BOGOTA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Volunteers, Proudly Serving the Community Since 1901
Ex-Chief's of Bogota Fire Department (1901-1974)
Year(s)
Chief
Representing Fire Company
1901-1913
Harlen R. Ross, Sr
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1914
Frank J. Pavlis
Hose Company No. 2
1915-1917
William Niehaus, Sr.
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1918
Dudley P. Thorne
Hose Company No. 2
1924-1925
Cornelius Weigel
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1926
Henry F. Jansen
Hose Company No. 3
1927
George Grassing
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1928
James H. Thompson
Hose Company No. 2
1929
John Anthony
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1930
Charles Vancassen
Hose Company No. 3
1931
William D. Rehain
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1932
G. Hiram Peary
Hose Company No. 2
1933
Charles Warren
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1934
George Cummings
Hose Company No. 3
1935
Fred Christensen
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1936
George E. Kingsley
Hose Company No. 2
1937
James Feathers
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1938
Victor Melia
Hose Company No. 3
1939
Ellsworth Rosenberger
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1940
Emil R. Feier
Hose Company No. 2
1941
Edward J. Lynch
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1942
Harry H. Tice
Hose Company No. 3
1943
Oscar E. Olsen
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1944
Antonio H. Monti
Hose Company No. 2
1945
Elliott Smith, Sr.
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1946
Charles Miller
Hose Company No. 3
1947
William "Lindy" Lindemann
Engine Company No. 1
1948
Frank J. Meier
Hose Company No. 2
1950
William Neihaus, Jr.
Hose Company No. 3
1950
Year(s)
Chief
Representing Fire Company
1951
William W. Ross
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1952
Henry Minck
Hose Company No. 2
1953
Otto Knapp
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1954
Joseph Ibach
Hose Company No. 3
1955
Thomas Watson
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1956
Adolph Purich
Hose Company No. 2
1957
Louis Ruggerio
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1958
William Snall
Hose Company No. 3
1959
Leslie Winter
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1960
John Gleason
Hose Company No. 2
1961
Harold Muentener
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1962
Harold Lindermann
Engine Company No. 1
1962
Harold Lindermann
Engine Company No. 1
1963
Robert Martin, Sr.
Hose Company No. 2
1964
Kenneth Zimmerman
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1965
Edward Albert
Hose Company No. 3
1966
Harold Fincken
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1967
Gerald Marshall
Hose Company No. 2
1968
Henry Heschle
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1969
Fred Carlton
Hose Company No. 3
1970
Frank Griesback
Engine Company No. 1
1971
Frank Bayersdorfer
Hose Company No. 2
1972
William Brown
Hose Company No. 3
1973
Robert Asmussen, Sr.
Engine Company No. 1
1974
Robert Winkler
Hose Company No. 2