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Past Fire Chiefs — Boonton Fire DepartmentGenerations of volunteer leadership

Meet the chiefs whose service spans Boonton’s earliest fire companies and the department we know today. Explore their portraits, terms and place in our shared history, from 1891 through 2025.

Chiefs: 1891–1959 · PDF Chiefs: 1960–2025 · PDF

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The story at a glance

A town’s history,
through its chiefs

Since the department’s founding in 1891, generations of volunteers have carried the responsibility of leading Boonton’s fire service. Their terms connect the era of hand-drawn apparatus and separate hose and engine companies with today’s five-company department.

The two portrait archives preserve 63 named chiefs and their recorded terms. This page brings those faces and names into a browsable history, alongside milestones from our company histories. Those milestones describe the department during each era; the portrait records do not provide individual biographies.

Open an era below to meet its chiefs. Each portrait includes a link to the original document, where the chief appears with the other leaders of that period.

The leadership archive · 1891–2025

Chiefs through the years

63 portraits. Six chapters. A shared tradition of service.

Select an era to explore portraits and terms. “View archive record” opens the original one-page PDF.

1891–1921The founding generations

The earliest chiefs led a department taking shape around hand-drawn equipment, hose companies and the first engine houses. Hook & Ladder’s history recalls its 1891 beginnings, while Maxfield’s history traces the move from hand-powered equipment to a 1915 steamer.

Portrait of former Boonton Fire Chief Fred B. Worman

1928–1921 · as printed

Fred B. Worman

The archive prints “1928–1921,” a conflicting date range. Shown here as printed; term requires confirmation.

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1921–1939From hand power to motor apparatus

Boonton’s companies began putting motorized equipment to work. The South Boonton history records a 1923 Waterous, and Maxfield’s history describes the arrival of a cream-colored Ahrens Fox in 1938.

1940–1959Wartime service and a changing department

Company histories recall an auxiliary fire department formed in 1942, the combination of Maxfield Hose and Maxfield Engine in 1948, and a new generation of Seagrave pumpers in 1955. Explore these chapters in Maxfield’s history.

1960–1979Five companies, a shared mission

The 1963 reorganization consolidated eight companies into five. The Fire Wardens became Salvage & Rescue Co. No. 1, recognizing an expanding rescue role. Read the transition in Company 302’s history and follow the engine tradition in Harmony’s history.

1980–1999Heavy rescue and the centennial years

A purpose-built heavy rescue arrived in 1987, and the department celebrated its centennial in 1991. The Salvage & Rescue chapters describe the rescue truck’s development; Maxfield’s history recalls restorations that brought older apparatus back for the anniversary.

2000–2025Continuing the volunteer tradition

The archive’s most recent generations span continued changes in equipment and response capabilities. Company accounts describe a new Spartan heavy rescue in 2016 and a Pierce Enforcer in 2019. The supplied chiefs’ record ends with the 2024–2025 term.

Portrait of former Boonton Fire Chief Michael Sulpy

2014–2015

Michael Sulpy

The archive’s malformed “201---4–2015” label is displayed here as 2014–2015.

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Names, terms and portraits were transcribed from the supplied Past Fire Chiefs archives, 1891–1959 and 1960–2025. Fred B. Worman’s conflicting date is retained as printed; Michael Sulpy’s malformed year label is normalized with a note beside his entry. Era context comes from the linked company histories. The archive covers terms through 2025.

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