The oldest State Fire Marshal office in the country gets first Black leader
Caroll Spriggs was sworn in as Maryland's 24th state Fire Marshal, becoming the first Black man to hold the position in the office's history.
On Monday afternoon, Caroll Spriggs was sworn in as the 24th state Fire Marshal in Maryland, but the 53-year-old is the first Black man to ever hold the position.
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