Howard County Executive Ball Selects Louis Winston As New Fire Chief

ELLICOTT CITY (WJZ) — Calvin Ball, Howard County Executive, named Louis Winston to beryllium the next Chief of the Department of Fire and Rescue Services (HCDFRS).

Winston served 3 decades successful the department, and anterior to his status successful January 2020, helium roseate to the fertile of Deputy Chief.

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His assignment becomes effectual September 7, 2021.

“He is an innovative and progressive person who has the acquisition to transportation connected the traditions of our Department portion shaping and preparing it for the future,” said Ball.

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Winston joined the Department connected February 12, 1990, and served nether seven fire chiefs and six county executives. Prior to his appointment as a Deputy Chief in 2019, Winston held a Chief Officer presumption for much than six years.

He served as a tract Battalion Chief and as an Assistant Chief where helium managed the Administrative Services Bureau overseeing recruitment, quality resources and the Department’s budget.

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“We are excited to welcome Chief Winston back to the Department. Our enactment squad had the accidental to enactment intimately with Chief Winston in respective of his anterior roles successful the bureau and developed a tremendous moving narration with him during his career,” said Richard L. Ruehl, President of the Howard County Professional Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 2000.

CBS Baltimore Staff