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WESTHAMPTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT

Sons of the Beach

January 2007

Westhampton Beach, NY – The Westhampton Beach Fire Department held its annual election of officers at the December meeting and Richard Schultz was elected Chief Engineer.

Chief Schultz moved to Westhampton in 1975 and is a graduate of Westhampton Beach High School. He lives in Westhampton with his wife Pat and they have 2 daughters, Laura, a graduate of SUNY-New Paltz, and Amber, currently attending SUNY-Geneseo.

Chief Schultz said” I want to thank outgoing Chief, Shawn Ethier, for his help and guidance and look forward to serving the Department along with some great assistant chiefs and officers.”

The new Chiefs were sworn in during the first meeting of the year for the Fire District. Also sworn in was Don Metcalf who was reelected to a 5 year term as a fire commissioner.

The newly elected officers for the WHB-FD are:

Chief Engineer RICHARD SCHULTZ

1^st Assistant Chief STEVE SMITH

2^ND Assistant Chief AL TUDISCO

3^RD Assistant Chief JOHN “CHIP” BANCROFT

President JAMES HADLEY

Vice-President JIM CZACHUR

Captains, Line Companies ROSS DONNESON

JEREMY BENNETT

TOM GLOVER

Captain Fire Police NANCY LYNCH

Lieutenants, Line Companies HALSEY STEVENS

DARRYL SCHUNK

SCOTT MITCHELL

Lieutenant Fire Police TOM BETJEMANN

George Vickers Jr. re-elected to the executive board.

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Captions for attached photos of WHB-FD Chiefs and Don Metcalf.

From right to left: New Chief Engineer Rick Schultz, 1^st Assist Chief Steve Smith, 2^nd Assist Chief Al Tudisco and 3^rd Assist Chief Chris “Chip” Bancroft.

Don Metcalf being sworn in for a 5 year term as Fire Commissioner for the WHB Fire District.