Reader is a small town, about 50 miles south of Wheeling and 63 miles north of Parkersburg. The Reader Fire Department got started up by a group of charters in the month of September and the year of 1971. The Fire Department has 17 active members. Those members are as follows:
Chief- Kevin Hall Unit 901
Assistant Chief- Rick Bucher Unit 902
2nd Assistant Chief- Tom McGraw Unit 903
Captain- Brad Brown Unit 904
1st Lieutenant- Jeremy Bucher Unit 905
2nd Lieutenant- Mike Melott Unit 906
Chief Engineer- Ryan Bucher Unit 907
Senior Firemen (25 year Veteran Chief)- Don Barker Unit 921
Senior Firemen (25 year Veteran Assistant Chief)- Forest "Shorty" Tennant Unit 922
Firefighter- Tim Basset Unit 908
Firefighter- Perry Bucher Unit 909
Firefighter- Ron Jackson Unit 910
Firefighter- Mark Henderson Unit 912
Firefighter- Keith Nelson Unit 913
Firefighter- Pete Lemley Unit 914
Firefighter- Jeff Mason Unit 915
President- Doron Higginbotham Unit 911
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