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Members of the Fire Department

A photo of Fire Chief Jay Symonds.

Fire Chief

Jay Symonds

A photo of Assistant Fire Chief Charles Keir.

Assistant Chief

Charles Keir III

Office Manager
Kristen Martin

Alarm Superintendent
Vacant (Budgeted)

Inspector
Steven Nelson

EMS Superintendent
Billy Fritz

Chaplain Rev. 
Knowles Wentworth

Single-Role Paramedics
Casey Schmidt
Michael Heiden
Finn McMillan

Platoon One

Captain Matt Casabona
Lt Chris Fellows
FF Ryan Martin
FF Nick Audet
FF Luke Bulla
FF Kemp Wagenbach

Platoon Two

Captain Kurt Schmidt
Lt Ben Aither
FF Jared Vonderhorst
FF Benjamin Alden
FF Colby Wright
FF Meghan Foley
FF Edward Hagerman

Platoon Three

Captain Matt Hubbard
Lt Mesa Kennedy
Lt Chase Ibey
FF Kyle Makridakis
FF Chris Wyman
FF Keegan Newcomb

PLATOON FOUR

Captain Kevin Lambert
FF Andrew Houle
FF Gabriel Leibensperger
FF Colby Thompson
FF Chris Snow
FF Dylan Trombley

 

Life Members

Stephen Barrett, Thomas Barrows, Harold Bradeen, Michael Bucossi, Rick Crespo, Gary Corey, David J. Emery, Sr., Mark Geno, Roland Hubbard, Jr., Billy Johnson, John Lawrence, Rodney Lawrence, Peter Lynch, Allyn Olney, Jr., Steve Nelson, Martin Rancourt, Jerome Remillard, Jeffrey Robinson, Dale Shipp, Mark Snow

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