Chief Officers

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Year	Chief	Assistant Chief
Unfortunately, I only have meeting minutes starting in 1956. If anyone knows who the Chiefs / Assistant Chiefs were prior to 1956, please email me!
1956	Ray Scott	O. W. Yates
1957	V. W. Tunstall	G. T. Jordan
1958	Ray Scott	Wade Baker
In 1958, the by-laws were amended to specify a 3-year term for chief officers. Also, the fire district was split into a Town and a Rural district with an Assistant Chief assigned to each.
1961	Ray Scott	Wade Baker (Town) Verne Tunstall (Rural)
1964	V. W. Tunstall	James Mason (Town) Carter Schaub (Rural)
1967	James Mason	G. T. Jordan (Town) Bill Harris (Rural)
1970	Ray Scott	Gerald Howard (Town) Bill Harris (Rural)
1973	Gerald Howard	Gene Harris (Town) John O. Maynard (Rural)
1976	Gene Harris	John O. Maynard (Town) Gerald Howard (Rural)
1979	Gene Harris	Ross Denson (Town) Johnny Johnson (Rural)
1982	Gerald Howard	Ross Denson (Town) James Ragan (Rural)
1985	Tom Maynard	? (Town) ? (Rural)
1988	Tom Maynard	Bill Stevenson (Town) Wayne Rhodes (Rural)
1991 (Minutes Missing)	Bill Stevenson	Mark Edmunds (Town) ? (Rural)
Starting in 1993, the Apex Volunteer Fire Department made the Fire Chief a paid position. In 19??, the Town of Apex took over payroll and the paid staff became town employees.
1993	Bill Stevenson
1994	Bill Stevenson	Ollie Yates Jeff Maynard
1997	Bill Stevenson	Ollie Yates Randy Miller
2000	Bill Stevenson	Brian Yates Jeff Maynard
2001-2002	Ray Echevarria	Charles Reavis Jeff Maynard Brian Yates
2002	Mark Haraway	Charles Reavis Jeff Maynard Brian Yates
Year	Chief	Battalion Chief
In 2003, the volunteer Assistant Chief positions were eliminated when the full-time Battalion Chief position was created.
2003-present	Mark Haraway	Lawrence Carter (A-shift) Michael Beasley (B-shift) Alan Capps (C-shift)