Past Presidents

2024 – 2025 – Thomas DiCristofaro – Claymont Fire Company

2023-2024 – Ron O’Neal – Millsboro Volunteer Fire Company

2022 – 2023 – Kenneth Ryder Jr. – Felton Community Fire Company

2021 – 2022 -Dan Carrier – Hockessin Volunteer Fire Company

2019-2021 – Norman Jones, Jr. – Ellendale Volunteer Fire Company

2018 – 2019 – Bill Betts Jr. – Frederica Volunteer Fire Company

2017 – 2018 – Richard Perillo – Brandywine Hundred Fire Company

2016 – 2017 – Ted Walius – Ellendale Volunteer Fire Company

2015 – 2016 – Joseph M. Zeroles – Farmington Volunteer Fire Company

2014 – 2015 – Anthony Guzzo – Hockessin Volunteer Fire Company

2013 – 2014 – Richard Toulson – Seaford Volunteer Fire Department

2012 – 2013 – Charles Boyer – Dover Fire Department

2011- 2012 – Charles Frampton – Brandywine Hundred Fire Company

2010 – 2011 – William F. Tobin Jr. – Memorial Volunteer Fire Company

2008 – 2009 – Warren Jones – Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company

2007 – 2008 – Ron Marvel – Seaford Volunteer Fire Department

2006 – 2007 – Alan F. Robinson Jr. – Citizens’ Hose Company, No. 1.

2005 – 2006 – Kennard Pyle – Odessa Fire Company

2004 – 2005 – Raymond T. Stevens Jr. – Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company

2003 – 2004 – Marvin Sharp – Carlisle Fire Company

2002 – 2003 – Jasper H. Lakey – Delaware City Fire Company #1 Inc.

2001 – 2002 – Dale Callaway – Milton Volunteer Fire Company

2000 -2001 – James L. Cubbage Jr. – Clayton Fire Company, No. 1 Inc.

1999 – 2000 – Steven Austin – Aetna Hose, Hook, & Ladder Company, Inc.

1998 – 1999 – Michael H. Vincent – Seaford Volunteer Fire Department

1997 – 1998 – Donald W. Knight – Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company

1996 – 1997 – Joseph W. Hojnicki Sr. – Minquadale Fire Company

1995 – 1996 – Lynn J. Rogers – Milton Volunteer Fire Company

1994 – 1995 – John Allen Metheny Sr. – Hartly Volunteer Fire Company

1993 – 1994 – Harry E. Warner – >Talleyville Volunteer Fire Company

1992 – 1993 – Elmer Steele – Laurel Fire Department

1991 – 1992 – George A. Diamond – Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company

1990 – 1991 – Edwin S. Barlow – Holloway Terrace Volunteer Fire Company, No. 1. –

1989 – 1990 – Walton A. Johnson Jr. – Frankford Volunteer Fire Company

1988 – 1989 – M. Frank King – Hartly Volunteer Fire Company

1987 – 1988 – Robert G. Sweetman – Aetna Hose, Hook, & Ladder Company, Inc.

1986 – 1987 – Clifford F. Lee – Laurel Fire Department

1985 – 1986 – Thomas V. Baker Sr. – South Bowers Volunteer Fire Company

1984 – 1985 – Lawrence E. Mergenthaler – Mill Creek Fire Company

1983 – 1984 – Richard C. Mitchell Sr. – Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company

1982 – 1983 – William R. Carrow – Clayton Fire Company, No. 1 Inc.

1982 – William G. Walton Sr. – Elsmere Fire Company, No. 1

1981 – John E. Bare Sr. – Frankford Volunteer Fire Company

1980 – Richard E. Ennis Sr. – Citizens’ Hose Company, No. 1.

1979 – Raymond H. McCall – Christiana Fire Company

1978 – E. James Monihan Jr. – Lewes Fire Department, Inc.

1977 – Morris W. King – Hartly Volunteer Fire Company

1976 – John E. Cunningham Jr. – Minquas Fire Company, No.1.

1975 – Ralph T. Hynson – Greenwood Fire Company, No. 1

1974 – William J. Paskey Jr. – Felton Community Fire Company

1973 – Arthur I. Guessford – Odessa Fire Company

1972 – David B. Joseph – Laurel Fire Department

1971 – Elbert C. Golder Sr. – Cheswold Volunteer Fire Company

1970 – Thomas E. Marshall – Talleyville Volunteer Fire Company

1969 – Arthur L. Jones – Greenwood Fire Company, No. 1

1968 – Roland Neeman – Felton Community Fire Company

1967 – Emmanuel J. Harkins – Cranston Heights Fire Company

1966 -William T. Lowe – Lewes Fire Department, Inc.

1965 – E. Reynolds Bradley – Citizens’ Hose Company, No. 1.

1964 – Clarence A. Schwatka Jr. – Townsend Fire Company, Inc.

1963 – William J. Himes Jr. – Seaford Volunteer Fire Department

1962 – Zora B. Tatman – Frederica Volunteer Fire Company

1961 – John V. Ryan Jr. – Holloway Terrace Volunteer Fire Company, No. 1. –

1960 – James E. Wilgus Sr. – Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company

1959 – Paul Neeman – Harrington Fire Company

1958 – C. Wesley Robinson – Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Company

1957 – Granville T. White – Laurel Fire Department

1956 – Charles H. Jester – Camden-Wyoming Fire Company

1955 – Charles L. Jones – Elsmere Fire Company, No. 1

1954 – Curtis W. Ennis Sr. – Ellendale Volunteer Fire Company

1953 -John W. Bamberger Sr. – Cheswold Volunteer Fire Company

1952 – George W. Duncan – Talleyville Volunteer Fire Company

1951 – Edgar S. Stayer – Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company

1950 – Fred E. Burke – Clayton Fire Company, No. 1 Inc.

1949 – Layton C. Baynard – Mill Creek Fire Company

1948 – E. Bloxem Daugherty Sr. – Delmar Volunteer Fire Company

1947 – Fred Brown – Holloway Terrace Volunteer Fire Company, No. 1. –

1946 – Fred Brown – Holloway Terrace Volunteer Fire Company, No. 1. –

1945 – W. Herald Brittingham Sr. – Lewes Fire Department, Inc.

1944 – Frank C. O’Neal Sr. – Harrington Fire Company

1941 – John W. Moore Sr. – Christiana Fire Company

1940 – Leroy B. Truitt – Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Company

1939 – Lewis W. Walker Sr. – Clayton Fire Company, No. 1 Inc.

1938 – Howard F. Sheldon Sr. – Talleyville Volunteer Fire Company

1937 – Reuben A. Steward – Seaford Volunteer Fire Department

1936 – Willard D. Boyce Sr. – Cheswold Volunteer Fire Company

1935 – Walter Hubert – Mill Creek Fire Company

1934 – Samuel C. Pierce Jr. – Lewes Fire Department, Inc.

1933 – J. Elmer Haddaway – Camden-Wyoming Fire Company

1932 – John N. Jordin – Five Points Fire Company

1931 – Elbert C. Bailey Sr. – Laurel Fire Department

1930 – Warren W. Pettyjohn – Dover Fire Department

1929 – Robert S. Croes – Cranston Heights Fire Company

1928 – John E. McClaine Jr. – Delmar Volunteer Fire Company

1927 -Harry S. Collins – Citizens’ Hose Company, No. 1.

1926 – G. Clifton Maull – Lewes Fire Department, Inc.

1924 – 1925 – Edward S. Jones – Volunteer Hose Company

1921 – 1923 – Charles E. Varney – Carlisle Fire Company