Fire Chief:  Rick Cronin

Rick will serve as Chief for 2010.  This will be 10 1/2 total years as Chief for Rick. 

Rick joined the department at age 16 in 1986 and is in his 23rd year in the fire service.  Rick has previously held positions of Chief from 1996 through 2002 and again in 2006, half of 2008 after the chief at the time (Eric Paul) moved away for employment reasons, 2009 & 2010.  He also held the Assistant Chiefs position in 1995, 2007 and part of 2008; held Captain position in 1989, 1991 and 1994 and was Board of Director from 2003 through 2005.  Rick as chosen as Firefighter of the Year in 1988 and in 1992 by the department membership.  He is also a certified South Dakota Fire Service Instructor.   He is very knowledgable on I.S.O. requirements and was instrumental with having the city and fire department reclassified from a class 6 to a class 4 rating in 2003. 

Rick has extensive background in the Fort Pierre Fire Department as he grew up with his dad; two of his brothers; and one sister on the department.  Currently, two of his brothers and two of his nephews are on the department with him and his son and daughter are anxiously waiting to turn 18 to possibly join also.  Rick is very proud of his family of firefighters as well as the rest of the members for sacrificing their time and efforts to help others in need.

Chief Cronin can be reached at chief.fortpierrefire@midconetwork.com for fire department related business.

Assistant Chief:  Cody Lengkeek

Cody joined the department in 2006 and has been very active since joining.  Cody has held positions as 3rd captain as well as 1st captain prior to this year.  Codys overall fire service experience started in 2003 in another town prior to him moving to Fort Pierre.

 Assistant Chief Lenkeek can be reached at assistantchief.fortpierrefire@midconetwork.com for fire department related business.

First Captain:  Dave Laroche

Dave joined the department in 1993 and has been quite active since then.  Although 2010 is Dave's 3rd year as a fire officer, he has also held positions of Secretary and Treasurer of the department in the past.

Captain Laroche can be reached at captain1.fortpierrefire@midconetwork.com for fire department related business.

Second Captain:  Josh Boxley

This will be Josh's 1st year as a 1st Captain, but was appointed to 3rd Captain in August 2009 with the department.  Josh joined in about 2002 and left for about a year in 2005.  He rejoined shortly thereafter.  He is very active in duties around the fire hall and heads the scheduling of training for the members.

Captain Boxley can be reached at captain2.fortpierrefire@midconetwork.com for fire department related business.

Third Captain:  Joseph Boxley

This will be the first year that Joseph has held an officers position on the department.

Captain Boxley can be reached at captain3.fortpierrefire@midconetwork.com for fire department related business.