<figure id="attachment_4349" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4349" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Deputy-fire-marshal-of-the-year-2013-Md.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4349" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Deputy-fire-marshal-of-the-year-2013-Md-300x213.jpg" alt="L – Deputy State Fire Marshal Edward Ernst R – State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci " width="300" height="213" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4349" class="wp-caption-text">L – Deputy State Fire Marshal Edward Ernst<br />R – State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci</figcaption></figure>
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<p><strong>EDWARD ERNST NAMED </strong><strong>DEPUTY STATE FIRE MARSHAL OF THE YEAR</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><strong>OCEAN CITY, MD </strong>(June 16, 2014) – <strong>Deputy State Fire Marshal Edward Ernst</strong> assigned to the Western Regional Office of the State Fire Marshal, has been named the recipient of the coveted, “2013 Deputy State Fire Marshal of the Year” award.</p>
<p>State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci made the presentation during a ceremony at the Maryland State Firemen’s Association annual convention in Ocean City on June 16, 2014.</p>
<p>Deputy Ernst was nominated by his supervisor, <strong>Deputy Chief State Fire Marshal Jason Mowbray</strong>. Ernst was lauded for his many achievements in 2013, such as; conducting 95 initial fire and explosive investigations, maintaining a 56% criminal case closure rate and conducted 163 fire safety inspections.</p>
<p>He was also the lead investigator on a multi-county arson spree involving 42 fires set in vehicles, barns, homes, garages and trash containers. Deputy Ernst worked feverishly alongside a team of Deputy State Fire Marshals, Maryland State Police, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives and the Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office.</p>
<p>Their outstanding efforts resulted in the arrests of the eight individuals responsible for setting these fires.</p>
<p>While off-duty, Deputy Ernst observed suspicious persons leaving a local bank and continued to follow them while updating the 911 center of their activities, leading to their felony arrests for robbing the bank.</p>
<p>All of these tasks were accomplished while maintaining his normal workload as an on-call Bomb Squad Technician and serving on the <strong>Drug Enforcement Agency Western Region “Clan Lab” Response Team</strong>. Deputy Ernst also performed multiple public safety demonstrations throughout the year and serves the community as a volunteer firefighter at the Volunteer Fire Department of Halfway.</p>
<p>This highly respected investigator has excelled in each and every aspect of his career and is a model employee for the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Since joining the Office of the State Fire Marshal he has proven himself to be a dedicated and well respected addition to the agency.</p>
<p><strong><em>“Deputy Ernst exemplifies the overall desire and commitment our investigators and bomb technicians embrace to ensure the safety of all Maryland’s citizens”, </em></strong>stated Fire Marshal Geraci.</p>
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