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Firefighter Photos

Firefighter Photos 
​1890 - 1999

This page is dedicated to Paterson FD non-officers and is under long-term construction with photos and information continuously added. Special pages elsewhere on this website contain information and photos of Captains, Battalion, Deputy, Assistant Chiefs and Chiefs of
​Department. We do not have photos of every Paterson Firefighter - if you have one not shown here please contact us here​
For photos of Firefighters appointed 2000 and later -- 
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Appointed 1884-1889
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
​Brand, Martin 1885
​​Bunting, George 1889

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Ellis, John 1887
​Knauss, Andrew  1889

     
Slingland, George 1888
​​Stannard, William  1886

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Martin Brand
William Stannard
John Ellis
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Martin Brand - Appointed as a Driver in 1885 - Re-appointed March 20, 1890
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William Stannard appointed in 1886 as driver at Engine 5. Retired from E7 on March 11 1907 becoming the first pensioner in PFD history.
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John Ellis - Appointed 1887 as Driver of Engine 8 - Died March 6, 1937
George Slingland
Michael Farrell
Andrew Knaus
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George Slingland Appointed as special driver 1888 - Died September 13, 1915
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Michael Farrell - former Volunteer - In 1888 became a paid driver for then Volunteer Chief John Stagg. Then in PFD was driver for the first Chief, David Turnbull. Ultimately served at Engine 9 and Truck 3. At T3, while responding to a still alarm his leg was injured and never healed and was forcefully (the first Paterson Fireman to be so) retired in 1907. Died February 27, 1909
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Andrew Knauss - Appointed March 8, 1889 -Served Chemical 1, Truck 3 - Promoted to Lieutenant July 1, 1912 - Died April 22, 1914
George Bunting
Louis Hasser
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George Bunting - Appointed 1889 - Served Engine 3 - Died June 15, 1913
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Louis Hasser - Appointed December 1890 - Served Engine 8 - Died October 6, 1916
Appointed 1890-1899
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Bott, George 1899
​Close, Samuel 1895
​​Condon, John  1893
​Cullington, Thomas 1892
​Davis, William 1895
​Donahue, Thomas 1890
​Dumphy, Robert 1895
Elvin, Thomas  1890
​Farrell, William 1890 Gorman, John 1895
​Halnan, Michael 1890
Harrison, Charles1894 
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Hartley, Abram  1899
​Hasser, Louis 1890

​Knauss, John  1890
​​Lister, Harry 1890
​McMullen, James 1895
 
Muth, George 1897
​ ​​​Nagle, Henry 1890
Roswell, ​Allison  1890
​​Ryan, Michael 1893
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​Vesey, John 1890
Wiley, Charles 1890 
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Thomas Donahue -Appointed March 2, 1890 - Served Chief Driver, E8, E9 and E5 - Advanced to Engineer and Mechanic - Died October 18, 1916
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Thomas Elvin - Appointed March 2, 1890 - Tillerman Truck 1 (first in PFD paid history) - later served Engine 7
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William Farrell - Appointed March 20, 1890 - Engineer - Served Engine 8 - Died January 31, 1937
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Michael Halnan - Appointed March 20, 1890 - Served Engines 6, 9, 7, 4 and Truck 3 - Promoted to Engineer - Died May 7, 1911
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Andrew Knauss - Appointed March 10, 1890 -Served E1 and E2 - Promoted to Engineer
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Harry Lister - March 20, 1890 - Tillerman - Secretary Board of Trustees of Pension Fund
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Henry Nagle - Appointed March 20, 1890 - Driver, Engineer (E2)
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Allison Roswell - March 1, 1890 - Driver & Stoker Engine 7
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John Vesey March 20, 1890 - Tillerman, Driver
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Charles Wiley - Appointed March 20, 1890 - Engineer
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Louis Hasser Appointed December 4, 1890 Served T2, E8 - Died October 1916
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James Cullington - Appointed March 13, 1892 and served at Engine 4 -Retired in 1923 - Died November 28, 1932
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John Condon - March 1, 1893 - Engine 6 - Engineer Engine 4 - FMBA President
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Michael J Ryan - March 1, 1893 - Engineer - President of pension Fund
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Charles Harrison - Appointed March 20, 1894 - Served Truck 2 - Died April 21, 1913
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Samuel Close Appointed November 16, 1895 - Served Engine Company 2 and 3 Retired 1925 - Died January 10, 1942
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William Davis - Appointed November 16, 1895 - Promoted to Lieutenant - Served Engine 1 - Died October 4, 1911
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Robert Dumphy - Appointed November 16, 1895 - Served at Trucks 1 and 2 and Engine 5 - Died March 28, 1915
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John Gorman appointed November 16, 1895 - Served truck 2 - Died October 13, 1918
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James McMullen - Joined Lafayette Engine Company 8 in 1881 and then was a call man at Engine 8 in 1890, and on November 16, 1895 appointed as a full time fireman. He retired in 1922. Was a president of the Exempt Firemen's Association and a Board Member at Boonton Home. He fought and was injured (leg fracture) at the great 1902 conflagration.
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George Muth - Appointed July 12, 1897 - Served Chemical Engine 1. Had been Assistant Foreman at Germania 2 and then in 1890 a Call Man at Truck 2 - Retired 1912 - Died April 25, 1919
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Abram Hartley - Appointed August 1899 - Engine 4 - Died March 3, 1909
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George Bott - Appointed October 13, 1899 - Served Trucks 3 and 1 and Engine 9 - Died September 17, 1911

Appointed 1900-1911
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Anderson, John  1908
​Ball, Edward 1905

Bergen, Stephen 1905
Brady, John 1905
​Brett, John 1910

Bruno, Andrew 1908
​Bush, Thomas 1904
​Chapman, John 1906 
Chadwick, Leonard 1908
Cheevers, Richard 1910
​Croughan, Hubert M. 1908
​Daly, John 1905
​​​Dolan, Joseph
​Downey, James 1907

Dunn, Thomas 1908
​Egan, John J 1908
Farrell, John J 1908
​Ferguson, Matthew 1905
​Firstbrook, Charles 1905
​Fitzsimmons, James 1905
Gueterman, Michael 1905
Heinzelman, Edward 1908
Ihrman, Peter 1905
​Kearney, Philip 1902
​Kehoe, James R Sr 1910
Kennedy, Cornelius 1910
​​​Lynch, John  1910
​​Lynch, William P 1902

Meyer Herman 1910
​Meyers, Harry 1903
​Netz, John 1904
​O'Rourke, Martin 1908
​Sanford, Peter 1905 
​​Taylor, David 1903
Sanford, Peter 1905
​Slater, William 1905

​Stephen Walls 1908
Titus, Joseph 1909
Toomey, Dennis 1905
​Walls, Stephen 1908

Walsh, John 1905
 Wentink, Paul  1910
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William P Lynch - Appointed March 1, 1902 - Served Engine 2, Truck 3 and Engine 10 - Retired June 30, 1939 - Father of William P Lynch (LODD March 1938) - Died April 13, 1962
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Philip Kearney Appointed October 13, 1902 E1, E4, Theater Detail
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Harry Meyers - Appointed March 23, 1903 - Served as driver for Assistant Chief Mills and at Engine 2
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David Taylor - appointed March 4, 1903 - Engineer E1, E5, E6 and theater detail - Son of original T3 Captain Stewart Taylor - Died April 3, 1934
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John Netz - Appointed 1904 - Engine 7 - Died 1910
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Edward ball - Appointed January 24, 1905 - Served Engine 5 and as Aide to BC John Specht and then Engine 8. Retired October 1, 1934 - Died November 4, 1938
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John Brady - Appointed July 1, 1905 - FMBA President
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John Daly - Appointed July 1, 1905 - Served 27 years at Truck 3 - Retired February 15, 1933 - Died May 7, 1933
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Charles Firstbrook - Appointed July 1, 1905 - Served Engine 8 - Promoted to Engineer - Died May 24, 1949
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James Fitzsimmons - appointed July 1, 1905 Engine 2 - Died February 8, 1955 - His son Leo also served (appointed 1943) & was an Assistant Chief
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Michael Gueterman - Appointed July 1, 1905 - Served Engine 2 - Died June 13, 1932
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Peter Ihrman - Appointed July 1, 1905 - Served Engines 5 and 12 - Retired October 1, 1940 - Died October 5, 1944
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William Slater - Appointed July 1, 1905 - Served Engine 8 - Died January 23, 1911
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Dennis Toomey - Appointed July 1, 1905 - Served Engines 7 and 9 - Father of Paterson FF John Toomey - Died May 28, 1930
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John Walsh appointed July 1905 - Lieutenant 1914 - Served Engines 6 and 11 - Died May 24, 1918
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Peter Sanford - Appointed August 12, 1905 - Promoted to Engineer February 1, 1921 - Served E5, E1 & E2 - Retired 1939 - Died March 22, 1950
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Matthew Ferguson - Appointed September 11, 1905 - Served Truck 3 - Died April 24, 1934
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Stephen Bergen - Appointed December 12, 1905 Truck 3 Retired 1938
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John Chapman = Appointed April 27, 1906 - Served at Engine 6 - Moved to Fire Alarm March 6, 1916 - Died October 17, 1944
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James Downey - Appointed June 21, 1907 - Served Truck 1 and Fire Alarm - Retired 1947 - Died March 30, 1962
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Andrew Bruno appointed April 1, 1908 - served E3, E5 and Theater detail - Died May 20, 1943
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Leonard Chadwick- Appointed April 1, 1908 - Served at E4 and E7
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Hubert M Croughan - Appointed in April 1. 1908 - Served Truck 1, Engine 5, 6 and 7 - Retired 1931 - Died February 23, 1940:
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Thomas Dunn - Appointed April 1, 1908- Served Engine 4 - Died July 118, 1910

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John J Farrell - Appointed April 1, 1908 - Served Truck 3 - Last Paterson Fireman to drive a horse to a fire - retired 1941 - Died October 24, 1951
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John Edward Heinzelman - Appointed April 1, 1908 - Served Engines 4 and 13 - Retired 1944 - Died September 232, 1959
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Martin O'Rourke - Appointed May 1, 1908 - Served Engines 7, 8 and as Chief Aide to James Sweeney - Retired 1941 - Died February 25, 1958
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Stephen Walls - Appointed April 1, 1908 - Served E4, E9 - Retired 1943 - Died April 1, 1958
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John Anderson - John Anderson. Appointed temporarily in August 1, 1906 and permanently November 1, 1908 - Had served as Chief Stagg gig driver and then at E1, E10 and Truck 2 before becoming Chief Thomas Coyle's aide (kept position for 30 years). Volunteered at the great 1902 fire - Died August 3, 1962
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John J Egan - Appointed November 1, 1908 - Served Engine 4 nd 2 - Retired May 1944 - Died May 26, 1955
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Joseph Titus - Appointed November 6, 1909. Served Engine 6 - Retired August 1932. [Uncle of future DC Walter "Lester" Titus]
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John Brett - Appointed July 1, 1910 - Served Engine 10 - Retired 1948 - Died February 25, 1957
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Richard T. Cheevers - Appointed July 1, 1910 - Promoted to Engineer - Served Truck 3, Engine 10 and Engine 3 for 38 years - Retired February 1947 - Died April 1, 1950
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Joseph Dolan - Appointed July 1, 1910 - Served at Truck 1 - Died March 2, 1936
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James R Kehoe Sr - Appointed July 1, 1910 - Served truck 1 and 2 - Retired 1946 - Died August 23, 1958 - Father of Captain James R Kehoe Jr (appointed 1947)
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John Lynch - Appointed October 10, 1910. Served at Truck 2 & Truck 1
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Cornelius "Neil" Kennedy - Appointed October 1, 1910 - Promoted to Engineer 1921 - Served 29 years at E4, 9, 10 and 7 - Died March 28, 1940
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Herman Meyer - Appointed October 1, 1910 - Served Truck 3 - Died October 29, 1966
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Paul Wentink appointed October 1, 1910 - Served E10, E5, E6 - Engineer - Died April 3, 1924
Appointed 1912 thru 1919
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Almroth, Martin 1918 Brown, John 1916
Bush, Henry 1916
Christensen, Edward 1916
​Dews, Henry 1916
Dougherty, John 1918
​Dow, Joseph 1918
​Grayson, Joseph 1919
Haley, Richard 1912
Hancock, Edward 1918
​Hill, John E 1919
Hickerson, Richardson 1914
​Holmes, Thomas 1918
​Huber, Fred Sr. 1918
Kamerling, Aaron 1912
​​Kane, Leo - 1912
Kuyl, George 1916
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Lane, Harold 1918
Lawless, John 1914
​McEwan, Edward 1919
​McLaughlin, Joseph A 1912
​McKelvey, William 1912
Murphy, John  1916
​Nunnick, Arsene 1918
​O'Donnell, Joseph 1918
​Probert, Emil 1916
Quackenbush, David  1916
​Rafferty, James 1912
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​Ramsden, William 1916
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Reigotte, Isaac 1916
​Rushton, Joseph 1918

