Fire Department
John Geddes
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 1923–1956
- Service with the department
- 1914–1956
People of Marysville / Public safety
Marysville Fire Chiefs
The chiefs who have led Marysville’s fire service since 1923, from the Marysville Fire Department to today’s Marysville Fire District, with each chief’s years of service.
About this list
What this record includes.
The Society’s list begins with John Geddes, who joined the department in 1914 and became chief in 1923, and continues to the present chief. Each entry records two spans: the years a person served with the department and the years spent leading it. One entry is an interim chief. Names and dates appear as recorded in the Society’s research; where other material gives a different date, the individual record says so.
- Collection size
- 10
- Historical span
- 1923–present
Directory records
10 fire chiefs
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Fire Department
Max Gottschalk
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 1956–1959
- Service with the department
- 1920–1961
Fire Department
Virgil Baxter
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 1959–1968
- Service with the department
- 1952–1977
Fire Department
Mel Hegelson
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 1968–1972
- Service with the department
- 1960–1972
Fire Department
Dick Murdock
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 1973–1983
- Service with the department
- 1955–1983
Fire Department
Douglas “Doug” Ronning
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 1983–1993
- Service with the department
- 1968–1993
- Also listed as
- Doug Ronning
The Society’s records list his Marysville fire service as beginning in 1968; other biographical material gives 1972 as the start of his full-time firefighting career. He served as acting fire chief beginning in 1983 and became the permanent fire chief in 1984. This list keeps the broader 1983–1993 period used in the Society’s records.
Fire Department
Greg Corn
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 1993–2015
- Service with the department
- 1973–2015
Fire Department
Martin McFalls
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 2015–2022
- Service with the department
- 1988–2022
Fire Department
Darryl Neuhoff
Interim Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 2022–2023
- Service with the department
- 1998–2023
He joined the Marysville Fire District in 1998 following its consolidation with Snohomish County Fire District 20. His overall fire-service career began in 1983.
Fire DepartmentCurrent
Ned Vander Pol
Fire Chief
- Years in this role
- 2023–present
- Service with the department
- 2023–present
Years in the department
Most chiefs rose through the ranks.
9 of the 10 chiefs on this list served with the department before leading it. Each row sets a chief’s full years of service beside the years spent as chief.
- Chief
- 1923–1956
- Department
- 1914–1956
- Chief
- 1956–1959
- Department
- 1920–1961
- Chief
- 1959–1968
- Department
- 1952–1977
- Chief
- 1968–1972
- Department
- 1960–1972
- Chief
- 1973–1983
- Department
- 1955–1983
- Chief
- 1983–1993
- Department
- 1968–1993
- Chief
- 1993–2015
- Department
- 1973–2015
- Chief
- 2015–2022
- Department
- 1988–2022
- Interim chief
- 2022–2023
- Department
- 1998–2023
Ned Vander PolCurrent
- Chief
- 2023–present
- Department
- 2023–present
Sources & method
Read the list with its evidence attached.
These are the principal records used to assemble this collection. Linked family-history services are research leads and may change independently of the Society’s index.
- Marysville Historical Society — Fire chiefs list
Compiled by the Marysville Historical Society. Names, years of service with the department, and years as chief appear as recorded in the Society’s list.