On Sunday morning over two dozen members loaded up and headed to Cobb Island in Charles County for the Southern Maryland Firemen's Parade. The members had been working for the last month on cleaning and polishing all the apparatus and preparing for the parade. Hollywood VFD once again defined "PRIDE" by bringing home the top award of Best Appearing Company Overall. Not only did we win big at the parade but the Fire Prevention Committee took top honors with 4 different awards during the convention. Also Life Member Gene Talley was voted into the Southern Maryland Firemen's Hall of Fame.

The following are a list of all the awards won by HVFD during the convention.

Best Appearing Company Overall (3rd year in a Row)
Best Appearing Engine 1250 & under
Best Appearing Fire Prevention Entry
Best Appearing Marching Unit
Best Appearing Cadets
2nd Best Antique Fire Truck 25+ years
2nd Best Appearing Fire Department Auxiliary
3rd Best Appearing Boat
w. David Gott Memorial Fire Prevention Award
2011 Year Around Class IV Award Fire Prevention
2011 Special Project Class IVD Award Fire Prevention

Congratulations to all the winners and to LaPlata for taking home Best in Association. Special thanks to all the members that put in the hours of making Hollywood shine. I doesn't go unnoticed.

Photos courtesy of Dan Emmart
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