​Simpson, Robert 1918
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Slingland, Edward 1916
​Smith, James 1912
​Snook, Herbert L 1915
​Sommerdyke, Frank 1912
Stevens, Daniel 1916
​Summers, Stuart 1916
​Vineis, Gustave 1913
Von Webern, Frank 1916
​Walsh, William 1913
​Walsh, Edward 1916
​Warr, Horace 1916
​Westphal, Henry 1914
​Woods, Thomas 1912
​Wullard, Charles 1915
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Richard Haley - Appointed July 1, 1912 - Served Engine 9 - Died January 22, 1937
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Leo E. Kane - July 1 1912 - Badge # 74 -Appointed July 1, 1912 – Chief’s aide, Truck 2, Engine 8 - Retired December 1, 1955 - Died January 24, 1971 - Father of firefighter Edward Kane and Uncle of Chief Harold Kane
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Joseph McLaughlin - Appointed July 1, 1912 - Served Truck 3 - Retired 1944 - Died September 18, 1948
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Frank Somerdyke (sometimes spelled with a Z - Appointed July 1, 1912 - elevated to Engineer - FMBA President 1923 - Died September 7, 1950
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Thomas Woods - Appointed July 1, 1912 - Served Engine 1 - Died July 5, 1937
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Aaron Kamerling - Appointed October 1, 1912 - Served Supply Department - Retired 1945 - Died August 23, 1968
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Richard F. Kane - Badge # 147 - Appointed December 16, 1912 – Truck 2, Theater Detail - Retired January 1, 1954
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William J. “Big Bill” McKelvey - Badge # 100 - Appointed December 16, 1912 – Engines 5, 12 - Retired June 1, 1955
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James Rafferty - Appointed December 16, 1912 - Served Engine 4 - Retired 1948 - Died May 2, 1967
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James Smith -, Appointed December 16, 1912 - Ball Chair 1937
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William Walsh - Appointed October 1, 1913 - Served Truck 1 and Engines 2, 10 and 11 - Died March 24, 1938 - Brother of Paterson LODD FF Edward Walsh (1941)
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Gustave Vineis - Badge # 122 - Appointed December 16, 1913 – Truck 2, Theatre Detail - December 19, 1953 - Retired - June 1, 1957 - Died June 27, 1965
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Richard Hickerson - Badge # 20 - Appointed March 1, 1914 -: assigned to Truck 2 -- Chief's Aide/Driver - July 1, 1925 -- Retired - May 1, 1951 -- Passed - Dec 10, 1962
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John Lawless – Served as Coxswain US Navy June 18, 1908 thru June 18, 1912 - Appointed - June 1, 1914 & assigned to Truck 2 – Promoted to Assistant Master Mechanic March 16, 1929 – Promoted to Master Mechanic October 1, 1943 - Retired January 1, 1954
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Harold Snook Appointed July 16, 1915 - Served engine 3 - Retired 1953 - Died February 20, 1958
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Henry Westphal - Appointed July 16, 1914 - Served Engines 6 and 8 - Promoted to Engineer - Retired 1951 - Died February 27, 1966
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Charles A. Wullard - Badge # 22 - U.S. Navy February 22, 1918 thru March 15, 1919 -  Appointed May 16, 1915 – Engine 5, 1, 9, December 1, 1947 - Chief's aide - Retired January 1, 1955
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Edward Slingland - Appointed January 16, 1916 - Served Engine 6 - Retired January 1, 1950 - Died January 26, 1950
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​​John Brown - WWI Veteran - Appointed July 1, 1916 - Served Engine 1 and 2 - Retired 1948 - Died September 22, 1949
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Edward Christensen - Badge # 83 - U.S. Coast Guard April 1, 1909 thru December 1, 1909 – then U.S. Navy (Fireman 1/c) December 10, 1909 thru Dec. 17, 1913 -   Appointed July 1, 1916 – Engine 9 - Retired - March 1, 1957 - Died November 16, 1971 - Father of firefighter Joseph Christensen
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Henry L Dews Sr - Appointed July 1, 1916 - Served Engine 8, Theater Detail - Retired 1950 - Died October 10, 1970
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John B. Murphy Sr. – Appointed July 1, 1916 – Badge # 17 – Engine 1 – Driver for Battalion Chief Nolan February 1, 1918 – Driver for Chief of Department May 18, 1926 – Retired April 1, 1957
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Emil M Probert - Appointed July 1, 1916 - Served NJ National Guard 1908-1914 - Served at Engine 6.Headquarters & Engine 13 - Financial Offiecer of FMBA - Died October 11, 1938
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David Quackenbush - Badge # 143 -U.S. Navy December 1917 thru December 1918 - Deployed after appointment July 1, 1916 – Engine 9, FAO - Retired August 1, 1954
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William Ramsden - Badge #71 - Appointed July 1, 1916 - Engine 7 - Died August 8, 1953
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Isaac B. Reigottie - Badge #94 Appointed July 1, 1916 - Engine 5, Engine 11 -- Retired April 1951
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Daniel D. Stevens - Badge # 80 - Appointed July 1, 1916 – Engine 9 - Retired December 1, 1953 - Died December 25, 1968
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Henry T. Bush - Badge # 111 - Appointment July 1, 1916 – Engine 5 & 13, Theater Detail, FAO - Died December 29, 1954
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George Kuyl - WWI veteran - Appointed July 1, 1916 - Served Engine 2, Theater detail - Sick leave in 1951 and died May 22, 1953
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Stuart L Summers - WWI Veteran - Appointed July 1, 1916 - Served Engine 10 - Retired 1941 - Died October 17, 1974
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Frank A Von Webern Sr - Appointed July 1, 1916 - Served Engine 7 Retired August 1949 - Died January 19, 1950
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Edward Walsh - WWI Army Veteran - Appointed July 1, 1916 - Served Truck 1 - Retired March 1, 1943 - Died July 21, 1956
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Horace J. Warr - Badge #68 - U.S. Army September 17, 1917 thru October 20, 1917 - Appointed July 1, 1916 – Engine 9, 6, 4, 7 - Retired January 1, 1953 - Died February 4, 1965
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Martin C Almroth - Appointed January 5, 1918 - Retired ? - Died June 4, 1971 - Brother of firefighter Charles Almroth
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Harold Lane - Appointed January 5, 1918 - Served at Engine 9 - Died January 26, 1957
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Joseph Rushton - Appointed January 5, 1918 - Served Engine 10 - Retired 1945 - Died March 8, 1977
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Joseph Dow - Badge # 18 - Appointed February 16, 1918 - Chief's Driver - May 1, 1935 – Supreme Sacrifice (LODD) July 29, 1951
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Edward A Hancock - Badge # 19 - Appointed February 16, 1918 -Engine Company 5, Chiefs Aide - Died September 3, 1956. Son Edward & Grandson Kevin became Deputy Chiefs and in 2018 the Hancocks provided > 100 years of continuous service
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Thomas T. Holmes -Badge # 128 - Appointment February 16, 1918 – Truck 2 - Retired January 1, 1954 - Died January 11, 1967
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Robert Simpson - Appointed February 16, 1918 - Served Engine 7 - Retired October 1942 - Died June 10 1957
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Arsene Nunnink - Badge # 119 – Appointed September 16, 1918 – Engine 9, 7 and Truck 1 - Retired January 1, 1955 - Died October 27, 1963
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John J. Dougherty - Badge # 95 - Appointed September 16, 1918 – Engine 4, 6 & 11 - Retired January 1, 1954 - Died March 12, 1971
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Joseph O'Donnell - Appointed September 16, 1918 - Served Engine 7 - Died September 23, 19446
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Fred Huber Sr. - Appointed September 16, 1918 - Served Engine 1 - Retired 1956 - Died May 8, 1964
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Joseph Grayson - Appointed November 1, 1919 - Served Engine 8 - Retired 1944 - Died April 27, 1967
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Edward T. McEwan - Badge # 114 -  Appointed November 1, 1919 – Truck 1 -  Retired January 1, 1954
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John E Hill - Purple Heart WWI - Appointed November 1, 1919 - Served Engine 9 - Died October 16, 1936
Appointed 1920 thru 1924
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Almroth, Charles 1921
​Bauman, Joseph 1922
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Blanchfield, William  1922
Brocco, Frank 1922
Campbell, Robert G. 1923
Corr, Frank 1921
​Dalton, Frank 1923
​Davies, Vincent J 1921
Donaldson, Henry 1921
​Gallagher, Walter 1924
​Garrity, Christopher 1921
​​Hartley, Paul 1921
​​Heffran, John  1923
Kelley, James 1922
​​Kuyl, Joseph 1921
​LaRue, Harold, 1922
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McBennett, Charles 1921
​McGee, Charles 1922​​
McGee John J 1921
​McIntyre, Frank 1921
​McKelvey James 1922
Mial, John 1923
​​O'Connor, Hubert - 1920​
​O'Neill Matthew R 1923

