{"id":10239,"date":"2015-05-12T09:34:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T13:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=10239"},"modified":"2015-05-12T09:34:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T13:34:17","slug":"bowman-honored-by-longwood-for-40-years-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=10239","title":{"rendered":"Bowman honored by Longwood for 40 years service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Longwood Fire Company Chief A. J. McCarthy shares a moment with President Brad Bowman, recently honroed by the company for his 40 years of service to the community.<\/p><\/div>\n

EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 Longwood Fire Company President Brad Bowman was honored for his 40 years of service and made Chief Emeritus of the fire company during the fire company\u2019s recent banquet.<\/p>\n

Bowman said he has seen many changes in the company. \u201cWhen I first joined we had five trucks, no EMS services, didn\u2019t do rescues, were all volunteers and maybe handled 100 calls a year,\u201d Bowman recalled. \u201cNow we offer full emergency services to our coverage area and handle more than 600 calls and a total of more than 3,000 total calls a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the April 18 banquet Bowman was given a service plaque for his years of dedication and also an engraved chief\u2019s helmet. During his years with Longwood, Bowman has been chief and held a number of positions within the fire company.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrad has dedicated himself to Longwood and service the community,\u201d Chief A. J. McCarthy said. \u201cHe exemplifies what volunteerism is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Bowman joined Longwood his grandfather, Wilson Bowman, and father Bradford Bowman, were members of the company. Bowman\u2019s son Tyler is the fourth generation of the family serving at Longwood. \u201cI want to thank my wife Linda to supporting me over the years,\u201d Bowman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was 18 years old and a high school graduate ready for college when I began,\u201d Bowman said. \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate to be able to remain in this area. I\u2019ve had a good run. I\u2019ve worked with a lot of good people here at Longwood and made good friends. The goal of all of us is to serve the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the next 40 years, Bowman admits to slowing down a little but believes he has a few good years ahead of him.<\/p>\n

Longwood Fire Company has served the communities of Kennett, East Marlborough, Pennsbury and Pocopson townships since 1921. Longwood Fire Company provides fire and rescue and emergency medical services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more information see www.longwoodfireco.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 Longwood Fire Company President Brad Bowman was honored for his 40 years of service and made Chief Emeritus of the fire company during the fire company\u2019s recent banquet. Bowman said he has seen many changes in the company. \u201cWhen I first joined we had five trucks, no EMS services, didn\u2019t do rescues, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5844,708],"class_list":["post-10239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brad-bowman","tag-longwood-fire-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}