On February 14, 1859 the New York State Legislature passed an act which provided for, and regulated the election of a Chief and two Assistant Chiefs of the Fire Department of the Village of Warren, now Haverstraw, New York. The first convention held under this Act was on May 8 1859 in the United States Hotel , [...]
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2011 Chiefs Convention
April 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Front Page, H.F.D., Officers
Tags: 2011·Chief Al Lynch·Chief Patrick McNamee·Chief Robert Drexler Jr.·Chief Thomas Price·Chiefs Convention·H.F.D.
The Combination
March 19th, 2011 · No Comments · History
For the first 45 years of the Haverstraw Fire Department, leadership was in the form of 1 Engineer, or Chief, and up to 4 Assistants, who were duly elected from any of the Companies. The machine played a dominate role in early Haverstraw, and firehouses were the center of political life in the village. [...]
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Chiefs Convention Haverstraw Fire Department
April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Convention, Front Page, History
On February 14, 1859 the New York State Legislature passed an act which provided for, and regulated the election of a Chief and two Assistant Chiefs of the Fire Department of the Village of Warren, now Haverstraw, New York. The first convention held under this Act was on May 8 1859 in the United States Hotel , [...]
Tags: 2009·Chiefs Convention·H.F.D.·Peter Rugg·The Combination
