Houston Fire Chiefs (Deceased) from 1895 to Present

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Jacob Phillip "Jack" Arto Jr.  Born January 31, 1866  1895 - 1920  Died March 3, 1950  
          Houston Volunteer Protection Co. No.1 1886 To 1895
Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member 
Served as the 3rd Fire Chief from 1901 to 1905


Claude Melvin "Rip" Bullock  Born October 30, 1906  1937 - 1964  Died December 29, 1996
  Served as the 19th Fire Chief from 1958 to 1964 


Clarence Richard "Jake" Cook  Born October 27, 1927  1945 - 1976  Died Deceber 26, 2012
Served as the 22nd Fire Chief  from 1968 to 1973

 Edward Anthony "Eddie" Corral  Born July 4, 1931  1956 - 2005  Died October 24, 2015
Served as the 31st Fire Chief  from 1992 to 1998 


Jasper Henry Davidson  Born January 16, 1889  1910 - 1946  Died October 5, 1946
 Served as the 11th Fire Chief  from 1935 to 1939  

 
Ernest Bruce "Navy" Hartwell  Born December 10, 1885  1910 - 1937  Died April 5, 1967   
   Served as the 10th Fire Chief from 1933 to 1935

 
Raymon Roland Harrison Sr.  Born May 5, 1926  1946 - 1987  Died August 30, 2014
  Served as the 28th Fire Chief 1984

James Milton "Jim" Honea  Born February 21, 1913  1934 - 1973  Died November 18, 1988   
   Served as the 28th Fire Chief 1973 


Fred Allen Hooker  Born January 23, 1918  1940 - 1976  Died May 20, 1994   
     Served as the24th Fire Chief 1974 


Winborn Osborn "W. O." Hunter  Born October 6 1911  1942 - 1972  Died October 11, 2005
Served as the 21st Fire Chief  from 1964 to 1968

 
James Joseph Hussey   Born August 1865  1895 - 1901  Died January 31, 1941
Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member
Served as the 2nd Fire Chief from 1898 to 1901       

John Sellis "Johnny" Little Jr.  Born September 14, 1913  1934 - 1976  Died December 20, 1990   FG
  Served as the 25th Fire Chief from 1974 to 1976 


Joseph William  "Joe" Lobue  Born June 16, 1916  1938 - 1964  Died September 26, 1965
      Served as the 18th Fire Chief from 1953 to1958
Served as the 20th Fire Chief 1964


Homer Frank Lyles  Born February 28, 1901  1923 - 1953  Died May 29, 1953
   Served as the 12th Fire Chief from 1939 to 1947
Served as the 20th Fire Chief 1951 to 1953

Cronelius Joseph "Roxy" Ollre Sr.  Born April 5, 1882  1900 - 1929  Died January 24, 1933
  Served as the 8th Fire Chief from 1923 to 1929 


Reginal Felix "Kid" Ollre  Born September 21, 1874  1895 - 1943  Died February 11, 1949
 Houston Volunteer Houston Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 1894 to 1895  
Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member 
  Served as the 5th Fire Chief from 1908 to 1912            


Thomas Andrew O'Leary  Born 1860  1895 - 1908  December 25, 1908
 Houston Volunteer Stonewall Hose Co. No. 3 1889 to 1895
Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member  
Served as the 4th Fire Chief from 1905 to 1908         
In The Line Of Duty Death   5th LODD Since 1895


Joseph Henry "Joe" Perino  Born April 1, 1931  1955 - 1978  Died February 17, 2019
Served as the 26th Fire Chief from 1976 to 1978


Thomas Jordon "Tom" Powers  Born October 9, 1894  1915 - 1965  Died October 15, 1970
 Served as the16th Fire Chief 1951 

 
Thomas Franklin Ravell  Born September 17, 1858  1894 - 1900  Died July 24, 1932
Houston Volunteer Stonewall Hose Co. No. 3 1889 to 1895
Original Paid Houston Fire Department Member   
The First Fire Chief of the Paid Department from 1895 to 1898        

George Washington Richardson  Born December 24, 1892  1910 - 1948  Died March 6, 1948
Served as the13th Fire Chief 1947 
 

V. E. Rogers  Born January 31, 1934  1955 - 1984  Died June 3, 2014 
Served as the 27th Fire Chief  from 1978  to 1984
 

Fredrick Chris "Fred" Seibert  Born March 26, 1878  1898 - 1933  Died July 31, 1944
  Served as the 6th Fire Chief from 1912 to 1919 
Served as the 9th Fire  Chief from 1929 to 1933

William Perry Wells  Born June 6, 1883  1900 - 1923  Died September 6, 1967
    Served as the 7th Fire Chief from 1919 to 1923


Roy Boyle Whittlesey  Born April 25, 1908  1935 - 1 959  Died March 5, 1964
    Served as the 14th Fire Chief from 1947 to 1948