FranklinLakes

Chief of Department
Charles J. Bohny, Jr.

Assistant Chief of Operations
David Rohner

Captain
Matthew Post

Captain
Denny Knubel

Lieutenant
Thomas Fahy

Lieutenant
Thomas Fahy, Jr.

Contact Information :

Franklin Lakes Fire Department

c/o Franklin Lakes Borough Hall
480 DeKorte Drive
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417

Phone No : 201-891-5736
Fax : 201-891-4507

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Franklin Lakes Fire Department - Past Chiefs of Department

December 1924 Formation meeting until December 1926.
William Ainlay

First Chief of Department
Founding and Charter Member
Member from 1924 until answering his final call in 1941.

Chief William Pulis

January 1927 thru December 1938
William Pulis

Second Chief of Department
Longest serving Chief in Department History
First Asst. Chief in Department History
Founding and Charter Member

Chief Roy Bender

January 1939 thru December 1939
Roy Bender

Third Chief in Department History
Served 37 Years on the Franklin Lakes Borough Council
Served as Police Commissioner, Fire Commissioner and Building and Grounds Commissioner among others.
ServF as Mayor of the Borough for 1 Year
Founding and Charter Member.
The street that Franklin Lakes Fire Headquarters was built upon in 1967 was named in his honor.
Member from 1924 until answering his final call in 1998

Chief Ed Gorman

January 1940 to December 1941
January 1946 to December 1949
Edward Gorman

Fourth and Sixth Chief in Department History.
Previously served as both First and Second Asst. Chief.
Chief Gorman temporarily left the Department in 1942 to serve in the US Army during World War II.
Third longest serving Chief in Department History

Chief Herbert Hopper

January 1942 thru December 1945
Herbert Hopper

Fifth Chief in Department History
Led the Department during the difficult time of World War II

January 1950 thru December 1952
Cliff Holley

Seventh Chief in Department History

Chief Ken Walder Sr.

January 1953 thru December 1955
Ken Walder Sr.

Eighth Chief in Department History

Chief William Herbert Pulis

January 1956 thru December 1957
William Herbert Pulis

Ninth Chief in Department History

January 1958 thru December 1958
Valentine Storms

Tenth Chief in Department History

Chief Rudolph Manz

January 1959 thru December 1961 & January 1963 thru December 1966
Rudolph Manz

Eleventh and Thirteenth Chief in Department History
Second Longest Serving Chief in Department History
Joined FLFD 4/1952 - Became 50 year active member in 2002
Served 1 year as First Assistant Chief - (V. Storms)
Supervised the construction of Bender Ct. Firehouse during second term as Chief.
Served as President of FLFD for 8 years
Served as Chief Engineer for FLFD for 15 years
Served as construction liason during Bender Ct. firehouse renovation in late 1990's
Charter Member and Past President of Franklin Lakes Ambulance Corp.
Charter and Life Member of VFW Post 5702 (Franklin Lakes)
Served in US Army during WWII from 1944-1946 achieved rank of Sergeant and awarded 3 Battle Stars
Honorary Member NJ Search and Rescue
Honorary Life Member of Franklin Lakes Senior Club
Served as Past President, Vice-President and Treasurer of Northwest Bergen Mutual Aid Association
Member and Past President of NY-NJ Firemen's Assoc.
Member NJ Fire Chief's Assoc.
Member Bergen County Fire Chief's Assoc.
Has attended and worked NJ Firemen's Convention for 50 consecutive years.
Past Coordinator for 1-800-FIRELINE (NJ Bergen County)

January 1962 thru December 1962
William Gass

Twelveth Chief in Department History

January 1967 thru December 1969
Thomas Williams

Fourteenth Chief in Department History

Chief James Bohrer

January 1970 thru December 1971
James Bohrer

Fifteenth Chief in Department History

Chief Wayne Keene

January 1972 thru December 1974
Wayne Keene

Active Member of the Department from March 1961 until going Exempt in 1984.
Sixteenth Chief in Department History
Appointed Lieutenant (Pulis Ave)
Elected as 2nd Asst. Chief (Chief Williams)
Elected as 1st Asst. Chief (Chief Bohrer)
Served as Chief during the 50th Anniversary Year (1974)
Supervised construction of Southside Firehouse during his time as Chief.
Served as Borough Councilman from 1977 thru 1982.
During this time served as Franklin Lakes Fire Commissioner
Father of Past Chief John Keene

Chief Darry Emmett

January 1975 thru December 1976
Darry Emmett

Seventeenth Chief in Department History

Chief Arnold Jost

January 1977 thru December 1978
Arnold Jost

Eighteenth Chief in Department History

January 1979 thru December 1981
Ken Walder Jr.

Nineteenth Chief in Department History

Chief James Webb

January 1982 thru December 1984
James Webb

Twentieth Chief in Department History

Chief Ronald Meyers

January 1985 thru December 1987
Ronald Meyers, Sr

Twenty-First Chief in Department History

January 1988 thru December 1988
Brian Peterson

Twenty-Second Chief in Department History

Chief Steven Linz

January 1989 thru December 1991
Steven Linz

Twenty-Third Chief in Department History

Chief Leonard Van Ess

January 1992 thru December 1994
Leonard Van Ess

Twenty-Fourth Chief in Department History

January 1995 thru December 1997
Bruce Post

Twenty-Fifth Chief in Department History

Chief John Keene

January 1998 thru December 2000
John Keene

Twenty-Sixth Chief in Department History

January 2001 thru December 2003
Lawrence Kohan

Twenty-Seventh Chief in Department History

Chief Christopher Donch

January 2004 thru December 2006
Christopher Donch

Twenty-Eighth Chief in Department History

January 2007 thru December 2007
Jeremy K. Donch

Twenty-Ninth Chief in Department History

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