Officers of the Pickering Professional Firefighters Association 2018-19
Mike Palachik - President
Neil Delory - VP
Eric Woolley - Secretary
Glen Burton - Treasurer
Matt Ricci - Public Relations
Dave Higgins - Exec Officer
Mike Palachik - President
Neil Delory - VP
Eric Woolley - Secretary
Glen Burton - Treasurer
Matt Ricci - Public Relations
Dave Higgins - Exec Officer
Some of our old newsletters
Thoughts of a Retired Firefighter
No, I haven't forgotten the excitement of riding on a fire rig, "lights flashing, sirens wailing," nor the feeling of a "good save!", whether it be a human life or the valued possessions of a fellow citizen. I haven't forgotten the feeling of standing, ankle deep, in freezing water on a 5 below January night, gloves frozen to the nozzle, fighting a fire I know was caused by carelessness or worse. I haven't forgotten the terror of being lost in a smoke filled building...feeling the taste of hot coffee and a cold meat loaf sandwich at 4 in the morning. Now, I walk into my old firehouse, only to find it filled with strangers. I may not walk as fast, or stand as straight as you. My hair may be gray or thin. My jokes don't come as easy as they once did. But I know in my heart that I have paid the price, and have "earned" the right to say proudly "I'm a retired firefighter." Battalion Chief Joe Carber RET. (Deceased) Fire Department New York |
Service Numbers
*retired/resigned/deceased 1 *D. Lynde, Fire Chief I *T. S. Stewart, Fire Chief 2 *J. Glendinning, Training Officer 3 *R. Morgan, Fire Prevention Officer 4 *H. Gordon, Training Officer *G. Wilson, Captain 5 *D. Smith, Captain 6 *E. Anderson, Captain 7 *J. Evans, Captain 8 *H. Bodenweber * R. Webb 9 *C. Smith, Captain 10 *P. A. Pearsall, Fire Chief 11 *W. Peddie, Captain 12 *J. Drinkwater, Captain *G. Oke 13 *R. Smith 14 *R. Roberge, Captain 15 *B. Lane 16 *W. Douglas, Fire Chief 17 *R. Strong 18 *D. Thompson 19 *J. Drake, Captain 20 *R. Williams 21 *W. T. Serroul 22 *R. Cubbage, Captain 23 *B. Danks, Platoon Chief 24 *S. Gordon, Captain 25 *G. Ferguson, Deputy Fire Chief 26 *N. P. Tarpey, Captain |
45 *A. Urbas, Captain 46 *C. Blake 47 *M. Gamba, Chief Training Officer 48 *D. Laskey, Captain 49 *J. Clarke 50 *J. Mairs, Captain 51 *F. Hyland, Deputy Chief 52 P. Burt 53 D. Browne, Platoon Chief 54 J. Hagg, Fire Chief 55 *G. Palmer 56 *L. Greene 57 *C. McNown 58 W. Johnston 59 *D. Vanderlip 60 G. Burton, Captain 61 *D. Collett 62 *R. Frenette 63 *Captain T. Richard 64 *I. Eibbitt, Platoon Chief 65 *S. Major 66 *W. Jerdan 67 P. Bender, Platoon Chief 68 *G. Abbott, Platoon Chief 69 *S. Bell 70 H. Davis, Platoon Chief 71 L. Gaudet 72 M. Noonan 73 T. Jeffery, Captain 74 B. Kinsman, Platoon Chief 75 * P. Maxwell 76 S. Andrews |
95 J. Spurrell
96 J. Yoshida, Deputy Chief 97 B. Graham, Chief Training Officer 98 M. Hendy, Captain 99 E. DeGeer 100 V. Pereira 101 D. Higgins 102 R. Quinn 103 D. Hathaway 104 M. Palachik, Captain 105 C. Cannon, Captain 106 C. Redshaw 107 S. Parent, Captain 108 K. Mitchell, Captain 109 N. Delory 110 R. Younghusband 111 C. Armstrong 112 D. Chambers 113 W. Krishnan 114 R. Sanderson 115 A. Kentish 116 S. Cook 117 P. O’Brien 118 P. Ross 119 J. Cleator 120 M. Libich 121 D. Dufresne 122 T. Janssen 123 J. Civello 124 S. Simmonds 125 E. Woolley 126 J. Manganaro 127 S. Heidinga |
27 *M. Hockley, Captain
28 *R. Ireland, Fire Inspector 29 *G. Cornish, Fire Inspector 30 *R. Ingram, Platoon Chief 31 *G. Nicholson, Platoon Chief 32 *R. Zents 33 *W. Catchpole 34 *R. Heath, Chief Fire Prevention Officer 35 *G. Pedwell, Captain 36 *L. Lynde, Captain 37 R. Ward 38 *K. Dickinson 39 *M. Diotte, Deputy Fire Chief 40 *J. McAlister 41 *B. Compton, Platoon Chief 42 *E. Spratt 43 *M. Stenzel, Chief Training Officer 44 *P. Wagner, Captain |
77 L. McNeil, Captain
78 *K. Smythe 79 *I. Giffin, Training Officer 80 B. Halliday 81 *C. Hogan 82 *I. Grimshaw 83 K. Potts, Captain 84 *C. Arnott 85 M. Harvey, Captain 86 *S. Robinson 87 M. Tiernan, Captain 88 T. Deschamps, Captain 89 J. Young, Captain 90 J. Nash 91 *T. Herda 92 G. Jackson, Captain 93 P. Sheridan 94 Mike Harvey |
128 S. Nethery
129 T. Behun 130 M. Omnes 131 S. Grubich 132 T. Smallwood 133 M. Doherty 134 D. King 135 D. Kharazmi 136 A. Wulff 137 J. Beaudrow 138 W. Hannah 139 A. Niven 140 J. Calabro 141 S. Lahey 142 K. Kavanagh 143 B. King |
Fire Prevention
700 *M. Seward, Fire Inspector 701 *B. Holmes, Chief Fire Prevention Officer 702 S. Fowlds, Chief Fire Prevention Officer 703 R. Watson, Fire Prevention Officer 704 J. Ineson, Fire Inspector 705 A. Fowler, Fire Inspector Training *Doug McKinnon, Chief Training Officer |
Dispatchers
*T. Colgan *L. Riding *L. Medora *D. Amos *M. Andrus *B. Devine *D. Ball *F. Dimelow |
Administration *S. Almond, Deputy Chief Steve Boyd, Deputy Chief J. Yoshida, Deputy Chief *S. Fraser, Clerk Typist *F. Hockley *B. Tran *V. Jones, Co-ordinator *N. Moreno, Administrative Assistant 1 *D. Britton, Secretary F. Niro, Administrative Assistant 1 |
Pickering Professional Firefighters Association's
Past Presidents
C. Arnott 2012 - 2016
G. Pedwell 2011 - 2012 B. Kinsman 1999 - 2011 F. Hyland 1998 - 1999 G. Pedwell 1994 - 1998 D. Browne 1993 - 1994 R. Williams 1991 - 1993 G. Pedwell 1987 - 1991 R. Roberge 1985 - 1987 R. Williams 1984 - 1985 |
R. Cubbage 1982 - 1984
R. Williams 1980 - 1982 C. Smith 1978 - 1980 R. Morgan 1975 (Oct) - 1977 G. Oke 1975 (Apr) - 1975 (Oct) R. Morgan 1974 - 1975 D. Smith 1973 - 1974 E. Andersen 1971 - 1972 R. Morgan 1967 - 1971 J. Glendinning 1966 - 1967 |