Fire Commissioners and Chiefs of Department
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Date
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Fire Commissioner
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Date
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Chief of Department
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January 1, 1874
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Alfred P. Rockwell (1874-1876) %
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January 1, 1877
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David Chamberlin (1877-1879) %
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January 1, 1879
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John E. Fitzgerald (1879-1883) %
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January 1, 1883
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Henry W. Longley (1883-1885) %
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January 19, 1826
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Samuel D. Harris (Chief Engineer)
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January 1, 1885
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John E. Fitzgerald (1885-1886) %
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February 9, 1829
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Thomas C. Amory (Chief Engineer)
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January 1, 1886
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Robert J. Fitch (1886-1895) %
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January 26, 1835
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William H. Tileston (Chief Engineer)
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January 21, 1895
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Henry S. Russell
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February 14, 1835
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John Hammond (Chief Engineer)
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February 17, 1905
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Patrick J. Kennedy
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February 15, 1836
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William Barnicoat (Chief Engineer)
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March 20, 1905
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Benjamin W. Wells
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December 18, 1854
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Elisha Smith (Chief Engineer)
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February 1, 1908
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Samuel D. Parker
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December 15, 1856
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George W. Bird (Chief Engineer)
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May 27, 1910
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Francis M. Carroll
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March 19, 1866
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John S. Damrell (Chief Engineer)
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September 17, 1910
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Charles D. Daly
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January 1, 1874
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William A. Green ^
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January 26, 1912
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John H. Dunn
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October 23, 1884
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Lewis P. Webber
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February 12, 1912
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Charles H. Cole
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March 23, 1901
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William T. Cheswell #
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March 7, 1914
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John M. Minton
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February 23, 1906
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John A. Mullen
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March 11, 1914
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John Grady
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March 7, 1914
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John Grady ^
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January 1, 1919
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John R. Murphy
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March 11, 1914
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Peter F. McDonough
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November 8, 1921
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Joseph P. Manning
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July 31, 1919
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Peter E. Walsh
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April 1, 1922
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William J. Casey
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March 7, 1922
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John O. Taber
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August 24, 1922
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Theodore A. Glynn
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December 19, 1924
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Daniel F. Sennott
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January 26, 1926
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Thomas F. Sullivan
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May 26, 1930
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Henry A.C. Fox
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July 6, 1926
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Eugene C. Hultman
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November 21, 1936
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Samuel J. Pope
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March 5, 1930
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Edward F. McLaughlin
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January 28, 1946
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Napeen Bouitilier
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October 16, 1933
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Eugene M. McSweeney
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March 31, 1948
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John F. McDonough
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January 4, 1938
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William Arthur Reilly
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November 1, 1950
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John V. Stapleton
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June 7, 1945
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John I. Fitzgerald
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June 6, 1956
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Edward N. Montgomery
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January 1, 1946
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Russell S. Codman
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September 5, 1956
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Leo C. Driscoll
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Jnauary 3, 1950
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Michael T. Kelleher
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February 1, 1960
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John A. Martin
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January 1, 1953
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John F. Cotter
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November 13, 1963
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William A. Terrenzi
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January 26, 1954
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Harry J. Keefe
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November 1, 1966
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James J. Flanagan
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February 1, 1954
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Francis X. Cotter
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February 8, 1967
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John E. Clougherty
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March 2, 1959
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Timothy J. O'Connor
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February 1, 1969
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Joseph F. Kilduff
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January 4, 1960
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Henry A. Scagnoli
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April 8, 1970
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George H. Paul +
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July 13, 1961
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Thomas J. Griffin
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February 1, 1984
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Leo D. Stapleton *
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August 17, 1966
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William J. Fitzgerald
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January 3, 1991
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Martin E. Pierce Jr. *
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March 27, 1968
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James H. Kelly
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March 25, 2000
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Paul A. Christian +
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February 25, 1976
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George H. Paul +
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September 5, 2006
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Kevin P. MacCurtain
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February 1, 1984
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Leo D. Stapleton *
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March 5, 2009
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Ronald W. Keating
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January 3, 1991
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Martin E. Pierce Jr. *
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December 5, 2011
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Steve E. Abraira
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November 9, 2001
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Paul A. Christian +
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September 5, 2006
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Roderick J. Fraser, Jr.
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% = Chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners.
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# = LODD (Line Of Duty Death), February 15, 1906, at a North End fire.
^ = Chief of Department, resigned, then later appointed Fire Commissioner.
* = Appointed Chief of Department and Fire Commissioner at the same time.
+ = Chief of Department, later additionally appointed Fire Commissioner.
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