Fire Chiefs were elected by popular vote of the Fire Department membership from 1949 to 1999. Fire Chiefs were elected and served until resignation or removal.
In 1999 a minimum qualification standard was along with fire year terms. Once elected by the membership, the Towns of Dayton and Lyman then appointed that individual as the Town Fire Chief with a radio designation of "800".
In 1995 the Fire Chief's radio call-sign changed to "Car 1".
In January 2012 the first Full-Time Fire Chief position was created by the Towns of Dayton and Lyman when the department transitioned from private to municipal.
In November 2014, the Fire Chief's radio call-sign changed to "Chief 8-1".
Raymond Burbank
Employee #: 2
1949 - 1958
Milton Monroe
Employee #: 57
1958 - 1964
Curtis Taylor Jr.
Employee #: 29
1964
Edward Mullen
Employee #: 47
1964 - 1968
Donald F. Lord
Employee #: 77
1968 - 1979 | 1981 - 1983
Coyle R. Meserve
Employee #: 19
1979 - 1981
Bruce E. Mullen
Employee #: 143
1983 - 2002
Normand J. Bilodeau
Employee #: 192
2002 - 2006
H. Rodney Carpenter
Employee #: 184
2007 - 2011
Roger S. Hooper
Employee #: 186
2012 - 2019