The Sussex Fire Department would like to thank and recognize all past Chiefs for their leadership and dedication:

2020 - - Marc Leech * Present Chief of the Department
2018 - 2019 - Harrison Thompson
2017 - 2017 - Shane Swarts
2015 - 2016 - Jake Little
2013 - 2014 - Richard VanderPloeg
2011 - 2012 - Dan Stoll
2009 - 2010 - Rich Crowell
2007 - 2008 - John Rome
2005 - 2006 - Robert Stormes
2003 - 2004 - Mike Clark
2001 - 2002 - Robert Regavich
1999 - 2000 - Floyd Southard
1997 - 1998 - Lou A. Cecchini
1996 - 1996 - Richard Ellis
1994 - 1995 - Walter Storms
1992 - 1993 - George Owen
1990 - 1991 - Lou V. Cecchini
1988 - 1989 - Joe M. Klecha
1986 - 1987 - Paul Grau
1984 - 1985 - Mike Conklin
1982 - 1983 - George Clark
1980 - 1981 - George Armstrong
1979 - 1979 - Bruce Frech
1978 - 1978 - Stanley Case
1976 - 1977 - Joe Klecha
1974 - 1975 - William Van Tassel
1972 - 1973 - Newman Doland
1970 - 1971 - Frank Ferguson
1968 - 1969 - William C. Beemer
1965 - 1967 - Raymond Crawn
1964 - 1964 - Ronald Henderson
1962 - 1963 - Harold E. Struble
1961 - 1961 - George Hosking
1960 - 1960 - Macy Keesler
1957 - 1959 - Luke Scesa
1955 - 1956 - William F. Space, Jr.
1953 - 1954 - George Davenport
1952 - 1952 - James Mann
1951 - 1951 - Charles G. Miller
1950 - 1950 - Theodore Edsall
1949 - 1949 - Samuel Peacock
1948 - 1948 - Lewis VanRiper
1947 - 1947 - Otto Henderson
1946 - 1946 - Harold "Bucky" Youmans
1945 - 1945 - Thomas A. Trudgeon
1944 - 1944 - Willis D. Wilson
1943 - 1943 - Alva Kinney
1942 - 1942 - Charles B. Pellett
1941 - 1941 - Augustus S. Whitmore
1940 - 1940 - Raymond Knapp
1939 - 1939 - William Space
1938 - 1938 - Alfred Fusco
1937 - 1937 - Siegfried Ray
1936 - 1936 - Arthur C. Brown
1935 - 1935 - Charles Draper
1934 - 1934 - Edgar D. Case
1933 - 1933 - Henry Grau
1932 - 1932 - Fred VanRiper
1931 - 1931 - Carl D. Becker
1930 - 1930 - Robert F. Gordon
1929 - 1929 - Arthur H. Crabb
1928 - 1928 - Arthur H. Crabb
1928 - 1928 - Harry Havens
1927 - 1927 - Frank Meeker
1926 - 1926 - C.O. Couse
1925 - 1925 - Fritz Nilsson (Charter member of Protection Hook & Ladder Co.)
1924 - 1924 - J.L. McCoy
1923 - 1923 - Arthur Crabb
1922 - 1922 - N.F. Morrison
1921 - 1921 - Thomas Trudgeon
1920 - 1920 - Arthur Crabb
1919 - 1919 - Benjamin D. Simmons
1918 - 1918 - Thomas R. Trudgeon
1917 - 1917 - John Stickney
1916 - 1916 - Benjamin D. Simmons
1915 - 1915 - Harry Harden
1914 - 1914 - Charles Youngs
1913 - 1913 - William J. Meeker
1912 - 1912 - A.C. Williams
1911 - 1911 - Charles Young
1910 - 1910 - Frank Holber
1909 - 1909 - J.C. Williams
1908 - 1908 - W.H. Mellor
1907 - 1907 - William Maguire
1905 - 1906 - Charles Sprague
1904 - 1904 - Clarkson A. Potter
1903 - 1903 - Samuel N. Puff
1902 - 1902 - William Morrison
1901 - 1901 - J.E. Managan
1900 - 1900 - E.D. Meeker
1899 - 1899 - J.M. Adams
1898 - 1898 - F.B. Whittle
1897 - 1897 - J.M. Adams
1896 - 1896 - J.W.C. Carber (First Chief of Deckertown (Sussex) Fire Department

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