| Staff Deputy
Chief Appointed
as OCBP® realigned under Fire Division |
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Captain Charles W. Bowman is sworn in as Staff Deputy Chief
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| For the first time in
its 103-year history, the Ocean City Beach patrol will follow a national
trend and become a part of an enhanced fire and rescue operation by
being reorganized as part of the Fire Department. The new Staff Deputy
Chief Charles W. Bowman, in addition to being responsible for the beach
patrol, he will oversee all non-fire rescue services, including land and
water extrication and confined space emergencies.
The move, city administration said, follows a national trend to integrate rescue operations. "We have to recognize that the fire service is more than a service that deals with fire. This has been going on nationally for more than a dozen years, combining services is a trend. The experience and training of the Fire Department is incredibly diverse".
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