​​Peters, August, 1924
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Petty, Thomas 1922
​Ratzlaff, Reinhold 1922
​​Reinhardt, George 1922
​Shaw, Paul  1921
​Shearer, Joseph 1922
Spruce, John 1921
​Swords, Andrew 1921
​Tanis, Cornelius 1921
Travis, Robert 1922
Toomey John - 1921
Walsh, Leo - 1923
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Hubert A. O'Connor - Badge # 141 - U.S. Navy - Acting Chief Petty Officer April 1917 thru Feb. 19, 1919 -Appointed April 1, 1920 – Truck 1, Engine 10, FAO - Retired September 1, 1955
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Joseph A. Kuyl - Badge # 25 - U.S. Army April 1, 1918 thru July 1, 1919 - Appointed March 16, 1921 – Engine 1 - Retired - March 1, 1954
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John J. Toomey - Badge # 108 - U.S. Army April 28, 1917 thru May 16, 1919 -Appointed April 1, 1921 – Truck 2, Engine 13, Theater Detail, Combustibles - Died- September 23, 1954 - Son of FF Dennis Toomey (appointed 1905)
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John Spruce - Badge # 157 -- U.S. Army March 1918 - June 1919 -- Appointed - May 1, 1921 -- Supply Department - Retired 1952 - Died August 19, 1967
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Vincent J Davies - Appointed May 16, 1921 - Served Truck 3 - Retired 1944 - Died June 8, 19598
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Henry Donaldson - WWI veteran - Appointed May 16, 1921 - Served Engine 12 and 3 - Retired 1944
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Paul J. Shaw - Badge # 115 - U.S. Army July 22, 1918 thru Dec. 12, 1918 - Appointment June 1, 1921 – Truck 1 - Retired August 1, 1958 - Died December 14, 1972
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Frank Corr Badge # 77.-   U.S. Army October 1917 - May 1919 -- Appointed June 1, 1921 - Engine 8 & 2 & Combustible Bureau & School Inspection - Died October 19, 1956.
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John J McGee - Appointed June 16, 1921 - Engine 5 - Died February 24, 1945- Brother of FF Charles McGee
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Frank McIntyre - Badge # 130 - U.S. Army July 9, 1917 - May 16, 1919 -Appointed July 1, 1921 – Truck 2, Engines 12, 7, 9 & repair shop – Retired December 1, 1960
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Andrew Swords - WWI Veteran - Appointed July 1, 1921 - Served Engine 6 - Retired 1950 - Died March 8, 1952
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Christopher Garrity Sr. - Appointed August 16, 1921 - WWI Veteran (309th US Infantry 78th Division) Served Engine 8 - Died while on duty (in FH) September 1, 1947
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Cornelius Tanis - Appointed August 16, 1921 - Served Engine 2 - Died January 4, 1953
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Charles McBennett - Appointed September 16, 1921 - Served E1 - Supreme Sacrifice May 3, 1941
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Paul Hartley - Badge # 37 - U.S. Army July 1, 1918 - January 15, 1919 - Appointed October 16, 1921 - Engine1 and 2 -Retired November 1, 1959 - Died July 13, 1967
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Charles Almroth - Appointed November 1, 1921 - Served Engine 5 and Theater Detail - Retired 1942 - Died October 29, 1953 - Brother of FF Martin Almroth
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Harold A. La Rue - Badge # 91 - U.S. Army – Sergeant June 23, 1916 thru December 12, 1918 - Appointed March 1, 1922 - Passed away Nov. 14, 1960 (Suffered heart attack 11/9/60 at FAO - Fire Headquarters)
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James H Kelley - WWI Military Veteran - Appointed April 1, 1922 - Served Engine 6, 8, Truck 1 and Chief's Aide - Retired 1957 - Died March 25, 1971
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James J McKelvey - Appointed April 1, 1922 - WWI Naval Veteran - Died August 31 - served Engine 4, 1947 - Brother of FF William McKelvey
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Joseph Shearer - WWI AEF veteran who served in France - Appointed PFD April 1, 1922 - Served Engine 6 - Died September 19, 1951
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William Blanchfield - Badge # 145 - U.S. Navy June 7, 1909 – August 31, 1913 - U.S. Army September 19, 1917 thru May 26, 1919 - Victory medal with 4 Battle Stars - Appointed April 16, 1922 – Badge # 145 - Engine 10, FAO - Passed away - April 21, 1955
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John Mial - Badge # 144 - February 28, 1916 - May 16, 1919 - U.S. Army (Sergeant - Purple Heart) - Appointed - April 1, 1922 – Truck 3, Engine 6, FAO (at City Hall) - Died on-duty January 20, 1954
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Thomas Petty - Appointed April 1, 1922 - Served Engine 4 - Died March 11, 1938
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George J. Reinhardt Badge # 127 - U.S, Army September 5, 1918 - December 19, 1918 - Appointed - April 1, 1922 -- Engine 12, Truck 2 -- Retired Nov. 1, 1953 - Died July 22, 1980
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Robert Travis - WWI veteran - Appointed April 1, 1922 - Served Engine 3 and Truck 3 - Retired 1948 (last Ball Book mention was 1945) - Died September 21, 1971
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Frank Brocco - Appointed October 16, 1922 - Served Engine 8 - Retired 1950 - Died April 14, 1967
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Reinhold Ratzlaff- WWI Veteran - Appointed October 16, 1922 - Served Engine 7 - Retired ~1949 - Died June 8, 1974
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Charles McGee -Badge # 142 - July 9, 1918 - Sept. 15, 1919 - U.S. Army - Appointed November 1, 1922 – Truck 1, Engines 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, FAO - Retired September 1, 1954 - Died January 30, 1967 - Brother of FF John McGee
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Joseph Bauman - Appointed December 22, 1922 - Served Truck 2 - Died September 22, 1950
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Matthew R O'Neill - Appointed January 1, 1923 - Served Engine 5 - Supreme Sacrifice March 1938 at Quackenbush fire - Sone of Captain James O'Neill
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Robert G Campbell - WWI naval veteran - Appointed February 1, 1923 - Served Engine 9 - Retired May 16, 1948 - Died June 29, 1963
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John Heffran – Appointed June 1, 1923 – Badge # 72 - Truck 1; January 31, 1924 E1; January 1, 1932 E7 – Retired June 1, 1963 - Died March 19, 1993
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Leo A Walsh - WWI Army Veteran - Appointed December 25, 1923 - Truck 3 - Supreme Sacrifice 1941 - Died December 24, 1941
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August A. Peters - U.S. Navy November 1, 1917 thru January 24, 1919 - Appointed January 24, 1924 – Truck 3, Engine 6, Assistant Master Mechanic, FMBA President - Retired May 1, 1965
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Frank J. Dalton - Badge # 116 - U.S. Army – Corporal November 22, 1917 thru May 28, 1918 - Appointed December 25, 1923 – Truck 1, Engine 11 - Retired February 1, 1960 - Died February 3, 1966
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Walter Gallagher - Appointed May 10, 1924 - Served Engine 7 - Died May 1, 1953
Appointed 1925 - 1929
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Blakely, William 1928
Brosnam, Roger 1927
​Collins, John 1929
Cusack, Edward A 1925
​Dorman, George 1926
Dunn, Joseph R 1927
Graves, Thomas J 1927
​Griffen, John J 1925
​Hader, Michael  1927
​Hess, Samuel
​Kane, Harold N 1929
Kievit, Willliam Sr. 1925
Kithcart, Jesse 1926
Lauder, Watson L 1925
Magee, Robert 1927
​McGrady, David  1928
​Miller, Ferdinand 1927
​Ougaryszsek or Owczarysck, Joseph 1926
​aka Sheapherd or Shepherd
​Peters, Edward  1929

Probert, Howard H 1926
​​Recca, Joseph  1928
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Saunders, William  1925,
​Sturrock, James  1926
​Sutton, John  1928
Walsh, Thomas  1926
Whalen, John  1925
​Wildermuth, Ernest 1927
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Edward A. Cusack - Badge # 153 - U.S. Army Corporal April 1917 thru Jan. 1920 -Appointed May 1, 1925 – Truck 2, Engines 1, 6, 11, Combustibles, FAO -Retired January 31, 1962 - Died July 4, 1981
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John J. Griffin - Badge # 152 -   U.S. Army September 16, 1916 thru June 1919 - Appointed May 1, 1925 – Engine 2, Inspection Bureau - Died July 29, 1954
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William Kievit Sr. Served WWI - Appointed PFD May 1, 1925 - Engine 2 - Retired May 1, 1949 - Died May 19, 1956
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William D. Saunders - Badge # 65 - U.S. Army (Purple Heart) - April 25, 1918 thru March 19, 1919 -  Appointed May 1, 1925 – Engine 6 - Retired January 1, 1960 - Died November 7, 1972
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John F. Whalen - Badge # 121 - U.S. Army - Purple Heart November 23, 1917 thru August 29, 1919 - Appointed - May 1, 1925 – Engine 11, 2, 10, 6, FAO - Retired September 1, 1962 - Died January 29, 1980
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George Dorman - Badge # 118 - U.S. Army May 18, 1917 thru August 28, 1919 - Appointed August 1, 1926 – Truck 1 - Died Feb. 24, 1953
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William Blanchfield - Badge # 145 - U.S. Navy June 7, 1909 – August 31, 1913 - U.S. Army September 19, 1917 thru May 26, 1919 - Appointed April 16, 1922 – Engine 10, FAO - Passed away - April 21, 1955
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Watson L. Lauder - WWI Army Veteran, WWII Coast Guard veteran - Appointed May 1, 1925 - Retired 1947 - Died July 18, 1961
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Thomas C. Walsh -   Badge # 149 - U.S. Navy December 5, 1917 thru September 20, 1921 - Appointed March 16, 1926 – Truck 1, Engine 4, FAO and Theater Detail - Retired October 1, 1957 - Died May 26, 1978
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Jesse Kithcart - US Army Veteran - Appointed April 1, 1926 - Served Engine 4 - Died January 8, 1942
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James Sturrock - Badge # 158 - U.S. Army August 23, 1917 thru Dec. 13, 1918 – Appointed May, 1, 1926 – Engine 12, Supply Department -  Retired March 1, 1962- Died November 24, 1963
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Howard Probert - WWI Army veteran - Appointed June 16, 1926 - Served Engine 6 - Retired December 16, 1943 - Died December 6, 1953
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Ferdinand Miller - Badge # 87 -U.S. Army (Sergeant - Purple Heart) June 23, 1916 thru March 26, 1919   Appointed June 1, 1927 – Engines 1 & 10) - Retired - November 1, 1963 - Died February 8, 1967
