History

The South Butler Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1949. The department started like most in that time period with a hose cart which was stored in a garage off of Graham Terrace. The members broke ground on the  1st phase of the building in May of 1950. Once the building had been completed the fire department was Chartered in 1951.








 

Past Fire Chief's




First

Fire Chief

Joseph Kriley

1949 - 1959




Joseph Lesnik

1960 - 1962

Emerson Hopper

1963 - 1969

Bob McCandless

1970 - 1972

Donald Wolfe

1973 - 1974

John Lestyk Jr.

1975 - 1978

Joseph Matson

1979 - 1983

Donald Wolfe

1984

Fred Spohn

1985

Joseph Matson

1986

John Spohn

1987 - 1988

Frank Matis

1989 - 1990

Dean Selfridge Sr.

1991

Thomas Leith

1992

Thomas Winters

1993

Jay Palmer

1994 - 1995

Paul Sweeney

1996 - 2002