Past Chiefs of the Montgomery Fire Department

The Office of Chief, originally titled Chief Engineer, was established in Montgomery in the year 1860. Prior to 1860, the department was lead by a "Foreman". A Forman performed the same duties as a modern day Captain, with a few extra duties since there was no position of "Chief". Sadly, the devastating 1913 blaze that destroyed our fire station also destroyed all records of the department prior to 1913, including lists of Formen and Chiefs. It was by chance that a list was located that named our first five Chiefs prior to the fire, so there is a chance that this is the only record that survived the blaze.

Henry H. Hallet
(1860 -?)

Joseph B. Lawson
(?)

William L. Dickerson
(?)

William S. Hanlon
(?)

Isaac Jennings
(?)

Emmet Gridley
(1913-1914, 1916-1917, 1922-1923)

William McNeal
(1914-1916, 1923-1940)

Edward Devitt
(1918-1920)

William Hall
(1921-1922)

Ralph Broas Sr.
(1940-1942)

Frank Olsen
(1942-1954)

Joseph Haskin
(1954-1957)

John Conroy
(1957-1960)

Robert Conroy
(1960-1962)

George Blizzard
(1962-1965)

George Badalucca
(1965-1967)

Raymond Gillespie
(1967-1970)

Earle Monroe
(1970-1972)

George Weeden
(1972-1974)

Vincent Brescia
(1974-1977)

Thomas Buck
(1977-1979)

Edwin Froehlich
(1979-1982)

Thomas Uberto
(1982-1984)

Gregory Kaufmann
(1984-1988)

Thomas Joyce
(1988-1990)

Phillip Hoffner
(1990-1992)

David Smiley
(1993-1994)

Bradley Kaufmann
(1995-1997)

Roger Andolsek
(1997-1998)

Brian Turner
(1999-2000)

John Marcus
(2001-2003)

James Ferguson
(2004-2006)

Robert Reynolds Sr.
(2007-2010)

Miguel Rios
(2011- )