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Joseph R. Dunn - Badge # 109 U.S. Navy (Fireman 2/c) - May 5, 1917 thru January 28, 1919 - Appointed July 1, 1927 – Engine 12 & 13, FAO - Died - Feb. 24, 1960
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Basil Roger Brosnan - Badge # 96 - U.S. Navy June 15, 1917 thru August 7, 1919 - Appointed August 1, 1927
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Ernest Wildermuth -   Badge # 101 - U.S. Navy November 19, 1917 thru January 22, 1919  Appointed August 1, 1927 – Engine 3, 12, 5 and 10 - Retired November 1, 1953 - Died October 15, 1968
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Thomas J Graves - Appointed October 1, 1927 - Served Engine 3 - Died July 8 1937 - Uncle of future Mayor Frank X Graves, Jr
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Robert H. Magee - Badge # 98 - U.S. Navy June 26, 1917 thru July 22, 1919 - Appointed  October 1, 1927 - Engine 5 and 11 - Retired 1965 - Served at FMBA State Executive Committee - Died December 18, 1969
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Ougaryszsek Joseph, aka Sheapard or Shepherd - Appointed November 1, 1926 - Served E8 and E1 - Died September 27, 1941
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Michael Hader - Badge # 79 - Appointed December 1, 1927 – Engine 5, 1, 8, Truck 3 - Died August 4, 1956
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Samuel R. Hess - Badge # 40 - U.S. Army   November 20, 1942 thru April 15, 1943 - Appointed June 1, 1928 – Engine 3 & 4 - Retired - May 1, 1953 - Died August 19, 1972 - Brother of Captain John Hess
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William Blakely - Badge # 78 - U.S. Army August 27, 1918 thru January 30, 1919 – Appointed August 1, 1928 - Truck 3, Engines 5 & 8, Combustibles - Retired March 1, 1962
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Joseph C Recca - Badge # 154 - Appointed October 1, 1928 -- Engines 4, 11, Inspection Bureau, FAO -- Retired - June 1, 1955 - Died February 16, 1964
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John J. Sutton - Badge # 156 - Appointed October 1, 1928 -   Engine 1, 3 & 10, Inspection Bureau, Combustibles - Retired February 1, 1956 - Died December 16, 1965
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David M. McGrady - Badge # 151 - August 3, 1917 thru September 27, 1919 (U.S. Navy / Fireman) - Appointed - October 16, 1928 – Engine 4, 7 & Theater Detail - Retired November 1, 1953 - Died May 30, 1965
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John Collins - Appointed July 1, 1929 - Served Truck 2 - Elected FMBA President in 1939 - Died - May 19, 1947
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Edward Peters - Badge # 105 - Appointed July 1, 1929 – Truck 3, Engine 12 - Retired March 1, 1958 - Died August 20, 1973
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Harold N Kane - Aoointed January 1, 1929 - Served E7 briefly and then Engine 13 - Retired December 1, 1967 - Was Executive VP FMBA 1938
Appointed 1930 - 1939
    Rossi, Gaston  1930        Carroll, John  1936    
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Gaston Rossi - Badge # 66 -   U.S. Navy May 31, 1917 thru March 19, 1919 – Appointed December 16, 1930 – Engine 6 - Retired March 1, 1956
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John J. Carroll - U.S. Navy March 22, 1944 - December 21, 1945 – Appointed January 1, 1936 – Shop, Assistant Master Mechanic, Master Mechanic - Retired July 1, 1974 - Died December 3, 1987
Appointed 1940 - 1949
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Bushnauskas, Joseph Jr  1949
Carr, Raymond  1942
Contini, Angelo  1947
​Dalton, Francis Jr. 1947
D'Amico, Nicholas  1949
Downey, William  1947
​Durkin, James  1949
​Hebda, Frank  1947
Ingram, Thomas  1947
​Kedash, John  1947
​Leitner, Joseph  1942
​Lysaght, John  1947
Moore, Edward Jr.  1947
Moore, Francis  1943
​Murray, Francis  1949
​Palonis, John  1949
​Rankin, John  1947
​Recca, Sabias  1949
​Ricciardi,Fred  1949
​Scarmazza, Vincent  1949
Shortway, Richard  1947
​Sisco, John  1943
​Thompson, John  1947 Wehrer, William  1949​
Westhoven, Edward  1943
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Joseph J. Leitner -   Badge # 92 -   U.S. Army 1st Sergeant January 23, 1943 thru January 24, 1946 - Appointed April 16, 1942 – Truck 2, Engine 6 & 10, Chief’s Aide - Retired September 1, 1977
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John F. Sisco - Badge # 70 - Appointment August 1, 1943 – Engine 4 & 7 - Died September 27, 1962
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Raymond Carr - Badge # 24 - - Appointed - April 16, 1942 – USMC – Corporal August. 30, 1943 thru December 22, 1945 - served at Engine 7, Truck 2, Chief’s aide - Resigned - December 1, 1974
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Edward "the Hat" Westhoven – Badges 110, 28, 26) – Appointed October 1, 1943 – Engine 12, 13, Chiefs Aide for Car 70 (1951) - Retired September 1, 1977
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Francis Richard Moore - Badge # 73 - Appointed March 1, 1943 -  Engine 7 & 10, Combustibles -  Retired March 1, 1974
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John F. Lysaght - Badge # 131 - U.S. Army March 26, 1943 thru May 30, 1946 - Appointed December 1, 1947 – Truck 2, FAO - Retired Dec. 1, 1966 -Died January 25, 1978
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John C. Kedash Badge # 99 – U.S. Army July 13, 1943 thru Feb. 19, 1946 - Appointed December 1, 1947 – Engine 5, 11, Truck 1, Master Carpenter - Retired - June 1, 1983 - Died July 25, 2015
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Sabias F. Recca Served as Sergeant in U.S.M.C. September 2, 1942 thru November 9, 1945 – Naval Unit & Presidential Unit Citations, Good Conduct Medal - Appointed January 16, 1949 – Badge # 133 - Engine 1 & 8 -Retired – December 1, 1979
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Frank Hebda - Badge # 137 – U.S.M.C. June 21, 1939 thru October 3, 1945 – Appointed July 1, 1947 – Truck 3 & 1 - Retired April 1, 1973
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Edward J. Moore Jr. - Badge # 56 - U.S. Marines Corporal August 1941 thru October 1945 – Appointed July 1, 1947 – Truck 1 & Engine 9 - Leave of absence February 1, 1954 and resigned on May 1, 1954. Joined Paterson Police Department where he died on August 27, 1972 as a Captain
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Francis J. Dalton Jr. - Badge # 47 - U.S. Army - Purple Heart December 26, 1942 thru December 16, 1945 - Appointed August 1, 1947
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Richard G. Shortway -   Badge # 129 - U.S. Army Sergeant March 29, 1943 thru March 30, 1946 Purple Heart - Appointed August 1, 1947 – Engine 5, Truck 2, Chief’s Aide - Lieutenant - February 1, 1958 - Resigned March 9, 1960 - May 15, 2018
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John H. Thompson -Badge # 113 - U.S. Army - T/Sgt. June 10, 1940 thru July 22, 1945 - Appointment November 1, 1947 – Engine 13, 4, Assistant Master Carpenter - Retired August 1, 1981
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Angelo Contini - Badge # 134 - U.S. Coast Guard November 25, 1942 thru April 31, 1946 - Appointed September 1, 1947 - Truck 3, Assistant Master Mechanic 1956, Master Mechanic 1972 – Retired October 1, 1982 - Died December 6, 1989
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William M. Downey -  Served as Staff Sergeant in U.S. Army February 17, 1942 thru October 4, 1945 – Purple Heart, Bronze Star, European Theatre Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal - Appointed PFD September 1, 1947 Badge # 45 - Engine 3, 10, 13 - Retired - September 1, 1977 - Died May 15, 2012
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Thomas H. Ingram -   Badge # 135 - U.S. Navy May 26, 1944 thru January 24, 1946 – Appointed October 1, 1947 - Truck Co. 3 - Resigned - December 26, 1957
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John E. Rankin – Served as Chief Storekeeper in U.S. Navy March 28, 1942 thru September 20, 1945 – American Defense Asiatic Pacific Theater - Temporary appointment - October 16, 1945 thru February 1, 1947 - Appointment - November 1, 1947 Badge # 117 – Truck 1, Chief’s aide – Retired February 1, 1977
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Nicholas D'Amico - Badge # 161 - U.S. Coast Guard August 8, 1942 thru October 8, 1945 -Appointed January 16, 1949 –Truck 3, 1, Engine 13, 7 - Retired January 1, 1979 - Died February 11, 1997
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John Palonis - Badge # 62 - U.S. Marines Corporal August 1943 thru July 1946 - Appointed January 16, 1949 - Engine 5, Chief's Aide - Retired September 1, 1975
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James J. Durkin Badge # 165 - U.S. Army October 12, 1942 thru November 15, 1945 - Appointed February 1, 1949 – Engine 6 - Retired December 1, 1978
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Francis Joseph Murray - Badge # 164 - U.S. Navy April 1, 1943 thru March 1, 1946 - Appointed February 1, 1949 – Engine 13 & 8 - Retired February 1, 1974 - Died October 14, 2000
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Fred P. Ricciardi - Badge # 163 -   U.S. Marines Corporal October 5, 1942 thru October 19, 1945 - Appointed February 1, 1949 - Chief's Aide - December 1, 1956 - Retired April 1, 1983
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William J. Wehrer -   Served as Gunners Mate 2/c U.S. Navy February 2, 1944 thru December 22, 1945 – American Pacific Theatre, Philippine Liberation - Appointed- May 1, 1949 – Badge # 167 -  Engine 2 - Died September 21, 1968
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Joseph R. Bushnauskas Jr. - Badge # 168 - U.S. Navy August 6, 1943 thru March 9, 1946 - Pacific Theater, European & African American Theater - Appointed June 1, 1949 – Engine 2 - Retired June 1, 1981 - Died January 9, 1997
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Vincent Scarmozza – Served as Technician 3rd Grade US Army March 24, 1943 thru February 1, 1946 - Appointed August 1, 1949 – Badge # 187 – Lineman Fire Alarm Telegraph – 1956 Acting Assistant Master Carpenter -Retired - September 1, 1980 - Died October 24, 2015
Appointed 1950 - 1953
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Alexander, John  1950
​Berman, Philmore 1950
Cichon, John  1950
​Dodd, Joseph  1950
​Donnelly, Joseph 1951
​Dougherty, John  1953
​Ferraro, Paul  1952
​Fisher, Robert  1952
​Furman​, Frank  1950
​Grossi, Carmine  1950
​Lawless, John Jr.  1951
​Leonard, William  1950
​Maccanico, John 1952
Masoti, Patsy  1951
​McGrath, Charles  1952
McVey, William  1952
​Nargiso, Jack  1952

