Fire Chief List

1897-1898 – Chief Louis Landsettle

1898-1899 – Chief James H. Montgomery

1899-1901 – Chief Alex Loper

1901-1903 – Chief Edward Chaddock

1903-1917 – Chief William H. Heydenreich

1917-1920 – Chief Charles Lowers

1920-1931 – Chief William H. Heydenreich

1931-1942 – Chief Lloyd Layman

1942-1947 – Chief A.W. Cook (acting Chief in Layman’s abscence)

1947-1951 – Chief Lloyd Layman

1951-1956 – Chief Lester Ashby

1956-1958 – Chief Huey O. Neal

1958-1959 – Chief Robert A. Meeks

1959-1972 – Chief Gilbert F. Hays

1972-1978 – Chief C. Dale Pringle

1978-1982 – Chief John D. Owens

1982-1992 – Chief Stephen E. Gainer

1992-1994 – Chief David C. Blasingame

1994-1998 – Chief James M. Beckett, III

1998-2001 – Chief Edward H. Hupp

2001-2004 – Chief John K. Knapp

2004-2006 – Chief Stephen E. Gainer*

2006-2011 – Chief Eric A. Chichester

2011-2016 – Chief Eric Taylor

2016-            Chief Jason Matthews