History
Records of Department officers start with the election of Chief Robert S. Mentrum in 1891. Those serving as Missoula Fire Department Chief or Assistant Chief since that time are:
Robert S. Mentrum
| 1891 - 1898
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T. Robert Burger
| 1898 - 1900
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E. W. Walling
| 1900 - 1902
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Albert H. May
| 1902 - 1910
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A. K. Fox
| 1910 - 1912
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Peter F. Loffnes
| 1912 - 1919
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James T. Cranney
| 1919 - 1940
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Arthur L. Quinn
| 1940 - 1947
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Clare P. Kern
| 1947 - 1959
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Herb Wohl
| 1959 - 1967
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Robert E. Kelly
| 1967 - 1978
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Jack Reed
| 1978 - 1980
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Alfred J. Sampson
| 1980 - 1982
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Burton K. Walsh
| 1982 - 1987
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Charles H. Gibson
| 1987 - 1998
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Robert C. Deeds
| 1998 - 2002
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Thomas A. Steenberg
| 2002 - 2008
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Michael L. Painter
| 2008 - 2011
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Jason D. Diehl
| 2012 - 2018
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| Jeffrey L. Brandt | 2018 - 2021
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| Gordon Hughes | 2022 - present |
Jack P. Reed
| 1967 - 1978
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Alfred J. Sampson
| 1978 - 1980
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Charles H. Gibson
| 1980 - 1987
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Marshall R. Kyle
| 1987 - 1998
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Earl C. Hall
| 1999 - 2002
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Michael L. Painter
| 2003 - 2008
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Jason D. Diehl
| 2005 - 2012
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Jeffrey W. Logan
| 2009 - 2011
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Jeffrey L. Brandt
| 2011 - 2018
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Chad Nicholson
| 2013 - 2017 |
| Gordon Hughes | 2017 - 2021 |
| Bradly Davis | 2018 - present |