​Ranieri, Joseph  1952
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Reid, George  1952
​Rennie, James  1951
​Rippey, Harry  1952
​Ristan, Edward  1950
​Saveriano, Modesto  1952
​Stephenson, Russell  1950
​Vitale, Pellegrino  1952
​Waterson, Thomas  1950
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John J. Alexander - Badge # 176 -U.S. Navy December 7, 1942 thru February 27, 1946 – Appointed January 1, 1950 – Engine 9, 5, 7 - Leave of absence from FD - May 1, 1959 until Resignation - August 13, 1959
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Philmore "Phil" Berman - Served U.S. Navy as Aviation Machinist Mate - December 26, 1944 thru July 30, 1946 & received Purple Heart - Appointed January 1, 1950 badge #93 - Engine 1 - reassigned to E-5 on July 15, 1950. Resigned to join NJ State Police August 31, 1953
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Joseph F. Dodd - Badge # 174 -U.S.M.C. June 15, 1943 thru June 15, 1946 - Appointed January 1, 1950 – Engine 5, 1 & 3 - Resigned August 1, 1954
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Carmine Grossi - Badge # 180 - U.S.M.C. July 14, 1942 thru July 31, 1945 - Appointed January 1, 1950 - Truck 2 & 3, Combustibles - Retired March 1, 1982
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William W. Leonard -   Badge # 173 - U.S. Army July 22, 1941 thru October 2, 1945 - Appointed January 1, 1950 – Engine 2, Combustibles, Ambulance - Retired January 1, 1980 - Died December 10, 1987
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Edward M. Ristan - Badge # 175 - U.S. Army Corporal August 29, 1944 thru January 30, 1946 - Appointment January 1, 1950 – Engine 7 - Lieutenant Engine 1- November 16, 1960 - Died June 19, 1964
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Thomas L. Watterson -   Served as Sergeant U.S. Army Sergeant August 1942 thru February 1946 –Asiatic/Pacific Medal - Appointed January 1, 1950 –Badge # 97 – Engine 1, 4, 7, 9, Chief’s Aide - Retired January 1, 1975 - Died April 10, 2015
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John A. Cichon - U.S. Army – Technical Sergeant March 27, 1943 thru October 6, 1945 Distinguished Flying Cross, 6 Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Air Medal with 3 Clusters - Appointed February 1, 1950 – Badge # 181 - Engine 1, 11, 12, Truck 3 & 2 - Retired September 1, 1979 - Died October 20, 1996
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Frank P. Furman - Badge # 183 - U.S. Army July 29, 1941 thru December 12, 1945 Appointed June 1, 1950 January 16, 1952 –Engine 1 - Leave of absence from FD - Resigned April 16, 1952
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Russell J. Stephenson – Served as Weapons Technician U.S. Navy July 4, 1942 thru January 5, 1946 – 6 Medals with 7 Battle Stars - Appointed PFD November 1, 1950 – Badge # 123 - Truck 1,2 Chief’s aide, Combustibles, Community Relations - Retired March 1, 1982 - Died July 30, 2015
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Joseph B. Donnelly - Badge # 76 - U.S. Navy (Torpedoman 2/c - Submarine) August 26, 1942 thru October 17, 1945 - Appointed January 1, 1951 – Truck 1, 3 - Promoted to Lieutenant September 1, 1960 - Died- September 8, 1962
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John Lawless Jr. -  Badge # 186 - U.S. Army – Sergeant February 1943 thru February 1946 - Appointed March 1, 1951 – Truck 3 June 1, 1952 took 3 month leave of absence to join PPD - Resigned from PFD August 1, 1952
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Patsy J. Masotti - Badge # 26 - Army Air Force - March 5, 1943 thru January 28, 1946 – Appointed June 1, 1951 – Engine 3 - March 1, 1952 Leave of absence from FD - Resigned from FD June 1, 1952
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James E. Rennie -   Badge # 18 - U.S. Navy - September 22, 1943 thru December 31, 1945 - Appointed November 1, 1951 –Engine 3, 5, Chief’s Aide Resigned - November 11, 1963
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Paul Ferraro - Badge # 189 - U.S. Navy February 18, 1944 thru May 12, 1946 - Appointed June 1, 1952  Leave of absence from FD (Appointed to Paterson PD) February 1, 1954 – Resigned April 1, 1954
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Jack J. Nargiso - Served Technician 4th Grade - U.S. Army May 16, 1941 thru June 11, 1945 - European/African/Middle Eastern Service Award – American Defense 4 Battle Stars – Appointed PFD June 1, 1952 – Badge # 192 – Engine 5, 11, 10 - Retired April 1, 1983 - Died November 4, 2008
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George W. Reid - Badge # 194 - U.S. Navy April 18, 1943 thru February 24, 1946 – Appointed June 1, 1952 – Engine 11 - Retired - June 1, 1978 - Died September 28, 1994
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Harry Rippey - Badge # 195 - U.S. Army January 29, 1943 thru December 25, 1946 -  Appointed June 1, 1952 – Truck 1, Mechanic shop - Retired October 1, 1979 - Died December 24, 1987
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Modestino Saveriano - Badge # 196 - U.S. Army February 1944 thru April 1946 – Appointed June 1, 1952 – Engine 1, 7, 9, Truck 2 – Died January 28, 1980
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John Maccanico - Appointed September 1, 1952 - served as Chief's Aide Care 73 - retired August 1, 1980
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Charles A. McGrath -   Badge # 199 - U.S. Army Corporal September 4, 1946 thru March 3, 1948 - Appointed September 1, 1952 - Resigned - Sept. 16, 1956 - Died December 13, 1997
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William J. McVey -  – Served in U.S. Army September 24, 1942 thru November 7, 1945 – European Theatre 5 Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Citation – Appointed to PFD September 1, 1952 – Badge # 197 - Served at Engine 13, Chief’s Aide - Retired June 1, 1980 - Died June 7, 1999
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Joseph Ranieri - Badge # 198 - U.S. Navy     January 30, 1944 - Appointed September 1, 1952 – Engine 5, 1, 11, 8, Chiefs aide - Retired September 1, 1977 - Died July 5, 1979
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Robert Fisher - Badge # 190 - U.S. Navy May 22, 1944 thru October 17, 1945 - Appointed June 1, 1952 –Truck 3, Engine 3, Combustibles - Died September 13, 1965
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Pellegrino C. Vitale - Badge # 200 - Military Service: W.S.A.A.F. February 14, 1946 thru August 5, 1947 - Appointed September 1, 1952 – Engine 1, 5, 12, Chief’s Aide - Retired March 1, 1982 - Died January 11, 2016
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John J. Dougherty - U.S. Army - Master Sergeant April 2, 1942 thru January 12, 1946 - Temporary Lineman Fire & Police Telegraph System - May 1, 1951 thru April 30, 1953 (? As early 1950) - Permanent Appointment as Lineman May 1, 1953 - Retired January 1, 1979
Appointed 1954
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Bachetti, John
Bergen, Francis
​Bolen, Thomas
Calamita, Thomas Sr 
Caposella, Carmine
DeMattia, John
DeRitter, Alan
​DiGuglielmo, Ralph
​Elkovich, Daniel
​Gaita, Anthony Jr​Giglio, Patsy
 Hannenberg, Thomas
​Harveyluke, Frank
Hunt, Edward
Johnstone, James
Kettman, Henry
​Lott, Anthony
Mandara, Vincent
McCabe, Joseph
​McMaster, William​
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O'Neill, Robert
​Quigley, Leo
​Redmon, Russ
​Ricciardi, Nicholas
Simpson, Charles
Toth, John
​Wagner, Robert
​White, Elmer
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John Bachetti - Badge # 68 - U.S. Coast Guard November 1942 thru March 1946 - Appointed February 1, 1954 – Truck 1, Engine 12, Combustibles - Retired October 1, 1979
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Francis J. Bergen - Badge # 126 - U.S.M.C. – Sergeant February 17, 1949 thru October 8, 1952 - Temporary Fireman - July 1, 1953 - January 31, 1954 -   Appointed February 1, 1954 – Engine 10 - Retired August 1, 1983 - Died November 4, 2013
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Allan W. DeRitter - Badge # 41 - U.S. Army – Corporal June 12, 1942 thru January 10, 1946 - Appointed June 1, 1950 -  September 1, 1952: resigned from FD & appointed to Paterson PD - Appointed temporary Fireman July 1, 1953 thru January 31, 1954 – Permanently appointed February 1, 1954 – Truck 3 & 1, FAO - Engine 1 & 8, Community Relations - Retired April 1, 1979
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Anthony C Gaita Jr - Appointed February 1, 1954 - Chief's Aid - killed in MVA September 15, 1968
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Frank Havryluke - Badge # 51 - U.S. Army - Corporal January 15, 1942 thru December 12, 1945 - Appointed February 1, 1954 - Engine 11 & 13 -Resigned - Oct. 27, 1967
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James Johnstone -   Badge # 80 - U.S. Army November 18, 1942 thru December 2, 1943 – Appointed February 1, 1954 – Truck 3, 1, Chief’s Aide - Retired June 1, 1976
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Henry "Hank" Kettman - Badge #57 - Served in US Navy Maym 23, 1943-December 22, 1945 - Temporary appointment to PFD July 1, 1953 made permanent February 1, 1954 - Served Truck 2, Engine 8 and Ambulance service - Retired April 1, 1981
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Vincent J. “Chick” Mandara - Badge # 20 - U.S. Army 1940 thru 1945 – Appointed February 1, 1954 – Engine 1, 8, 9 – Truck 3 - Died October 17, 1977
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Joseph M. McCabe -  Badge # 25 - U.S. Army - (Tech. Sergeant) September 16, 1940 thru October 4, 1945 Appointed February 1, 1954 – Truck 3, Chief's Aide - Retired September 1, 1980
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William R. "Willie" McMaster - Badge #23 - U.S. Army Corporal - November 18, 1943 thru May 4, 1946 - Battle Ribbons - Temporary Fireman July 1, 1953 - January 31, 1954 - Appointment February 1, 1954 – Engines 1, 2, 8, Ambulance, Shop -Retired April 1, 1982 - Died September 11, 2003
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Robert F. O'Neill - Badge # 84 - U.S. Army - June 30, 1942 thru November 29, 1945 Appointed February 1, 1954 – Engine 13 - Resigned from FD to move to Paterson PD July 1, 1954 –
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Leo J. Quigley - Badge # 148 - U.S. Navy - Deep Sea Diver 2/c Feb. 13, 1943 thru April 12, 1946 - Temporary Fireman July 1, 1953 - Jan. 31, 1954 – Appointment February 1, 1954 – Truck 1, Engine 13 & 10, Carpenter’s shop - Retired April 1, 1982 - Died September 24, 1996
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Russ Redmon - Badge # 31 - U.S. Navy November 1944 thru September 1951 - Temporary Fireman: July 1, 1953 - Jan. 31, 1954 – Appointed February 1, 1954 – Engine 1, 7, 9, 13, Office - Retired August 1, 1980 - Died September 21, 2005
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John S. Toth - Badge # 101 - U.S. Army February 1943 thru Dec. 1945 - Appointed February 1, 1954 – Truck 3 & 1, Supply bureau - Retired - July 1, 1981
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Elmer J. White -   Badge # 95 - U.S. Army May 1, 1943 thru January 7, 1946 Appointed February 1, 1954 - Truck 1   March 1, 1955 - Resigned from FD & appointed to Paterson PD
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Thomas J. Calamita Sr. WWII veteran - Appointed July 1, 1954 - May 8, 1978 LODD at 84 Lyons Street fire - Brother of Frank Calamita and Uncle of DC Frank Calamita and Captain Glen Calamita
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Carmine J. Caposella - Badge # 183 -  U.S. Army - Corporal February 19, 1942 thru December 25, 1945 - Appointed July 1, 1954 – Engine 3, 4, 13 & Chief’s Aide - Retired October. 1, 1975 - Father of Deputy Chief Michael Caposella
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John "Fat John“ DeMattia - Badge # 40 U.S. Army Sergeant  September 1950 thru June 1952 - Appointed July 1, 1954 – Engine 5, 1, Combustibles, Training Program - Retired August 1, 1984 - Died February 15, 2006
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Daniel Elkovich - Badge # 157 - U.S. Navy January 18, 1944 thru May 26, 1946 - Appointed July 1, 1954 – Engine 7, Chief’s Aide, FAO - Retired March 1, 1982
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Patsy J. Giglio - Badge # 139 - U.S. Army (Purple Heart) December 23 1942 thru December 18, 1945 -   Temporary Appointment July 1, 1953 - February 1, 1954 - Appointment - July 1, 1954 - Engine 9, 11 Truck 3 & 1 - Retired October 1, 1976 - Died December 14, 1978 - Father of FF Patrick Giglio
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Anthony “Tony” Lott - Badge # 186 - Served as Technician 5th Grade U.S. Army October 14, 1941 thru September 12, 1945 -  7 Campaign Stars -   Appointed Temporary Fireman July 1, 1953 thru Feb. 1, 1954 and Permanently on July 1, 1954 – Engine 9 and 12 - Retired September 1, 1979 - Died April 8, 2010
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Nicholas A. Ricciardi - Badge # 189 - U.S. Navy January 1943 thru January 1946 – Appointed July 1, 1954 - Engine 12 & 11 - Retired June 1, 1980
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Thomas E. Bolen Jr. - Badge # 206 - U.S. Army September 20, 1940 thru July 11, 1945 – Appointment September 1, 1954 – Engine 6 - Retired September 1, 1979
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Ralph DiGuglielmo - Badge # 202 - U.S. Army September 13, 1943 – December 10, 1945 - Appointed September 1, 1954 – Engine 3 - Died December 8, 1977 (collapsed on-duty/transported to Hospital)
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Thomas Hannenberg - Badge # 207 – U.S. Navy November 19, 1942 thru January 1, 1946 – Appointed September 1, 1954 – Truck 2, 3 & 1 - Retired September 1, 1979
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Edward W. Hunt -   Badge # 203 - U.S. Navy July 20, 1943 thru May 19, 1946 - Temporary Fireman July 1, 1953 - Feb. 1, 1954 – Appointed September 1, 1954 – Engine 1, 11 - Retired November 1, 1981 - Died March 15, 2001
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Charles R. Simpson - Badge # 204 - U.S. Navy December 13, 1942 thru December 18, 1945 – Appointment September 1, 1954 - Engine 6, 5, Chief’s aide - Retired - April 1, 1974
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Robert C. Wagner - Badge # 205 - U.S. Army - Sergeant - Purple Heart - August 29, 1940 thru August 29, 1946 - Temporary Fireman July 1, 1953 - February 1, 1954 - Permanent Appointment September 1, 1954 - – Truck 3 & 1, Combustibles - Retired September 1, 1977
Appointed 1955 - 1956
Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Asea, George  1956
​Barr. James  1955
​Botti, Armando 1955
Black, Alexander  1956
​Breeze, John 1956
​Cappello, Anthony  1956
​Corsetto, Anthony  1955
Cunningham, Donald  1956
Cusack, Raymond  1956​
​Hartman, Daniel  1956
Heydorn, Arthur  1956
​Hughes, Thomas  1955
​Kane, Edward  1956
​Kocian, Henry  1955
​Kosman, Thomas 1956
LaRegina, Victor  1956
​Lentino, Ludwig 1955
​Limongi, Frank  1956
​Mateer, Edward 1955
​Mercadante, Thomas  1956

