

A Busy November for Howard County REACT
November has certainly been a busy month for Howard County REACT. Starting with the Veteran's Day Parade in Columbia, Maryland, our team


Howard County REACT Assists Girls on The Run 5K
Howard County REACT recently provided traffic control and course monitoring for the Girls on the Run 5K, an annual event established to raise funds for programs that benefit and empower young women. Howard County REACT member Pardeep Bhatti (Unit 621) directs event traffic into one of several parking lots available as participants line up at the start line. As traffic controllers, our team directed race participants into designated parking areas as they arrived. Given the lar


Howard County REACT Assists with Retriever Color Run 5k
On April 22nd, Howard County REACT provided parking and course communication services for the Retriever Color Run 5K. The race posed unique challenges for our team including a situation that involved directing participant vehicles to an adjacent school parking lot from where the actual race start/finish was... Triadelphia Ridge Middle School. Howard County REACT Units 621 (Pardeep Bhatti) and 687 (David Perry) block access to one lot that was off limits to race participants H


Howard County REACT Assists with 7k Run to Remember
HCR recently provided communications, traffic control, and first aid services for the 7k Run to Remember, an annual charitable race that benefits the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence and organized by the Maryland State’s Attorney’s Association. The course runs through Centennial Park, in Ellicott City with portions on surrounding public roads. Pardeep Bhatti (Unit 621) stands guard at the entrance to the start/finish. We were asked to keep this route closed to vehic


Howard County REACT Member Saves Batman Villians
After I closed down my shop for the day yesterday, I decided to do a REACT road patrol, which is unusual for me as I haven't done one in months. Even, more unusual, I decided on 695 instead of my typical Howard County routes. So it doesn't take long for me to find a disabled motorist on the inner loop just prior to the Catonsville exit. On the shoulder, with warning lights flashing, I call in the location. Then something catches my eye... The motorist is wearing clown make up