taken on under the Works Progress Administration. The 5th Street Firehouse was the proud home to our organization from September 4, 1939 until April 26, 2008. On April 27, 2008 the PCVFC dedicated the new 16,500 square foot station located on Market Street.

For over 130 years, the volunteers of the PCVFC have continuously served the citizens of Pocomoke City and the surrounding areas. PCVFC is actively seeking new members to join our ranks. We have positions available for Firefighters, Auxiliary Members as well as Cadets. If you’re interested in joining our company, please contact us directly.

You can learn more about our organization and history by visiting our website at Pocomoke Fire Company - Worcester County, Maryland

Our Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company serves us in many ways

 
    

(from PCVFC Facebook info)

Around noon this past Saturday the fire company was alerted to provide a landing zone for the Maryland State Police - Aviation Command at Newtown Park. Pocomoke City Emergency Medical Services had a patient needing to be flown to a specialty center across the Chesapeake Bay.

The company posts on their Facebook page: We are proud to maintain such a great partnership with Pocomoke City EMS and MSP Aviation to make incidents like this flow smoothly!

Charlie visits the 1922 Pocomoke fire anniversary commemoration

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The Pocomoke City fire of 1922

On Saturday the Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company held an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the disastrous 1922 Pocomoke City fire and recognizing neighboring fire companies which assisted in battling the blaze.  

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