Mercadante, Thomas  1956
​McGinnis, Roy  1956
​Nicholas, Harold  1956
​Occhipinti, Edward  1956
​Siss, William R 1955
Storbeck, Robert  1955​
​Valois, Vincent  1955
​West, Kenneth  1956
​Wuensch, Richard P. 1956
​Ziza, Anthony  1955
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Anthony J. Corsetto - Badge # 209 - U.S. Army June 28, 1948 thru April 25, 1950 - Appointed January 1, 1955 – E13, 8, 11, Combustibles - Retired April 1, 1974 - Died August 16, 2011
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Ludwig Lentino - Badge # 212 (later changed to Badge # 114) - U.S. Navy – Fireman December 6, 1945 thru December 6, 1947 - Appointed January 1, 1955 – Engine 3, 8, 5 - Retired January 1, 1980
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Edward Mateer - WWII Naval veteran - Appointed January 1, 1955 - Served Engine 7 and 9 - Died February 28, 1965
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Robert D. Storbeck -   Badge # 214 - Appointed January 1, 1955 – Engine 10 - Resigned January 1, 1962-----Died March 10, 1982
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Vincent A. Valois Jr. -   Badge # 213 - Appointed January 1, 1955 – Truck 2, Engine 7, Shop - Retired April 1, 1980 - Died December 29, 1991
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James J. Barr - Badge # 73 - U.S. Navy August 16, 1949 thru May 16, 1953 - Appointed as Lineman (Fire Alarm) - May 1, 1955 - Resigned August 1961 – Appointed PPD
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Thomas E. Hughes - Badge # 215 - U.S. Navy February 20, 1943 thru March 10, 1946 – Appointed March 1, 1955 – Engine 10 - Retired April 1, 1986
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Anthony Zisa - Badge # 119 - U.S. Army September 27, 1945 thru November 26, 1946 - Appointed - March 1, 1955 – Engine 3, 8, Chief’s Aide - Retired July 1, 1981
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Alexander M. Black -   Badge # 142 - U.S. Air Force - Sergeant January 3, 1942 thru October 5, 1945 - Appointed March 1, 1956 – Engine 10, Painter - Retired July 1, 1966 - Reinstated to PFD - Nov. 1, 1969
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Donald Cunningham -   Badge # 140 - U.S.M.C. Sergeant September 15, 1947 thru September 14, 1951 -   Temporary Fireman - April 16, 1955 – Appointed March 1, 1956 – Engine 1, Truck 2 - Resigned May 1, 1959
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Armando Botti -   Badge # 111 - U.S. Army Sergeant August 1951 thru May 1953 - Temporary Fireman - April 16, 1955 - Appointment - March 1, 1956 – Engine 8, 12 - Retired March 1, 1981
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William R. Siss – Served as PFC in US Army Air Corps June 1940 thru September 1942 – Appointed PFD – June 1, 1955 - Badge 145 - Assigned E1 B shift; April 16, 1956 E2 B shift; January 1, 1957 Truck 2 A shift; January 1, 1962 E 11 A shift; September 1, 1963 E1 Tour 2; 1971 E10 - Died December 27, 1974
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Raymond M. Cusack - Badge # 174 - U.S. Navy May 1951 thru April 1953 -Temporary Fireman - June 1, 1955 Appointed March 1, 1956 – Engine 1, Truck 2 - Retired April 1, 1987
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Henry Kocian - Served as PFC in U.S. Army March 11, 1943 thru Sept. 8, 1945 - Purple Heart Normany Campaign - Temporary Fireman April 16, 1955 - Permanent appointment March 1, 1956 –Badge # 84 - Engine 7, 5, 11, 10 - Retired July 1, 1978
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Thomas J. Kosman - Badge # 61 - U.S. Army   January 31, 1952 thru December 31, 1953 - Appointed March 1, 1956 – Truck 1 & 3, FAO, Engine 12, & 1 Retired - March 1, 1981
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Victor G. La Regina -   Badge # 141 - U.S. Army Sergeant November 28, 1942 thru February 10, 1946 - Appointed March 1, 1956 – FAO, Engine 13, Truck 1 -   Retired March 1, 1981 - Died September 7, 1999
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John W Brzezowski (Breeze) - Appointed April 1, 1956 - Served Engine 10 - Died March 27, 2009
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Thomas Mercadante - Badge # 152 - U.S. Navy April 23, 1951 thru November 30, 1952 -  Appointed as temporary fireman - April 16, 1955 - Appointed - March 1, 1956 – Engine 7 & 1, Chief’s Aide - Retired June 1, 1980
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Richard Wuensch - Appointed March 1, 1956 - Served E4 A shift, then served Truck 1 September 1, 1963 Tour 4 and later Tour 2 - Retired 1981 - Died July 29, 1989
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Frank Limongi - Badge # 144 - U.S. Air Force - Staff Sergeant November 23, 1948 thru September 2, 1952 – Appointed April 1, 1956 – FAO, Engine 13, 3, 6 – Truck 3 - Retired April 1, 1981
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Anthony Cappello - Badge # 114 - U.S.M.C. January 1943 thru January 1946 - Appointment June 1, 1956 – FAO, Engine 12 & 13 - April 14, 1970 - Mechanical Repairman position - Retired June 1, 1979
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Daniel Hartman – Served as Seaman 1/c in US Navy June 27, 1944 thru May 24, 1946 – European Theater with 2 Battle Stars - Appointed June 1, 1956 – - Badge # 136 - FAO, Engines 12, 9, 2, 3 - Resigned May. 24, 1961
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Roy W. McGinnis - Badge # 143 - U.S. Navy April 1944 thru February 1946 - Appointed June 1, 1956 – Engine 1, 11, 4, 9, 7 Truck 2, FAO-  Retired - April 1, 1982
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George Asea - Badge # 235 - U.S. Navy February 13, 1943 thru February 13, 1946 -   Appointed October 1, 1956 – Truck 2 &3, Engine 5, Truck 1 - Retired September 1, 1982 - July 11, 2006
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Harold “Unc” Nicholas - Badge # 236 - U.S. Navy July 20, 1942 thru November 20, 1945 – Appointed October 1, 1956 – Engine 12, 8 and Truck 1 - Retired November 1, 1981 - Died September 24, 1991
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Edward Occhipinti - Badge # 237 - U.S. Army November. 17, 1950 thru November 16, 1952 - Appointed October 1, 1956 – Engine 3 - Retired October 1, 1981
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Kenneth West - Badge # 239 - U.S. Navy November 26, 1947 thru November 26, 1951 - Temporary Fireman April 16, 1955 thru March 1, 1956 -   Paterson Police Dept. - March 1, 1956 thru September 30, 1956 – Appointed PFD - October 1, 1956 – Engines 2 & 6 - Retired April 1, 1984
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Arthur Heydorn Sr. -Badge # 219 - U.S. Navy March 19, 1945 - July 25, 1946 - Appointed December 1, 1956 – Engine 2, 5, 4, 7 Truck 3 - Died- January 10, 1972
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Edward R. Kane - Badge # 217 U.S. Army – Corporal March 1, 1943 thru January 1, 1946 - Appointed December 1, 1956 – Engine 12, 11 - Retired January 1, 1982
Appointed 1957 - 1959
​​Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Cetrano, John  1959
​Donohue, John  1957
​Doland, Kenneth  1958
​Dowling, William  1957
Fitzpatrick, Raymond  1957
Francavilla, G Alphonso  '59
Goerner, Russell  1957​
​Grant, Warren  1958
​Kidd, Alexander  1959
​​Lenoy, Robert  1957
Mendillo, Joseph  1957
​Niclaus, Walter  1957
​Noorigian, Leon  1958
​Parkin, Joseph Sr  1957
Romeo, Alfred  1958
​Rusconi, Albert  1959
​​Salmanowitz, Arthur  1957
​Savage, William  1957
Shearn, Kenneth  1959
​Stryker, Harry  1957
​Wester, Robert  1959
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John Donohue – Badge # 222 - Served as Gunner's Mate 2/c in U.S. Navy Sept. 26, 1950 thru July 2, 1954 -  Occupation Medal, Good Conduct Medal and American Defense Medal - Appointed April 1, 1957 – FAO, Engine 1, 4, 11 - Retired March 1, 1982
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Harry Stryker Jr. – Served as Technician 4th Grade in U.S. Army January 30, 1945 thru October 25, 1946 – Good Conduct Medal, Philippine Liberation and Occupation - Initially appointed to PPD - Appointed to FD - April 1, 1957 - Badge # 223 - Engine 1, 2, 9 - Retired March 1, 1981
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Raymond A. Fitzpatrick – Badge 83 - U.S. Navy July 7, 1949 thru July 7, 1950 - Temporary Lineman December 1, 1956 - September 1, 1957 – Appointed - September 1, 1957 Lineman - Senior lineman 1968. - After EVRS assigned to FD August 15, 1977 - Retired September 1, 1984 - Died Maym 19, 2022
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William J. Dowling -   Badge # 225 - U.S. Navy December 20, 1950 - December 19, 1954 Appointed October 1, 1957 – Engine 11, Truck 1 - Resigned January 9, 1969
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Russell Goerner – Served as Electrician’s Mate 3/c in US Navy June 4, 1943 thru June 29, 1946 – American Theater Navy Unit Commendation, Asiatic Pacific Philippine Liberation, -Badge # 227 -  Appointed October 1, 1957 – Engines 3 & 6 - Retired March 1, 1983
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Robert Lenoy - Badge # 229 - U.S.M.C. Sergeant February 19, 1951 thru February 15, 1954 Appointed October 1, 1957 – Engine 11 - Retired March 1, 1983
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Joseph Mendillo - Badge # 230 - U.S.M.C. Corporal : April 16, 1942 thru December 26, 1946 - Appointed October, 1, 1957 – FAO, Engine 11,Truck 1, Combustibles - Retired October 1, 1982 - Brother of FF Phil Mendillo
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Walter Niclaus - Badge # 224 - U.S. Navy   July 1943 thru March 1946 - Was Paterson Police Officer (no dates)  Appointed to PFD - October 1, 1957 – Engine 6, 5, 12, Truck 1 - Retired - May 1, 1981
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Arthur Salmanowitz -   Badge # 228 - U.S. Army – Corporal January 24, 1952 thru December 31, 1953 – Appointed October 1, 1957 – Engine 8 - Retired October 1, 1982
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William Savage -   Badge # 226 - U.S. Army  May 25, 1945 thru November 17, 1946 - Temporary Fireman - April 16, 1955 - Feb. 1, 1956 – Appointed Paterson Police Dept. (1.5 years/no dates indicated) - Appointed to FD - October 1, 1957 – Engine 1, Chief’s Aide - Retired August 1, 1984 - Died December 25, 1996
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Joseph Parkin Sr. Appointed December 1, 1957 - Served Engine 3 thru 1969 and then Truck 2, Tour 4 thru retirement in 1982 - Died January 27, 2020
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Kenneth W. Doland -  Badge # 232 - Served with U.S. Marines as Sergeant April 1943 thry September 1951 - Navy Unit and Presidential Citations - Appointed March 1, 1958 – Truck 3, Engine 12 - Resigned April 22, 1969
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Leon Noorigian - Badge # 233 - U.S. Marines September 23, 1943 thru July 3, 1946 - Appointed March 1, 1958 – Engine 2, Truck 2 - Retired November 1, 1983
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Warren J. Grant - Badge # 50 - - U.S. Navy   November 23, 1942 thru November 16, 1945 - Appointed April 1, 1958- Engines 4 & 1, Truck 2 - Retired - June 1, 1983
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Alfred "Fred" Romeo - Initial Badge # 104, Badge # 93 issued May 9, 1983 - U.S. Navy June 7, 1943 thru March 8, 1946 -   Temporary Appointment April 1, 1957, Permanent Appointment December 1, 1958 –FAO, Engines 11, 2, 7, 8 - Retired April 1, 1986
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John S. Cetrano - Badge # 39 - U.S.M.C. Corporal December 15, 1950 thru December 29, 1953 - Appointed - January 1, 1959 – FAO, Engine 2, 5 and 8 – Retired January 1, 1984
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Alfonso G. Francavilla -   Badge # 35 – Corporal, Army Air Force  January 26, 1943 thru January 4, 1946 -Appointed - January 1, 1959 – FAO, Truck 3 - Retired April 1, 1984 - Died March 16, 2003 - Father of FF Alphonso A Francavilla
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Alexander J. Kidd - Badge # 63 - U.S. Navy January 14. 1943 thru December 2, 1945 Appointed January 1, 1959 – Truck 3, E12 - Retired April 1, 1986
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Albert R. Rusconi -Badge # 129 - Army Air Force May 3, 1943 thru December 6, 1945 -  Appointment to PFD January 1, 1959 – FAO, Truck 2, Engine 1 & 8 - Retired April 1, 1986
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Kenneth J. Shearn - Badge # 170 & 232 - U.S. Navy August 8, 1950 - March 22, 1954 - Appointment January 1, 1959 –Truck 1, & 2, Engine 7 Community Relations – Retired November 1, 1980
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Robert A. Wester - Badge # 182 - U.S. Navy August 23, 1943 - March 18, 1946 - Appointed to Paterson Police Dept. (for 2.5 years - ? dates) - Appointed to PFD - January 1, 1959 – Truck 3, Engine 13 -   Retired September 1, 1981
Appointed 1960 - 1963
​Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Babyak, Andrew 1960​​
Brower, Joseph  1960
​Calamita, Frank  1963
​Cusack, Edward  1963
​Daly, John J  1963
​Fiorilla, Joseph  1963​​
​Gatto, Robert  1963​​
​Hoffman, Richard  1963
​Harris, Henry  1960
​Kerkhoven, Gary 1962
Maddy, Richard  1963
​Maloney, George  1963
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McKay, Stuart  1963
​Mendell, Harry  1960
Mendillo, Philip 1961
​Merlino, John  1963
​Morcom, Harold  1963
​Mosca, William Jr 1963
​Niccolazo, Thomas  1963
Platt, John  1963
​Roberto, Alexander 1961
Ross, Michael 1960​​​
Roth, Albert 1962​
​Salmanowitz, Robert  1963
​​Sasso, Rodney  1963
​Scerbak, Ernest  1962
​Sirianni, Anthony  1960
​Shearn, Leo  1962
​Shortell, William  1960
Tiritilli, Vito  1960
​Tullo, Richard  1960
​Tuohey, Harold P
Vilano, Paul  1960
​Weiss, Alfred  1963
​Woodward, Walter  1961
​Zaretsky, Edward 1962
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Andrew Babyak Jr. -  Badge # 234 - U.S. Army (2 tours): November 20, 1946 thru April 6, 1948 and September 20, 1950 thru Nov. 20, 1952 – Appointed January 1, 1960 –FAO, Engines 3, 13, 9 and 7 - Retired October 1, 1984
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Joseph F. Brower -   Badge # 37 -   U.S. Army July 31, 1943 thru October 20, 1944 - Appointed January 1, 1960 – Engine 3 - Died December 19, 1978
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Henry O. Harris Jr. -   Badge # 176 - U.S. Army March 29, 1951 - January 9, 1953 – Appointed January 1, 1960 – FAO, Engine 5 and 13, Truck 2, Chief's Aide. Retirement April 1, 1988 -Died October 7, 2009
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Harry "The Horse" Mendell - Badge # 27 - U.S. Navy October 7, 1941 thru August 15, 1945 – Appointed January 1, 1960 – Engine 1, 7, 8, 10 -Retired February 1, 1989 - Died March 26, 2004
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Anthony R. Sirianni - Badge # 32 - U.S. Army - Sergeant - Purple Heart - February 17, 1941 thru October 5, 1945 - Appointed January 1, 1960 – Truck 3 & 1, Community Relations - Retired January 1, 1978
