Chiefs of the Fire Department
The following have served as Chief of the Washington Volunteer Fire Department and later, when EMS was formed and combined as a division of the Fire Department, the Chief headed both divisions. The Chief was elected by the voters at the annual Town Meeting until 2021, when a vote of Town Meeting changed the position from elected to appointed by the Selectmen following a Fire Department committee search and recommendation.
* notes deceased
Abner Barker* 1939 - 1945
William Otterson, Sr* 1946
Earl B. Cilley* 1947 - 1948
Wilfred Wheeler* 1949 - 1953
Earl B. Cilley* 1953 - 1956
Robert W. Crane* 1957 - 1958
Charles E. Dalphond* 1959 - 1962
Wendell Ashley* 1963 - 1965
Abner Barker* 1965
Karl Jurson* 1966
Harry Hadaway* 1967 - 1972
Charles E. Dalphond* 1972 - 1986
Robert J. Wright 1987 - 2002
John R. Eccard 2002 - 2008
Brian P. Moser 2008 - 2016
David Defosse 2016 - 2018
Shawn Atkins 2018 - 2019
Brian P. Moser 2019 - 2020
Shawn Atkins 2020 - 2021
Shawn Atkins 2021 Appointed Chief