About Us
Board of Directors 2024
The Board of Directors of the Huntington Community First Aid Squad is comprised of nine members of the organization elected from the membership at large. Four members are elected every year and the term of office for a member of the Board of Directors is two years. The Chief of Operations also sits on the Board of Directors as a full voting member.
President Fiona Witkowski |
Vice - President Seth Fischer |
Secretary Brian Canty |
Treasurer Jim Mallilo |
Director Ryane Como |
Director Robert J.Franz |
Director Eric Kramer |
Director Lehti Lass |
Chief William Connolly |
Operational Officers 2024
The Operational Officers of the Huntington Community First Aid Squad are comprised of a Chief, three Deputy Chiefs, a Chief Dispatcher and seven Day Captains. The Operational Officers are responsible for the daily running of the Squad. There are seven Day Captains, each responsible for one day during the week. They are the senior Operational Officer for their day. There is a Chief Dispatcher who is responsible for the communications and office equipment and training members on dispatching. The First Deputy Chief is responsible for personnel. The Second Deputy Chief is responsible for maintenance and procurement of first aid supplies and equipment, as well as the training of the members. The Third Deputy Chief is responsible for the maintenance of the facility and vehicles.
Chief William Connolly |
First Deputy Chief Michael Como |
Second Deputy Chief Keith Rubenstein |
Third Deputy Chief John Stevens |
Chief Dispatcher Melissa Anastos |
Day Captains 2023
Company 1 Sunday Grant Werner |
Company 2 Monday Lily Poplawski |
Company 3 Tuesday Brandon Eybergen |
Company 4 Wednesday Dominic Heavey |
Company 5 Thursday Jacqueline de Bruin |
Company 6 Friday Eve Pollack |
Company 7 Saturday Matthew Philips |
The Operational Officers also have a recording secretary to assist them. Christine Blackwell takes the minutes for the Officers meetings, transcribes them and distributes them to the officers. Chris also assists the officers with the maintaining of their records.
Since the inception of the Squad in 1967 there have been 19 Past Presidents and 33 Ex-Chiefs, some were President or Chief more than once. Unfortunately, several of them have passed, those members have the purple and black bunting above their names.
Past Presidents
George Petrilak 1967-68 |
Ronald Warren 1968 |
Bruce Blower 1969-73 |
Ferdinand Rocke 1974 |
Salvatore Signorelli 1974-76 |
Robert Adams 1977 |
Bruce Blower 1978 |
Ronald Warren 1979 |
Joseph D'Andrea 1980 |
Ronald Warren 1980 |
Robert Franz 1981-87 |
Judith Olsen 1988 |
James Barkocy 1989-93 |
Frank Bianco 1994 |
David Mohr 1995-96 |
James Barkocy 1997-2000 |
Drew Silverman 2001 |
Robert Franz 2002-2005 |
Reeve Conover 2006-2008 |
Roger Winter 2008-2015 |
John Palmieri 2016-2017 |
Seth Fischer 2018- 2021 |
Fiona Witkowski 2022 |
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Ex Chiefs
Call Statistics
December of 2024: 572
Last year for December: 493
Year to date: 6081
Last Year YTD: 5458
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