Decades of Service
LifeMembers
Life membership is the department's recognition of longevity — awarded to those who gave twenty-five or more active years to the department and to this town. A standing honor, held for life.
What it means
A standing honor
Life membership is not applied for. It is proposed by the membership, reviewed by the Board of Directors, and voted in by a quorum of the active body — a quiet ceremony that carries more weight than the words suggest.
The threshold is twenty-five or more years of active service: showing up for drills, answering alarms, sitting on committees, teaching the next generation. The exact count matters less than the consistent presence. Life members don't stop serving when the title is awarded — most are still on the roster, still showing up.
Life membership is held for life. It carries full voting rights in the membership regardless of active status, and it comes with the gratitude of every person who will ever be protected by the department these members built.
The bar
25+
Years of active service
The department asks only what you can give. Twenty-five years given freely is extraordinary, and the membership treats it that way.
The roll
Life Members
20 Life Members — 25+ years active service
Service
Member
Status
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Red Bayer
Life Member -
Wayne Burdett
Life Member -
Duane Fanning
Life Member -
Carey Dell
Life Member -
Robert Faugh
Life Member -
Jim Galbally
Life Member -
Cathy Henry
Life Member -
Lynn Mack
Life Member -
Larry Meston
Life Member -
Dan Monaghan
Life Member -
Diana Pfersick
Life Member -
James Princehorn
Life Member -
Jerry Sheppard
Life Member -
Bev Smith
Life Member -
Al Sweet
Life Member -
Dale Sweet
Life Member -
Mike Terzo Sr.
Life Member -
Roger Tobey
Life Member -
Doug Watson
Life Member -
Dick Wheeler
Life Member
In memory
A permanent roll
Several of our life members have since passed. Their names remain on this roll permanently. We honor their service and hold their families in lasting regard. Life membership, once given, does not expire.
The next chapter
It starts with a
single drill night
Every person on that roll started with zero experience and no guarantee they’d stay. They stayed. Drill nights, Mondays, 7:00 PM at Station 1 — come see what that looks like.