Conduit Road Fire Board, Inc., is the legal entity that owns and operates Glen Echo Fire Department. CRFB exists as a result of a session law (1933 Md. Laws, Chap. 183) passed by the Maryland Legislature and signed by Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie on April 21, 1933.
CRFB Board:
- President Andrew O’Brien
- First Vice President Michael Sargeant
- Second Vice President Miklos Gaal
- Treasurer Marc Hersh
- Assistant Treasurer Jim Chandler
- Secretary Gloria Levin
- Delegate to the Montgomery County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association Jane Callen
CRFB members include:
- Elliot Cafritz, Glen Echo Heights
- Jane Callen, Brookmont
- Jim Chandler, Tulip Hill
- Miklos Gaal, Mohican Hills (At Large)
- Noah Guthman, Bannockburn
- Marc Hersh, Westgate
- Gloria Levin, Town of Glen Echo
- Harry Lewis, Brookmont (At Large)
- Mary McGrane, Sumner
- Glenn Merten, Westgate (At Large)
- Andrew O’Brien, Glen Mar Park
- Karen Possner, Fort Sumner
- Michael Sargeant, Springfield
- Chris White, Mohican Hills
- John Witherspoon, Massachusetts Avenue Forest
As a result of the COVID pandemic, the quadrennial election originally scheduled for May 2021 will be postponed until October 2021. Those directors elected in October of 2021 will serve until the next scheduled election in May of 2025. Thereafter the terms of the directors elected in May 2025 will remain four year terms.
The board usually meets at 7:30 PM on the second Monday of each month at Glen Echo Fire Department.
Meeting agenda order is typically as follows but is subject to change:
- Call to order
- Reading and/or approval of minutes from previous month(s)
- President’s report
- Treasurer/Financial report
- Other officer reports
- Senior officer’s report
- Committee reports
- Report from 501(c)3
- Old business
- New business
- Announcements
- Executive session if needed (closed)
- Adjournment