I heard of Rich's passing on the news today. I remember him from when I was a volunteer at Station 31 several years ago. He was a good guy - he made me laugh on more than one occasion and took the time to help me out at the station. My thoughts and prayers go out to Kelly, their daughters and the members of Station 31.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Cpl. Richard Findley and to the Officers and Members of the Beltsville VFD Companies 31 and 41, and also to the men and women of the Prince George's County Police Department.

Words can't describe this tremendous loss. Rick was lighter than life and always brought a smile or better, an outright laugh to almost every situation. He was a pure joy to have known and to have worked with. My deepest sympathy to his wife, children and entire extended family of Beltsville VFD, fire service and police service familites. "Rich, may you be at peace. at a far superior place now and forever."

I want to offer my sincere condolences on the loss of Officer Finley earlier today. I pray for fire fighters and police officers every day. You risk your lives for the safety of others and I "THANK YOU" from the depths of my heart. You all will forever be considered true heroes in my book. God Bless You all.

Dear Al,
I love the Website. Thanks for emailing me about my Dads Pics. I printed them off as well. You did a great job on this website. Its nice to see all of you guys now in the pics. You never stop missing your Hometown, but its great to log on and see you guys again. Take Care. Email sometime. jamielhamilton@yahoo.com

Jamie Lynn

Al, the site looks awesome. I appreciate you letting me be a "friend of the department" for so many years. It's great seeing how things are now after having watched some of you guys grow up. I really enjoy being able to "Be the man standing next to the man!" Be safe and keep "stick n' it"

I am retired I"m not dead . Look a brother up or call Chief 31 he still has my number. I miss some of you S O B ,s a little ... don"t get a big head .

AL I like looking at the site but would like to see more photos of new TK31andENG311 and are they in service yet. thanks for the nice site good job.

Hello to Company 31,

I enjoyed spending some time browsing your site. The old pictures were especially cool, some people I even recognized. I was a member of 31 in the early 70's with guys like, Steve Corbin, Johnny Green, Tommy & Tim Thornton. As I recall, Louie K. was the volunteer chief. Great memories, great times together. Fred's across the street, Saturday night dances, cold Budweiser. Thanks guys, its great to see BVFD again.

Hi guys, great web site. found your site by typing in 31 ( our call sign here in England) Keep up the good work and keep safe.

Very Impressive site it looks very proffessional, however as far as the membership angle I would love to see pictures of the station and bunk room facilities, etc. Other than that it looks like a may submit my application..

Thanks

AL,
GREAT JOB WITH THE SITE, I MISS YOU AND THE BOYS AND WILL COME DOWN TO SEE YOU SOME TIME IM DOING GOOD AND RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS STILL DOING HOME IMPROVEMENTS. THE PICTURES OF SCOTT ARE GREAT AND THE PICTURES OF MY DAD ARE VERY NICE AND I ENJOYED THEM SO MUCH I PRINTED THEM OFF. THANK YOU AL......

LITTLE PRITCH,

You have a great site. Great new engine, and truck. Be Safe this year.

My sincere condolences to the members of Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department for the loss of a great pioneer in the fire and rescue service, Bill Fleshman. Bill was indeed a role model for all to follow. He lead by action not just words . Beltsviile VFD has always been a strong organization and continues with this tradition and i know Bill was instrumental in the success today.

dam you guys run soo many calls how do you keep up with all those calls thats like more then 50 fire calls a day good job keep up the good work and good luck

Site looks great miss working with all you guys truck looks awesome!

great job web site looks great.Al why the roll up doors on the truck but it does look bad ass.

Looks great, good job to all those that spent countless hours working on it!!! Thanks!!

Alfred Charles Schwartz, this web page is "The Bomb Digidy" nice job!!!

Nice job guys, Great to see the photos. Brings back some good memories. I cant believe how long ago it was running at 31. But again Im not to long from retiring from communications now, so I guess it quite awhile ago. Good luck to all, and drop me an email. would be fun to hear from some of the good ol folks.

Glad to see you back on line and looking great

The new site is beautiful!. My grandson, Christopher Connor made this my home page so when I opened up this morning here was your new site. Christopher and his Dad Mike love the fire department. You men do a great job. Thanks!

Looking good guys. Keep up the good work.

Shane and Pat

Looks good did a good job in setting it up congrats