Honeoye Falls Fire Department
The Honeoye Falls Fire Department was founded back in 1885 by a group of volunteers who signed a list in a drug store. Today it's a little more complex but not much. We get volunteers from all sorts of area's but mostly from references of current members. We appreciate all the help we can get. In a time where volunteers are dwindling faster and faster, those who hang in there and keep volunteering are very useful to us and to them the department is very grateful.
All members of the HFFD have important jobs. Just being a member is important. These are the people who get up at 3:00 in the morning out of a nice warm bed to go help someone else who has called. Then they have to go to work where they are responsible to do the job for which they've been hired. That's dedication. All members at the HFFD are volunteers and do not receive any monetary compensation. They give hundreds of hours a year [each] for free and expect nothing in return. You will not find a better class of people.
The department has two branches. The Operations side and the Corporation side. Operationally we are a department of the Village of Honeoye Falls. In such mode, we are employee's [technically non- pay remember?] of the Village and are responsible to the Board of Trustee's. The members of the HFFD are also incorporated. The Honeoye Falls Fire Department Inc. The members alone make up the corporation and thus have leaders.
Below is a list of the Line Officers, Corporate Officers, and all current active members of the HFFD. The Line Officers are the command staff who are responsible for all HFFD actions and equipment at a scene. The Corporate Officers are the leaders of the corporation and oversee things such as member conduct at corporate events [turkey raffle, gun raffle] and the money donated to us by our residents.
Here is the List of all the people who make the HFFD a great department and who you will see if you have an unfortunate incident where you must call us:
Chief
1st Asst. Chief
2nd Asst. Chief
1st Captain
2nd Captain
1st Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant
Safety Officer
Fire Police Captain
Joel Taylor
Paul Churnetski
Mark Hansen
Andy Green
Steve Sessler
Ryan Clair
Joe Germonto
Gerald Lonthair
Thomas West
RANK
NAME
RADIO CALL SIGN
5C - 16
5C - 26
5C - 36
5C - 46
5C - 56
5C - 66
5C - 76
5C - 86
5C - 96
President
Vise President
Warden
Warden
Treasurer
Secretary
Corporate Officers:
Bill Soehner
Mike Bonadona
Kay Bushman
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Past Chiefs:
Pete Doyle
Tom Rath
Tom O'Toole
Ed Tondryk
Ron Patchett
Tom McGory
CJ Bushman
Joel Taylor
2008 Firefighter of the Year:
Curtis "CJ" Grace
Gerald Lonthair
Knox
Koss
Lonthair
Lonthair
Lord
Lund
Lund
McGory
Militello
Milne
Milne
Morey
Mustardo
Mykins
Nies
O'Toole
Palmer
Palmer
Patchett
Puchebner
Rath
Rath
Rietz
Ripley
Rogers
Altonberg
Barrett
Bonadonna
Burton Jr.
Bushman
Churnetski
Churnetski
Clair
Clair
Culp
Declerck
Dewey
Dickinson
Dickinson
Doyle
Doyle
Faugh
Farmer
Grace
Germonto
Green
Hansen
Harvey
Harvey
Hood
Jones
Rogers
Roth
Rouse
Rowe
Rozzi
Sessler
Shellman
Soehner
Stahl
Stills
Talmadge
Taylor
Tondryk
Toland
Trewer
West
Wood
Wischmeyer
Wischmeyer
Yonda
Young
Zavitz
Zavitz
Zavitz
Bill Harvey, Kay Bushman 25 years of service award, Rick Milne, 25 years of service award, Gerald Lonthair 30 years of service award, not pictured Tom West 35 years of service award.
Department Line Officers:
Curtis Grace on left with Ryan Clair.
Bill Harvey, William Soehner, Curtis Grace, Steve Lord
Bill Harvey