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Vito Tiritilli - Badge # 82 - U.S. Army March 1, 1943 thru November 30, 1945 - Appointed Jan. 1, 1960 – Engine 11 - Died June 29, 2003 - Father of EMT Supervisor Maty Tiritilli and Grandfather of FF Chris Tiritilli
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William Shortell = Badge # 28 - U.S. Navy December 24, 1942 thru February 3, 1945 –Appointed January 1, 1960 – Engine 6, Truck 3 - Retired March 1, 1985 - Died March 1, 2007
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Richard Tullo - Badge # 81 - U.S. Army – Corporal July 24, 1952 thru July 9, 1954 – Appointed January 1, 1960 – Truck 3 & 1, Engine 8 - Retired March 1, 1990
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Paul A. Villano - Served as PFC U.S. Army March 30, 1943 thru February 9, 1946 – Asiatic Pacific Medal - Paterson Police Chauffeur for 1.5 years (? dates), PPD Mechanic - 2 years (?dates) -  Paterson FD - Temporary Fireman (? dates) - Permanent appointment - January 1, 1960 – Badge # 85 – Engine 11 & 2 - Retired March 1, 1985 - Died January 29, 2018
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Michael Ross - Badge # 49 and 42) - U.S.M.C. - Corporal May 9, 1948 thru May 10, 1952 - Purple Heart – Appointed March 1, 1960 – Truck 2 - Retired July 1, 1988
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Alexander Roberto -  Badge # 43 - U.S. Navy - November 14, 1942 thru March 7, 1946 – Appointed June 15, 1961 – Engine 12, 5, 13 - Retired November 1, 1975
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Walter J. Woodward Jr. - U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant January 1951 thru August 1954 – Koran Medal, UN Medal, National Defense Service Medal - Appointed June 15, 1961 – Badge # 21 - Engine 9, 1, 5 & 3- Retired July 1, 1986 - Died November 19, 2004
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Philip Mendillo - Badge # 122 - U.S.M.C. - Corporal -September. 27, 1947 thru September 28, 1951 - Purple Heart -   Appointed December 1, 1961 – Engine 3, Truck 3 - Retired July 1, 1987 - DFied November 19, 2022 - Brother of FF Joe Mendillo and father of FAO Patrick Mendillo
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Albert Roth - Badge # 158 - U.S. Army - February 15, 1951 - May 26, 1954 – Appointed February 1, 1962 – Engine 12 -   Retired April 1, 1987 - Died May 19, 2019
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Garry C. Kerkhoven -   Badge # 50 & 76) -   U.S. Army May 15, 1952 thru April 28, 1954 – Appointed June 1, 1962 – Engine 12 & 13 - Retired April 1, 1986
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FF Edward Zaretski -   Badge # 103 - U.S. Navy December 1944 thru May 1946 - Served as PPD Officer for 2.5 years – Appointed PFD - June 1, 1962 – Engine 5 & 2 - Passed away May 21, 1980
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Leo Shearn - Badge # 17 - U.S. Army April 18, 1951 thru March 12, 1953 - Initial appointment was to Paterson PD in 1956 -Appointed to FD December 1, 1962 – Engine 1 & 6 -  Retired December 1, 1982
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William "Red" Mosca Jr.  Badge #58 -  U.S.M.C. - Sergeant October 29, 1951 thru October 30, 1954 - Purple Heart – Appointed May 1, 1963- Engine 7 - Retired July 1, 1988
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John J. Daly - Badge # 177 - U.S. Army April 26, 1955 thru April 25, 1957 - Appointed to PPD April 1, 1961 - Appointed PFD September 1, 1963 – Engine 9, 8, 6 - Retired May 1, 1986 - Died June 9, 2016
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Thomas "Tippy" Nicolazzo -   Badge # 94 – Appointed September 1, 1963 – Engine 10, & 5 & 8 - Retired April 1, 1989
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Frank T. Calamita - Badge # 130 - Paterson Police Officer (6 years - ? dates) Appointed PFD - September 1, 1963 – Engine 13, Truck 2 - Retired April 1, 1983 - Died February 12, 2019
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Edward Cusack -Badge # 177 - U.S. Army January 8, 1960 thru March 8, 1962 - Appointed September 27, 1963 – Engine 3 5, 3, 8 - Retired February 1, 1993
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Joseph Fiorilla - Badge # 125 - U.S.M.C. Corporal April 11, 1951 thru April 10, 1954 – Appointed September 1, 1963 – Engine 2, 8 - Retired May 1, 1990 - Died October 21, 1999
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Richard H. Hoffman -   Badge # 88 - U.S. Army Airborne September 1956 thru Sept. 1958 -  Appointed September 1, 1963 – Engine 1, Truck 2 - Retired September 1, 1988
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Richard E. Maddy -   Badge # 245 -   Appointed September 27, 1963 – Engine 10, 11, 6) - Retired April 1, 1989
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George Maloney - Badge # 248 Appointed September 27, 1963 – Engine 11, 3, Squad 1 - Retired April 1, 1989
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John Merlino - Badge # 199 - Appointed September 1, 1963 – Engine 9 & 7 - Retired May 1, 1990 - Died November 29, 2000
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Stuart A. McKay - Badge # 155 - U.S. Air Force March 17, 1955 - July 3, 1958 - Appointed September 1, 1963 – Engine 6, Truck 2 & 1, - Retired ?
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Harold “Howie’ T. Morcom - Badge # 178 - U.S. Army September 30, 1954 thru September 29, 1956 – Appointed September 1, 1963 – Truck 2, Engine 13, 5 and 8 – Retirement 1994-95
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Harold P. Tuohey - Appointed Sept. 1, 1963
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John Platt - Badge # 244 – Served U.S. Army (? dates) = Appointed September 27, 1963 – Engine 7, 3, Truck 3 - Retired April 1, 1989 - Died November 29, 2013 - Father of FF John Platt
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Rodney “Ronnie” Sasso - Badge # 254 - U.S. Army February 4, 1960 thru April 27, 1962 Appointed September 27, 1963 – Truck 3 & 1 - Retired February 1, 1990 - Died January 22, 2013
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Alfred A. Weiss - Badge # 253 - U.S. Army (1960) - Appointed September 27, 1963 – Engine 10, 8 - Retired April 1, 1989  
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Robert Gatto - Badge # 89 - Appointed December 1, 1963 – Engine 3 - Retired March 1, 1989
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Robert Salmanowitz -   Badge # 90 - U.S. Navy January 20, 1955 thru March 20, 1958 –Appointed December 1, 1963 - Engine 3, 2, 11 - Retired April 1, 1989
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Appointed 1964 - 1969
​Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
​Arbus, Stanley 1969
​Banta, Edward 1966
​Bomhof, Philip  1965
​Bremus, Leopold  1965
​Carr, Thomas L  1966
​Banta, Edward  1966
Donovan, Timothy  1969
​Embrich, John  1969
​Fillipelli, William  1965
​Foster, Kenneth  1966
​Francese, Joseph  1968
​Gabriel, Melvin 1964
​​​Giglio, Patrick  1969
​Gorla, Charles 1969
​Graf, Albert 1964
​Greenough, Bruce  1966
​Infald, Kenneth  1969
​James, Edward  1969​
Klemans, Robert 1969
​Korger, Richard  1967
​LaNeve, James  1965
​Leonhard, Walter  1969
​Malone, John  1966
​​Mania, Joseph  1968
​McCran, Edward  1969
​Moore, Edward J 1969
​O'Neill, William  1966
​Ozene, Joseph 1967​
​Rasp, William  1967
​Shearn, James 1965
​Sloginski, Gerald  1964
​Tuohey, Patrick  1965
​Vander Vliet, Ronald  1969
​Walsh, Daniel 1964
​Wilson, Harold J  1969
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Melvin Gabriel - Badge # 184 - U.S. Navy January 17, 1956 thru Jan. 26, 1959 – Appointed May 1, 1964 – Engine 11, 8 - Retired Aug. 1, 1992
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Gerald Sloginski - Badge # 29 - U.S. Navy July 14, 1959 thru July 27, 1962 - Appointed May 1, 1964 – Engine 5, 9, 7, 6 - Retired May 1, 1991
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Ernest Scerbak – USMC Corporal February 19, 1946 thru December 4, 1947 - Appointed Police Signal System Lineman April 1, 1958 - Permanent appointment to PPD Signal repairman Janaury 1, 1962 - Transferred to Fire Signal System repairman May 1, 1964 - Retired - July 1, 1984
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Daniel Walsh – Served as PFC U.S. Air Force January 15, 1942 thru Nov. 12, 1945 Temporary Appointment - March 1, 1948 – Appointed Police Telegraph - August 1, 1949 – Appointed PFD Telegraph July 13, 1964 - Senior Lineman - November 1, 1968 - Retired December 1, 1979
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Albert Graf - Badge # 48  U.S. Navy January 28, 1954 thru August 27, 1954 – Appointed December 15, 1964 – Truck 3, Engine 9, 5, 3 - Retired April 1, 1990
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Patrick Tuohey - Badge # 70 - U.S. Navy August 16, 1957 thru March 15, 1961 - Appointed May 1, 1965 Truck 2, Squad 1 - Retired May 1, 1990
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William “Flip” Filippelli - Appointed May 1, 1965 Retired – August 1, 1990
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Philip Bomhoff - Badge # 104 – Appointed June 1, 1965 – Engine 5, 8 - Retired April 1, 1991
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James Shearn -Appointed June 1, 1965 - U.S. Military from June 13, 1960 - May 21, 1962 - Served at E9, E6 - Retired June 1, 1990 - Died March 3, 2021
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Leopold Bremus -   Badge # 56 - U.S. Army October 20, 1957 thru September 30, 1962 Appointed July 1, 1965 – Engine 13 - Retired July 1, 1992
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Thomas L. "The Hawk" Carr -   Badge # 86 - U.S. Navy April 29, 1962 thru April 28, 1965 - Appointed January 1, 1966 – Engine 1, Engine 3, Mechanic Shop (Assistant MM) – Retired July 1, 1991 - Died September 17, 2021
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James LaNeve - Badge # 180 - U.S. Army July 1961 thru June 1964 - Appointed May 1, 1965 – Engine 9 - Retired May 1, 1990
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Kenneth J. Foster -   Badge # 60   Appointed as Dispatcher February 11, 1964 – To FD January 1, 1966 – Engine 6, Engine 9, Community relations – Resigned January 10, 1975 - went on to obtain PhD in music education
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Edward Banta - Badge # 22 - Appointed July 1, 1966 – Engine 1, 3, 6, Squad 1 -  Retired February 1, 1992 - Served as FMBA President 1980-1982 - Died February 3, 2005
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John Malone – Served US Navy January 16, 1962 thru June 15, 1966 - Good Conduct Medal, National defense Medal - – Appointed PFD July 1, 1966 – Badge # 191 Engine 5, 1 - Retired September 14, 1983
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William O'Neill - Badge # 47 - U.S. Army June 13, 1963 thru June 12, 1965 – Appointed July 24, 1966 – Engine 9, 6, Squad 1 - Retired July 1, 1991 - Died March 27, 2004
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George Duin -  Badge # 211 - Appointed July 1, 1966- Truck 2 & 1 - Retired July 1, 1991
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Bruce Greenough -  Badge # 136 - Appointed August 1, 1966 – Engine 12, 3, 1 - Retired February 1, 1992 - Died July 5, 2009
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Joseph Ozene - Badge # 33 - U.S. Navy - January 1957 thru January 1959 – Appointed July 1, 1967 – Engine 12 – Died December 26, 1984
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Richard J. Korger - ? Badge - Appointed December 1, 1967 – Engine 13, Squad 1 - Retired February 1, 1994
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William Rasp -  Badge ? – Appointed December 1, 1967 – Engine 9, 12 - Retired February 1, 1994
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Joseph H. Francese -  Badge # 30 - N.J. National Guard January 1964 thru January 1970 -  Appointed August 1, 1968 – Engine 5, Truck 2 -  Retired February 1, 1994
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Patrick J. Giglio Badge # 142 - U.S. Army April 7, 1966 thru March 17, 1968 – Appointed February 17, 1969 – Engine 12, 7 – Retirement 1994 - Died May 5, 2011 - Son of FF Patsy Giglio
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Joseph J. Mania Jr. -   Badge # 128 - U.S. Navy - September 1955 - November 1958 -  Appointed August 1, 1968 – Engine 2, 3, 6, Combustibles -   Retired February 1, 1994
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Timothy J. Donovan -   Badge # 238 - U.S. Army September 23, 1963 thru January 18, 1965 Appointed February 17, 1969 – Engine 2, 7 – Retirement ?
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John H. "Jack" Embrich - Badge # 120 - U.S. Army September 12, 1961 thru September 11, 1963 – Appointed Paterson Police Dept. July 1, 1967 – Appointed PFD February 17, 1969 – Engine 11, 7 - Retired July 1, 1992 - Died August 28, 2011
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Edward J. Moore - Badge # 257 - U.S. Air Force September 1960 thru June 1964 - Appointed February 17, 1969 – Died July 8, 1970
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Ronald Vander Vliet -   Badge # 149 - U.S. Army August 22, 1966 thru August 22, 1968 – Appointed February 17, 1969 – Engine 1, Truck 3 – retired ?
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Charles Gorla - Appointed April 1, 1969
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Stanley Arbus - Badge # 110 - U.S. Navy 1951 thru 1955 – Appointed November 1, 1969 – Engine 10, 8, Supply Officer - Retired November 1, 1994
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Edward James - Badge # 118 – November 1, 1969 – Engine 12, 6 -- Retired December 1, 1994
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Kenneth A. Infald -  Badge # 160 – Appointed November 1, 1969 – Engine 1, 7 -  Retired February 1, 1995
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Robert C. Klemans -   Badge # 114 -  U.S.M.C. Corporal January 20, 1966 thru October 30, 1968 – Appointed November 1, 1969 – Engine 5, Satellite 9 - Retired November 1, 1994
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Walter J. "Skippy" Leonhard -  Badge # 154 - U.S. Army & N.J. National Guard 1st Lt. - 1962 – Appointed November 1, 1969 – Engine 1 - Retired November 1, 1994
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Edward J. "McNasty“ McCran - Badge # 96 -   U.S. Navy June 1960 thru September 1963 – Appointed November 1, 1969 – Truck 2 & 1, Squad - Retired ?
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Harold J. Wilson - Badge # 218 - U.S. Army July 25, 1962 thru July 23, 1965 - Appointment  November 1, 1969 – Engine 5, 3 - Retired November 1, 1994
Appointed 1970 - 1979
​Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Baker, Robert  1972
​Bradle, John V.  1970
Daunno, Thomas  1970
​Christensen, Gregory 1974
​Feinberg, Mel  1974
​Giese, Gary  1974


