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Fire Chiefs


​Chiefs of the Galt Fire Department

 
1843                  James K. Andrews
1849-1850    Morris C. Lutz
1850-1852    Thomas Blacklock   
1852-1854    William Graham
1854-1856    Robert Malcolm
1856-1869    John Barbour
1869-1871    James McTague
1871-1873    William Scott
1873-1875    Walter Burnett
1875-1876    E. Radigan
1876-1886    Richard McMillan
1886-1905    James Curliss
1905-1933    John E. Keyes
1933-1942    Harry Atkinson
1942-1963    Walter Scott
1963-1972    Harry Windross

Chiefs of the Preston Fire Department
 
1844                  Jacob Hespeler
                              Otto Klotz
1867                  Peter Bauman
1875                  Peter Bauman
1881                  George Boos
1889                  Louis Evers
1892-1893    George Gress
1893-1894    Fred Fisher
1894-1898    John Limpert
1898-1899    Otto Homuth
1899-1903    George Gress
1903-1903    Arthur Brauch
1903-1905    Thomas Walker
1905-1907    George Gress
1907-1916    Andrew Spalding
1916-1919    William Roesgen
1919-1951    Andrew Spalding
1951-1956    Frank Kreason
1956-1957    William Goodwin
1957-1965    Edward Ranscombe
1965-1972    Harry Hughes
 
Chiefs of the Hespeler Fire Department

1862-1863    James Yates
1863-1871    George Hespeler
1871-1881    C. F. Cliff
1881-1882    Charles Stark
1882-1892    George McLean
1892-1893    William Kribbs
1893-1899    Andrew Jardine
1899-1902    Enoch E. Eaton
1902-1914    Andrew Jardine
1914-1944    George Heuther
1944-1953    Wallace Jardine
1954-1963    Clarence Bartels
1963-1972    Douglas Johnson
1972-1972    Lyle Prior
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Chiefs of the Cambridge Fire Department
 
1973                  Harry Hughes
1973-1984    Douglas Pollington
1984-1992    William Brown
1992-2011    Terry Allen
2011-2014    Bill Chesney
2014-2020    Neil Main
2020-2023    Brian Arnold
2023-today   Rob Martin
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  • Collection
    • Vehicles
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    • Donate an Artifact
    • Firefighting Museums
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