Ocean city fire convention 2022 parade

The annual convention and conference of the Maryland State Firemen's Association will again in be held in Ocean City, Maryland.

Please visit https://convention.msfa.org/ for additional details.

Future Convention Dates

June 20-25, 2020

June 19-24, 2021

June 18-23, 2022

June 17-22, 2023

June 15-20, 2024

June 14-19, 2025

June 20-25-2026

Event set June 18-22

After a two-year hiatus, members of the Maryland State Firemen’s Association and Ladies Auxiliary are returning to Ocean City in person for their annual convention.

Set next week from June 18-22, the conference will feature all of the seminars, meetings, services, contests and other activities that were forced to a virtual platform — and in some cases canceled altogether — in 2020 and 2021.

Until the pandemic altered the event’s course, organizers were approaching the 128th year hosting the event for members of the state’s 358 volunteer departments in 2020. Now in its 130th year, organizers have said this year will be a big one.

Typically, thousands of attendees from across the state travel to the resort for the convention, which is held primarily at the Ocean City convention center on 40th Street. Other activities will be held in different parts of town, though, and include a pipe and drums show on June 20 on the Boardwalk from North Division to Wicomico streets, a parade set 1-5 p.m. June 22 on Baltimore Avenue from 15th to 32nd streets, and a 5K run and walk slated for 7 a.m. to noon June 23 from North Division to 27th Street.

In May, the organizers signed a memorandum of understanding with the city that detailed the activities.

For more information about the event, and to sign up or register for activities, visit the organization's website. 

This story appears in the June 17, 2022 print edition of the OC Today.

Thousands of firefighters are in Ocean City this week, but thankfully, not for a fire.

As part of the annual Maryland State Firemen's Association Convention, the firefighters will muster equipment — new and old — to provide their annual parade on Wednesday at 1 p.m.

The event will involve hundreds of firefighters and equipment. It will start around Ocean City’s 15th Street near Baltimore Avenue and will end near 32nd Street.

The three-hour parade will showcase equipment used in firefighting, including various engines and tankers. The parade is a longstanding tradition of the firefighting community.

For more information, visit www.msfa.org.