Organization​

Fire Company - Station 17 

Non-profit, all volunteer, one of two independent fire companies of the Mendham Township Fire Department in Morris County, New Jersey

Mission 

Save human life and property by means of rescue, fire suppression and fire prevention

Location 

322 Mendham Road West
Mendham, NJ

Mailing Address 

PO Box 356
Mendham, NJ 07945

Non-Emergency Firehouse #

Call 973-543-4763

Emergency #

CALL 9-1-1

Email Us

[email protected]

Our Fire Company

Line Officers

Tom Montgomery 

Chief 

Nick Petonak

​​Deputy Chief

Jeffrey A. Betz

1st Assistant Chief

Executive Officers

​President - Gary Russell
Vice President - Frank Strafaci
Recording Secretary - Sue Andersen

Apparatus Captains

Ralston Engine 11 - Nolan Mortensen
Ralston Tanker 12 - Paul Hogan
Ralston Rescue 14 - Ian Baio

Active Members

Tom Montgomery
Nick Petonak
Jeffrey A. Betz
​Scott Mortensen
Ian Baio
Bill Grier
Nolan Mortensen
​Jack Bertha
Paul Hogan
Howard Panton
Gary Russell
Mike Yamashita
​Michelle Stadta
Matthew Diiorio
Aniekan Udo
Eric Morales

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Associate Members

Nancy Nadasky
​Roy Levine
Frank Strafaci
​Marcelo Figueira
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Dan Ely
Dan Gallagher

Junior Members

Military Leave

Chaplain

Father Mike Drury

Past Fire Chiefs

1942 - 1946  Joseph L. Backer
1947 - 1947  Vincent A. Calicchio
1948 - 1948  Otto T. Snedaker
1949 - 1950  Walter A. Schaller 
1951 - 1951  Walter A. Fischer
1952 - 1953  Kenneth M.Andrews
1954 - 1955  C. M. Groenewegen
1956 - 1956  Edward W. Roessler
1957 - 1957  L. Victor Tiger
1958 - 1959  William F. Grier Jr.
1960 - 1961  Neil Groenewegen
1962 - 1963  Dominic Taquinto
1964 - 1964  Al Brancati
1964 - 1965  Russell L. Carter
1966 - 1967  Walter S. Lewis
1968 - 1969  Willard A. Kagan
1970 - 1971  Carl C. Edens
1972 - 1973  Benjamin S. Bomhoff
1974 - 1975  Carl H. Bergelt
1976 - 1977  William F. Grier III
1978 - 1979  Christian Davidson
1980 - 1981  Thomas K. Smith Jr.
1982 - 1983  William F. Grier III
1984 - 1985  John H. Alderton IV
1986 - 1987  Carl T. Edens
1988 - 1989  J. Scott Mortensen
1990 - 1991  John R. Davis
1992 - 1993  Andrew Mills
1994 - 1995  William F. Grier III
1996 - 1997  Eric Grier
1998 - 1999  J. Scott Mortensen
2000 - 2001  William F. Grier III
2002 - 2003  Paul Hogan
2004 - Present  Tom Montgomery