Captain Laird was killed in the line of duty on Wednesday
Frederick, Md. – The ceremonial procession transferring Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services fallen firefighter, Station 25, Green Valley Fire Department Battalion Chief Joshua Laird, is scheduled to start at noon, Saturday, August 14, 2021.
The first phase of the procession will start at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 401 East Street SW, Washington, D.C., and will end at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home, located at 136 East Baltimore Street, in Taneytown, Maryland.
The second phase of the procession will start at the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home and end at the Monahan Funeral Home, located at 27 East Main Street, Fairfield, Pennsylvania. The day and time for this phase will be announced later.
Laird, age 46 and a 21-year veteran of the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services, died on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, while responding to a two alarm house fire in the 9500 block of Ball Road, Ijamsville, Maryland.