Outgoing Fire Chief To Be Praised At Chatham Council Meeting

CHATHAM, NJ — Jeffrey Fricke's tenure as Chatham Borough's volunteer fire chief will officially come to an end at Monday night's borough council meeting.

The borough council intends to pass a resolution honoring Fricke's duration as the borough's fire chief for the last four years.

Fricke has been a member of the Chatham Fire Department since his appointment more than two decades ago. He quickly rose through the ranks of the department, serving as a lieutenant from 2007 to 2010, as a captain in 2011, as the 3rd Deputy Chief from 2013 to 2014 and as Deputy Chief from 2015 to 2018.

Fricke was appointed Fire Chief in 2019, during which time the Chatham Volunteer Fire Department responded to 1,365 calls for service, with Fricke responding to 1,126 of them.

"The Mayor and Council wish to commend Chief Fricke and express their sincere gratitude for his many years of faithful and distinguished public service to the Volunteer Fire Department and the Borough of Chatham," the resolution reads.

The council chose Peter Glogolich as the next serving fire chief during the borough's reorganization meeting in early January. Glogolich previously served as fire chief from 2002 to 2014 and was succeeded by Doug Allan and, later, Fricke.

Glogolich is the first fire chief to ever serve in the position twice.