Fire Department

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The Orland Volunteer Fire Department was formed in 1911 after much of Orland’s downtown burned in a devastating fire. Since that time, there have been hundreds of citizens who have stepped up to be volunteer firefighters and who have risked their lives to protect the citizens of Orland and the surrounding communities. Each has dedicated countless hours away from family and friends to be a firefighter. These volunteers are unique because what they do is not their regular job. Most of what is done as a volunteer firefighter is on top of a regular job. In July of 2019, the City in partnership with the Orland Rural Fire Protection District and OVFD, hired Orland’s first paid Fire Chief, Justin Chaney – shown below. Chief Chaney has been the fire chief for the volunteers since 2017.

Chiefs | Past to present:

  • 1911 P.J. Noerager
  • 1912 Magnus Peters
  • 1912 Willard Clark
  • 1913 C.E. Abbott
  • 1914 D.C. Shellooe
  • 1915 J.N. Tibessart
  • 1916 Frank McGrogan
  • 1917 Willard Clark
  • 1918 J.L. Bender
  • 1919 Harry Strawn
  • 1920 John Wright
  • 1921 Charles Thode
  • 1922 Art Campbell
  • 1923 Charles Baker
  • 1924 – 25 Carl Franke
  • 1926 A.B. Sanford
  • 1927 – 35 Harry Strawn
  • 1936 Jack Simpson
  • 1937 – 39 Harry Strawn
  • 1940 – 42 Howard Schmidt
  • 1942 W.R. Gilmore
  • 1943 – 48 Everett Schmidt
  • 1949 Henry Blunk
  • 1950 Everett Schmidt
  • 1951 M. Dave Gleason
  • 1952 Henry Blunk
  • 1953 – 54 M. Dave Gleason
  • 1955 – 60 Glenn A. Olsen
  • 1961 – 63 Jack Malick
  • 1964 – 65 J.D. Robinson
  • 1966 – 67 Glenn Tibessart
  • 1968 Jack Malick
  • 1969 – 75 V.C. Williams
  • 1976 – 80 Robert Holvik
  • 1981 – 83 V.C. Williams
  • 1984 – 86 Jack Bucke
  • 1987 – 89 Gerald “Bill” Salvagno
  • 1990 – 94 Rick Nunes
  • 1995 – 99 Chuck Harris Jr.
  • 2000 – 06 Vernon Dado
  • 2007 – 08 Jeff Gomes
  • 2009 – 10 Jerry Kraemer
  • 2011 –14 Jeff Gomes
  • 2015 –17  Bart Caster
  • 2017- Current Justin Chaney