Centerport Fire Department Installs Officers

Story and Photo by Steve Silverman

The Centerport Fire Department Fire Department recently installed their officers for 2016 at a ceremony held at the firehouse. The dedicated volunteers of the Centerport Fire Department have been serving the Centerport community for 117 years.

Pictured from left seated, Deputy Chief Chaplain Paul Heglund, First Assistant Chief Tom Boyd, Chief of Department Brian Mark, Second Assistant Chief Rich Miltner, and Deputy Chief Medical Dr. Jack Geffken. Standing, First Lieutenant Kyle McLaughlin, Eagle Truck Company; Captain April Stevenson, Rescue Squad; First Lieutenant Chris Cunningham, Engine Company One; Captain John Stevenson, Engine Company Two; Captain Bob Simpson, Eagle Truck Company; Lieutenant Andrew Stevenson, Engine Company Two; Second Lieutenant A.J. Jensen, Eagle Truck Company; and Second Lieutenant Danny Gunther, Engine Company One. Absent was Captain Billy DeSantis, Engine Company One, and Captain Cliff Raynor and Lieutenant Eli Fellus, Fire Patrol.