PAST CHIEFS & PRESIDENTS OF BRVFD

CHIEF FRED PURNELL

LONGEST SERVING CHIEF

24 YEARS, 21 CONSECUTIVE

CHIEF TIM GROWDEN

SECOND LONGEST SERVING CHIEF

GRANDSON OF CHIEF PURNELL

PAST CHIEFS

1943 – 1946 E. WOLFE

1946 – 1947 – W. BRADY

1947 – 1949 F. PURNELL

1950 – 1952 J. ADAMS

1953 – 1974 F. PURNELL

1975 D. PORTER

1976 C. HAISLIP

1976 - 1977 H. HEAVNER

1978 R. MILLER

1979 - 1981 H. HEAVNER

1982 K. WISEMAN

1983 – 1985 W. ROBERTSON

1986 – M. CHANEY

1987 – D. CHISHOLM

1988 – 1989 W. ROBERTSON

1990 – W. MARTIN

1991 – 1992 W. WILSON

1993 – R. SCHADE

1994 – J. HARPER

1995 - 1998 V. "TIM" GROWDEN (JANUARY - RESIGNED AUGUST '98)

1998 - P. CRONE (ELECTED AUGUST '98- DECEMBER '98)

1999 - P. CRONE (ELECTED BUT RESIGNED FIRST MEETING JAN '99)

1999 - V. "TIM" GROWDEN (ELECTED JANUARY '99)

2000 - 2003 W. MARTIN

2004 - 2009 V. “TIM” GROWDEN

2010 – 2013 D. CRIPPEN

2014 – 2015 S. SHUHAYDA

2016 – 2017 D. CRIPPEN

2018 – CURRENT E. COLLINS

LONGEST SERVING PRESIDENT

RICHARD SCHADE

12 YEARS, 10 CONSECUTIVE

SECOND LONGEST SERVING PRESIDENTS

6 YEARS EACH

CALVIN GROWDEN

TIM GROWDEN

 SETH MILLER

RICHARD LIVINGOOD

PAST PRESIDENTS

1943-1944 A. BRAMBLE

1945 - 1946 A. ESHELMAN

1947 - O. MCELFISH

1948 - 1949 P. MERTENS

1950 - 

1951 - 1952 W. LAWYER

1953 - 1954 F. ROBERTS

1955 - D. HEAVNER

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967 - 1970 N. GILLUM

1971 - 1975 R. LIVINGOOD

1976 - WERNER

1977 - 1980 C. GROWDEN

1981 - R. LIVINGOOD

1982 - C. GROWDEN

1983 - P. CRONE

1984 - C. GROWDEN

1985 - 1987 R. STEGMAN

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994  W. WILSON

1995 - 1996 R. SCHADE

1997  R. STEGMAN

1998 - 2007 R. SCHADE

2008 - 2013 S. MILLER

2014 - 2019 T. GROWDEN

2020 - 2021 R. ALLEN

2022 - CURRENT J. BEAN

* 1943 - 1999 Chief & President elected to 1 year terms

* 2000 - present Chief & President serve 2 year terms