| Members
of the First Deerfield Fire Department |
Fire
Chiefs |
| Leon
W. Harvey (Chief)
William H. Walker
Clarence Cox
Cad M. Fogg
Maurice Stevens
Walter Scott
Cad Wallin
Ernest Higgins
William P. Chase
Willie C. Fife
James W. Fife
M. Herman Sanborn
James W. Clay
George W. Clark
Daniel Tilton
Frank Davis
Zaccheus Welch
Frank Pervere
George Witham
Clifford Hendrick
Elvan White
Lester Maynard
Willard Sanders
Joseph Peterson
Emanual Peterson
Frank Malone
Richard King
Joseph H. Anderson
Roy G. Stevens
George H. Robinson
James A. Wentworth
Burton Corbin
William F. Tuttle
Howard P. King
E. Barfield Hersey |
Leon
W. Harvey
February 1932 to December 10, 1947
Willis T. Rollins
December 10, 1947 to December 1959
George F. Clark
February 1960 to January 7, 1997
Mark A. Tibbetts
January 7, 1997 to present
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| When the department
was formed, Harvey was given authority to choose his
own firemen. The original roster consisted of 35 firemen.
The town was divided into
11 districts. Each district had a lieutenant and
three or four men. These districts were:
District 1 - Griffin Road
District 2 - Pleasant Lake
District 3 - James City
District 4 - Nottingham Road
District 5 - Raymond Road (near intersection of
Cole Road)
District 6 - Fairgrounds area (then the Civilian
Conservation Corps barracks)
District 7 - Ridge Road
District 8 - Old Centre Road
District 9 - South Road
District 10 - Leavitts Hill (Middle Road)
District 11 - Deerfield Parade
The department's only equipment, when
Harvey became chief, were two chemical tanks. According
to the early minutes of the association, early in
1933 the association traded the two tanks and spent
$2,500 cash for a 1931 International, the town's
first fire truck.
That truck, with its 85-gallon
water tank, is still with the department today and
is still capable of fighting fires. The firehouse
was built a short time later in the place where
it still stands today.
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