The Vienna Volunteer Fire Department could not have survived and grown for more than a century without dedicated and visionary leaders. The following is a list of past VVFD Chiefs and Presidents from 1903 to the present.
Past Chiefs
1903 – 1918
Leon Freeman
1919 – 1930
Floyd Waggoner
1929 – 1930
Russell Waggoner
1936 – 1939
L.E. Wright
1940
D.M. Crickenberger
1941
L.E. Wright
1942 – 1957
D.M. Crickenberger
1958
Alfred Swift
1959 – 1968
Russell Loveless
1969 – 1971
Alfred Swift
1972 – 1973
Walter Allensworth
1974
Walter Allensworth
1974
Charles Singleton
1975 – 1976
Charles Singleton
1977
Arthur Crider
1977
Thomas Hawkins
1978 – 1979
Charles Singleton
1980 – 2000
George Ellis
2001 – 2004
Donald Burns
2004 – 2009
Jeffrey D. Gray
2010 – 2024
John Morrison
Past Presidents
1903 – 1935
Leon Freeman
1936 – 1937
J. Jeffries
1938 – 1944
Bert Phillips
1945 – 1951
Noah Dove
1952 – 1953
P.M. Crickenberger
1954
Phillip Savia
1955 – 1956
Malcom Reed
1957 – 1958
William Ball
1959 – 1962
Phillip Savia
1963
Robert Hancock
1964 – 1965
Emmet Oliff
1966 – 1967
Sam Savia
1968
Robert Hunter
1969
Ben Wenning
1970 – 1971
John White
1972 – 1975
Ben Wenning
1972
Robert Hancock
1976
Robert Hancock
1977
Charles Singleton
1978 – 1980
Charles Pickell
1981 – 1985
Sam Savia
1986 – 1997
J. Patrick Rooney
1998 – 2000
Gary Bounds
2001 – 2009
Howard Springsteen
2010 – 2012
Robert Zillian
2013 – 2024