Kensington Volunteer Fire Department

6 days ago

March is #WomensHistoryMonth and we want to spotlight KVFD President Lynn M. Tantardini. She joined KVFD in October 1990 as an associate member to do administrative duties like helping around the firehouse, planning activities, and attending events, in addition to helping the auxiliary. In June 1993 she was elected to the Trial Board. In June 1994 she was elected as the secretary of the department, taking on responsibilities like taking minutes, correspondence, and accountability for the Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) and reporting all members statistics to the County under the LOSAP program. In August 2018, she was elected as the President of KVFD and is the longest sitting board member, and the first female president in the department’s history.

“Obviously, times have changed since I joined the Department, and even though it is a male dominated profession, there are more females joining the ranks. While I am beyond honored to be the first female President, respectfully I don’t focus or dwell on that. The past presidents before me were male but they also were operational members. The President’s position doesn’t require the person to be operational, but I think there is an advantage by having been so. I might be disadvantaged in that capacity, and I still might have to prove myself in certain situations, but how I view myself is doing the best job I can for the department, and I don’t compare myself to the past. Each person that has been president has brought their own uniqueness to the position, and that is what I am doing as well.”

- KVFD President Lynn M. Tantardini ... See MoreSee Less