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
   


Ex Chiefs

Joseph D'Andrea
1967-68

Edwin Townsend
1969

Joseph D'Andrea
1970

Harold Noonan
1971

Robert DeVeau
1972-73

Joseph D'Andrea
1974

Joseph Steiner
1975

Anthony Ferraro
1976-77

William Wicks, III
1978

Joseph Steiner
1979

Gloria Steiner
1980

Susan May
1981

Harold Noonan
1982

Marc Meyer
1983-84

Judith Olsen
1985-86

Andrea Golinsky
1987

Salvatore Signorelli
1988

Roger Winter
1988

Drew Silverman
1989-90

Marc Meyer
1991

Robert Scarabino
1992-93

Marc Meyer
1994

Brian Canty
1995-96

Mark Brenner
1997-98

Vito Reciniello
1999

William Billups
1999-2000

Robert Scarabino
2001-2002

Brian Canty
2003-2004

Roger Winter
2005-2006

Mary Conover
2007-2008
Dominic Heavey 
2009-2010


John Palmieri 
2011-2012

 

Martha Brenner
2013
 
Thomas Lemp
2014-2015
 
Dominic Heavey
2016
Casey Orr
2017-2018


Michael Como
2019-2020


David Kaufman
2021-2022 


William Connolly
2023
 

Call Statistics

March of 2024: 572
Last year for March: 493
Year to date: 6081
Last Year YTD: 5458

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