​​Harris, John  1973
​Kahwaty, Albert  1970
Mariani, Louis 1971
​Mandara John  1976
​McAllister, Robert  1974
​Obert, George  1974

Pasquariello, David  1979
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Pelliccioiti, Joseph  1979
​Santee, Robert  1975
​Schoonmaker, Edward 1974
Walker, Charles  1977
​Zito, James  1974
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Albert Kahwaty - Badge # 266 - Initial appointment to Paterson Police Department -   Appointed to PFD March 1, 1970 -  Assignments: E-5 Tour 3; Mechanic's Shop; E-8 Tour 1
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John V. Bradle - Served in U.S. Navy August 17, 1960 thru November 15, 1960 - Appointed PFD October 1, 1970 - Retired 1994 - Died July 16, 2011 - Father of DC John Bradle
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Thomas Daunno - Appointed October 1, 1970 - Engine 12 - Died December 24, 2007
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Louis Mariani - appointed November 1, 1971 and assigned to Engine 5. He died in a tragic accident on March 11, 1971. Grandson of Captain Joseph T Mariani, son of DC Eugene Mariani, Nephew of AC Wilbert Mariani and brother -in-law of BC Tommy Coppo
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Robert Baker – Served as Specialist 4 U.S. Army - January 15, 1968 thru January 14, 1970; remained in reserves until 1974 – Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal - Temporary appointment August 16, 1971 – Permanent appointment November 1, 1972- Died December 30, 2020
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John Harris - Appointed February 17, 1973 - U.S.M.C. – September 7, 1966 thru October 10, 1969 Sergeant - Served at E1 and L1
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Gregory Christensen – Served as Specialist 4th Class National Guard December 19, 1964 thru December 19, 1970 - Appointed June 1, 1974 - Retired 1994 - Died April 3, 2014
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Mel Feinberg – Badge 171 - Appointed June 1, 1974
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Gary Giese - Appointed June 1, 1974
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Robert "Bobby Mac" McAllister - Appointed June 1, 1974 - Died July 22, 2016
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James Zito - Appointed June 1, 1974
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Louis Tambone - E.E.A. Appointment August 16, 1971 - Permanent Appointment June 1, 1974 –Truck 1 -  Retired October 1, 1994
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George Obert – Served as Specialist E4 in US Army November 15, 1965 thru March 13, 1968 – Appointed PFD November 4, 1974 – Assignments E6; E13; E3
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Edward L Schoonmaker – Served as 1st Lieutenant US Army Infantry(Rifle and Weapons Platoon Leader) November 5, 1970 thru November 5, 1972- Expert Infantry Badgend Airborne Citations - Appointed November 4, 1974 - Assigned: E5 -   Resigned November 20, 1976 to accept position with the N.J. Forest Fire Service
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Robert Santee – Served as Seaman 3 US Navy June 1963 thru April 1966 - Appointed November 11, 1975 – Appointed November 11, 1975
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John Mandara – Appointed July 28, 1976
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Charles Walker – Appointed July 1, 1977 - Engine 12
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David Pasquariello- Appointed November 26, 1979
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Joseph Pelliccioiti, served as Specialist E4 US Army January 1966 thru January 1968 – Appointed November 26, 1979 - Assignments: E-12, E-9, E-4, E-8
Appointed 1980 - 1989
​Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Allex, Ray Jr  1987
Baldwin, H Thomas  1980
​Bitner, Walter  1985
Brown, Glenn  1980
​Burns, Sean  1985
Ciarlegio, Joseph  1989
​Cortez, Armindo  1980
​Cusack, Ray M. Jr.  1983
​Donohue, Thomas  1986
​Dubio, Ronald  1989
​Ferguson, Russell  1980
​Filippelli, William III  1986
​Geisler, Thomas  1987
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Gurlacz, Richard  1989
Hancock, Michael  1984
​Hatfield, Stephen W.  1983
​Hughes, James  1986
​Katz, Barry  1983
​Kelly, Tom  1985
​Magna, Anthony  1987
​Malzone, Anthony  1985
​Merlo, Tinardo  1989
​McGuire, Ralph  1980
​Mignone, Charles  1983
​Mondeelli, Lee  1985
​Morabito, Andrew  1987
Morley, Stephen  1980​
Nicosia, John  1987​
​Perez, Jules  1986
Perrone, Martin  1980
​Pina, Robert  1980
O'Keefe, Timothy  1986
Ripley, Mark  1989
​Rozell, Jacob  1986
​Smith, Tyrone  1986
​Straub, Thomas  1989
​Taliaferro, Willie  1980
​Thompson, George 1983
Vega, Louis  1986
​Walden, Wayne  1984
​Walker, Michael  1983
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Hiram Thomas Baldwin - Appointed to Paterson Police - December 15, 1973 - Appointed PFD June 20, 1980 - U.S. Army - December 1965 thru December. 1967 - Served at E1 & L1
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Russell Ferguson - Appointed June 30, 1980 - -USMC - Lance Corporal - 1968-1970 - Died (while active) June 6, 1992 - Served at E-10 & E-1 - Died July 11, 1992
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Martin J. Perrone – Served as Sergeant in US Army March 1968 thru March 1971, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal. Army Commendation Medal Served in Sheriffs Office for 1.5 Years –Appointed PFD as temporary FAO August8, 1974 – Permanent FAO on September 8, 1976 and appointed as FF on June 30, 1980
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Willie Taliaferro – Appointed June 30, 1980
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Ralph McGuire – Appointed August 11, 1980 – Served E4 US Army March 28, 1974 thru July 26, 1978 – Served at E7
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Stephen Morley - Appointed August 11, 1980
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Robert Pina – hired in 1975 under CETA and was appointed to Eng. 13.. Appointed August 11, 1980 - Transferred to E1 then E 12, E7 and L2. Then Arson Investigator assigned to the Combustible Bureau
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Glenn Brown - Appointed October 1, 1980 -Later became Police/Fire Director
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Armindo "Julio" Cortez – Appointed October 1, 1980
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Steven W. Hatfield – Appointed January 31, 1983
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Charles Mignone – Appointed July 1, 1983
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George Thompson – Appointed January 31, 1983
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Barry Katz - Appointed July 1, 1983
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Raymond M Cusack Jr. - Appointed July 18, 1983
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Michael E Walker – Appointed August. 8, 1983 - Died February 28, 2007
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Michael “Mike” Hancock - Appointed June 16, 1984 - Badge #79 - Died 2018
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Wayne Walden – Appointed September 8, 1984
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Anthony Malzone - Appointed March 1, 1985
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Walter Bitner – Appointed April 1, 1985 - Supreme Sacrifice
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Leon “Lee” Mondelli – Appointed April 1, 1985
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Shawn Burns – Appointed September 1, 1985
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Tom Kelly – Appointed September 1, 1985 - Assigned Truck 1, Tour 3 - Died October 15, 1996
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Thomas "Tom" Donohue – Served as Petty Officer 3rd Class in US Navy on USS Neches December 1965 thru November 1969 – Vietnam Service Medal – Appointed PFD February 17, 1986; E6 Tour 4 - Retired April 1, 2002 - Died September 21, 2008
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James Hughes - Appointed February 17, 1986
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Jules Perez – Appointed February 17, 1986
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Luis Vega – Appointed February 17, 1986
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Jacob "Jake" J. Rozell Jr. – Appointed June 2, 1986 - Badge 316 - Served at Tour 2 on Engine 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 - L2 - Retired July 1, 2011 - Died April 26, 2019
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William Filippelli III - Appointed October 20, 1986 - President PFA
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Timothy O'Keefe - Appointed October 20, 1986
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Tyrone Smith - Appointed Oct. 20, 1986 - E-5, E-1, E-7 & Chief's Office as Logistics Officer (Supplies) - Retired July 1, 2017.
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Thomas Geisler - Appointed February 21, 1987 - Died April 14, 2016
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Anthony Magna - Appointed December 14, 1987
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Andrew Morabito - Appointed December 14, 1987
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John Nicosia - Appointed December 14, 1987 - Badge 326 - Served E4 -Supreme Sacrifice January 19, 1991
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Ray Allex Jr. - Appointed May 14, 1989
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Joseph Ciarlegio - Appointed May 14, 1989
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Ronald Dubiel - Appointed May 14, 1989
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Richard Gurlacz- Appointed May 14, 1989
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Tinardo Merlo - Appointed May 14, 1989
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Mark Ripley - Appointed May 14, 1989
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Thomas Straube - Appointed May 14, 1989
Appointed 1990 - 1995
​Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
Allen, Robert  1992
Arbus, Michael  1991
​Barnhardt, John  1992
​Bermudez, Jose  1992
​Bradley, James  1995
​Daly, Michael  1991
Francavilla, Alphonso A '92
Lucci, James  1991
​Iandoli, Louie  1992​McGorty, James  1995
​Moon, Alan  1992
​​Mosca, Brian  1991
​Pagan, Carlos  1993
​Pierce, William  1993
​Reed, Fred  1995
Roman, Sergio  1995
Randion, Richard  1992
​​Santana, Hector  1992
​Semaskewich, Michael  1992
​Spada, Michael  1992
​Tice, Christopher  1995
​Vandalinda, Thomas  1992
​Veltre, Ralph  1995
​Wooten, Kirk  1995
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Michael Arbus - Appointed May 7, 1991
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Michael Daly - Appointed May 7, 1991
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James Lucci – Appointed May 7, 1991
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Brian Mosca - Appointed May 7, 1991
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Robert Allen – Appointed May 18, 1992
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John Barnhart – Appointed May 18, 1992
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Jose Bermudez - Appointed May 18, 1992
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Alfonso A Francavilla May 18, 1992 - Son of FF Alphonso G Francavilla - Died November 11, 2011
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Louie Iandoli - Appointed May 18, 1992
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Alan Moon - Appointed May 18, 1992
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Hector Santana - Appointed May 18, 1992
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Richard Randion – Appointed May 18, 1992
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Michael Semaskewich – Appointed May, 18, 1992
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Michael Spada - Appointed May 18, 1992
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Thomas Vandalinda – Badge 373 - Appointed May 18, 1992 - E4, E1, E6, Unit 57 - Retired February 1, 2018
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William Pierce – Appointed June 1, 1993
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Carlos Pagan – Appointed June 1, 1993 - PFA President
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James Bradley – Appointed June 12, 1995 - Retired June 30, 2020
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James McGorty – Appointed June 12, 1995 - Retired June 30, 2020
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Fred Reed – Appointed June 12, 1995 - Retired June 30, 2020
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Sergio Roman - Appointed June 12, 1995
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Christopher Tice – Appointed June 12, 1995 - Retired June 30, 2020
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Ralph Veltre – Appointed June 12, 1995
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Kirk Wooten – Appointed June 12, 1995 - Retired June 20, 2020
Appointed 1996 - 1999
​Alphabetic Listing of Names : then Photos by Date of Appointment
​Behnke, Gerard  1998
​Defrancesco, Frank  1998
​Gonzales, Manuel  1996

​Johnson, Tyrone  1998
​Joyner, Samuel  1998
​Meyers, Andrew  1998
​Njim, David  1998
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Robinson, Michael 1996
​Rodriquez, Larry  1996
​Sanchez, Juan  1998
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Manuel Gonzales – Appointed January 8, 1996
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Michael Robinson – Appointed January 8, 1996 - Retired February 1, 2021
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Larry Rodriquez – Appointed January 8, 1996 - Retired February 1, 2021
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Gerard "Jerry" Behnke - Appointed July 20, 1998 - PFA President - Died June 2020
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Frank Defrancesco - Appointed July 20, 1998
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Johnson, Tyrone July 20, 1998
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Samuel Joyner – Served US Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class - Appointed PFD July 20, 1998
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Andrew Meyers - Appointed July 20, 1998
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David Njim - Appointed July 20, 1998
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Juan Sanchez - Appointed July 20, 1998
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