WSFD Chiefs Office

Past Chiefs of the West Sayville (Hook & Ladder Co. 1) Fire Department
William Otto 1905 – 1909	Cornelius DeGraff 1909 – 1911	John Hoek* 1911 – 1920
William H. Colson 1920 – 1932	John C. Van Wyen 1932 – 1935	John Locker, Sr. 1935 - 1936
Herman Van Popering 1936 – 1938	John Style 1938 – 1941	Wolfer Van Popering 1941 – 1942
Clarence J. Hoek, Sr. 1942 – 1945	John Boogertman 1945 – 1947	John J. Beebe 1947 – 1950
John W. Van Wyen, Sr. 1950 – 1953	Jacob A. Beebe 1953 – 1954	Herman A. Paauwe 1954 – 1955
Edwin Boogertman 1955 – 1957	Cornelius Kaan 1957 – 1959	John W. Van Wyen, Jr. 1959 – 1962
Joseph J. MacMillan 1962 – 1964	Stanley A. Thuma 1964 – 1966	Nicholas E. Paglia 1966 – 1968
Herbert Bower 1968 – 1970	John Demeusy 1970 – 1972	Warren Boogertman 1972 – 1974
John Couch 1974 – 1976	Louis LaFountain 1976 – 1978	Edward R. Schutte 1978 – 1980
David Leigh-Manuell 1980 – 1982	William J. Kearns 1982 – 1984	William R. Leigh-Manuell 1984 – 1986
Gary A. Schaum 1986 – 1988	Warren Horst 1988 – 1990	Robert B. Marra 1990 – 1992
Joseph Mandanici 1992 – 1993	G. Scott Schrader 1994 - 1995	Thomas G. McNamara 1996 – 1997
Nelson Van Wyen September 14, 1997	Paul Nelson 1998 – 1999	Harry D’Onofrio 2000 - 2001
James P. McNamara 2002 – 2003	John J. Jerome* 2004	Richard A. Doucet 2005 – 2006
Michael Postel 2007 – 2008	Kelly M. Barnes 2009 - 2010	Charles E. Peppard November 15, 2009
Joseph Schroeder 2011 - 2012	Robert Doucet 2013 - 2014	Lucus Domingo 2015 - 2016
Todd Gray 2017 - 2018	Gary Savino 2019 - 2020	Jeffrey Houghtalen 2021 - 2022

Past Foremen of the West Sayville (Hook & Ladder Co. 1) Fire Department
Edward Van Popering 1891 – 1893	John Beebe 1893 – 1894	John Tucker 1894 - 1895
William Otto 1895 – 1898	William Van Vessem 1898 – 1899	William Otto 1899 - 1905