MEDIA
RELEASE
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information: contact Fred Bauer at 631-288-1486 or fred@hentschelagency.com
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
1st Assistant Chief STEVE SMITH
2ND Assistant Chief AL
TUDISCO
3RD 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, 1st
Assist Chief Steve Smith, 2nd Assist Chief Al Tudisco and 3rd
Assist Chief Chris “Chip” Bancroft.
Don Metcalf being sworn in for a 5 year term as Fire
Commissioner for the WHB Fire District.