Fire chiefs meet

Photo by Karen Donato
Dwight Cowperthwaite, fire chief of Littleton, hosted members of the Aroostook County Fire Chiefs Association and guests for a meal at the Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum on Sept. 23. The group meets in the spring and fall to discuss a variety of issues relating to the operations of local fire departments. Those attending were from left, seated Jeremy York, Island Falls fire chief; Matthew Powers, Bridgewater Fire Department training officer; Darrell White, Presque Isle fire chief; Richard Wark, Mapleton fire chief; Ed Endee, Fort Kent fire chief; Rudy Martin, Fort Kent assistant fire chief; Milton Cone, Houlton fire chief; Bill Greaves, Maine Forest Service, Littleton; Joe Thomas, state fire marshall, Brunswick; chief Cowperthwaite; Charles Kavanaugh, Grand Falls, N.B. fire chief and Leland Cyr, Houlton fire department. Standing: Frank Hammond, Maine Fire Institute, Brunswick; Robby Gross, Maine Forest Service, Mapleton; Todd Hayes, Sherman fire chief; Mark Ganzel, Linneus fire chief; Adam Rider, Presque Isle deputy chief; Troy Bradstreet, Bridgewater fire chief; Kirk Ward, assistant chief North Lake Fire Department; Andy Gendreau, Van Buren assistant fire chief; and Darren Woods, North Lake fire chief. Also attending, but not pictured was Scott Susi, Caribou fire chief.