Former PGFD official Bill Goddard to head Howard County, MD fire department
Bill Goddard, left, with County Executive Ken Ulman from Howard County website.
Read the press release from Howard County
STATter911.com started to hear from some of our readers last night that Bill Goddard, long retired from the Prince George’s County Fire & EMS Department, has been picked to take over from Joe Herr as the new fire chief in Howard County. Details from AP:
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman has named a former colleague in state government to be the county’s next fire chief.
Ulman has nominated Bill Goddard, who worked with Ulman in the Maryland secretary of state’s office under former Gov. Parris Glendening.
Goddard is a former Prince George’s County fire official and served in the state fire marshal’s office. He is also a former chief of state for the secretary of transportation and is an executive with a development firm.
He will serve as acting chief until the county council confirms his nomination.
Goddard succeeds Chief Joe Herr, whose retirement takes effect March 1.
