Fire Extinguisher & Sprinkler Company | Baltimore, Maryland, Virginia

Anna Gavin is president of Fireline Corporation and has been with the company for nearly a decade.  She currently oversees the day-to-day operations, in addition the many other corporate and organizational matters necessary for running the business.

Anna is the third generation of the John Waters family to lead the company.

Since taking over the company in 2009 she has lead the company through extensive change and intends to see the company continue to grow.  Prior to being appointed president, she has held various roles at the company, including positions in the firm's sales, accounting, service, marketing and human resources departments. She is a graduate from the University of Maryland - College Park.

Norm Mason is Vice President and manager of the Fire Alarm System Department. Prior to being named vice president, Norm served as general manager of Fireline.

From 1984-1989, Mr. Mason worked for Maryland Fire Equipment before joining Fireline to head up the fire alarm sales department. Under Mr. Mason's leadership, the department has won several awards from leading manufacturers.

 

Mr. Mason has a Bachelors of Science degree in Business from the University of Maryland University College.

 

Phil. Bowers has been with Fireline since 1966 and has held many different positions over the years.

After starting as a service technician in our Portables Department, he was later promoted to sales, then Sales Manager before taking over as our Portables Service Department Manager. Mr. Bowers' department is consistently one of the best performing divisions of the company.

Frank Chenoweth joined Fireline in 1987 as a system field technician and later became our Fire alarm and Fire Suppression System Service Manager in 1992.

His department currently employs over 40 individuals dedicated to service of existing systems and many are factory trained by Notifier, Kidde-Fenwal, Viking, and Siemens.

He also has NICET Level IV Fire Alarm Systems and NICET Level II Testing of Water Based Systems.

Ron joined Fireline in November of 2008 as the fire alarm systems sales representative for the Washington DC market. Ron's previous experience in the fire alarm system industry combined with his business skills, education, and superior sales led to his promotion to the Fireline Systems Sales Manager in January of 2011.

He received his undergraduate degree 1975 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MBA in 1976 from East Carolina University.

Ted Reitterer has been in the fire protection industry for more than 25 years. He joined Fireline in 1997 and was named manager of the. sprinkler system installation department in 2000.  In January of 2011 Ted assisted in merging the suppression systems installation department with the sprinkler department and now manages both divisions.

His NICET certifications include:

• NICET Level III Automatic Sprinkler System Design Layout
• NICET Level III Inspection and Testing of Water-Based Suppression Systems
• NICET Level II Special Hazards Suppression Systems
• NICETLevel I Fire Alarm Systems

Justin joined Fireline in 2004 to the Leesburg Commercial Kitchen and Restaurant systems installation department. His dedication to quality service and application of systems resulted in his promotion within the company and eventually to that of Branch Manager in April of 2011.

Justin is currently certified with Ansul, Amerex, Kidde, Pyro Chem, Range Guard, restaurant and industrial systems as well as Amerex vehicle systems and holds a certificate for the requalification of D.O.T cylinders.

Mr. Taylor has over 20 years experience in the fire protection industry focusing on sales, sales management and service management. He is responsible for service sales management, project management of several key service contracts and implementation of service department process efficiencies. He is a graduate of Salisbury University (B.A., 1984).

Cindy Rueppel has been with Fireline since 1978.  She has held a variety of roles in the Fireline over the years and has become a vital part of Fireline's office operations.   Cindy currently manages all Fireline's office departments including Accounting and Human Resources.