By 1979, he married his high school sweetheart, Teresa, and became a Prince George’s County public safety employee as a switchboard operator before becoming a dispatcher for the fire department. Then in 1994, Pete Piringer, a family friend and former dispatch co-worker, encouraged Brady to apply to the county public information office. ADPiringer, a former Prince George’s County fire dispatcher and now a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire Department, said Brady brought layers of experience. His volunteer firefighter service provided the perspective of first responders, and his dispatch work gave him knowledge of county geography. Brady will continue to teach other public information officers nationwide as an instructor for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Emergency Training Center.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2020 20:26 UTC