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100th Year Anniversary Weekend – Thank You!

by David Howser - September 18, 2019

The St. Matthews Fire Department was founded in 1919 and celebrated it’s 100th anniversary October 11 and 12th, 2019. The St. Matthews Fire Department Reunion Committee worked hard to pull off a wonderful event commemorating this centennial anniversary. The entire community, along with many past members from across the country, showed up in large numbers on what ended up being a wonderful Fall weekend in the Bluegrass! The celebration coincided with the 5th Annual Metro Louisville Firefighters Rib Cook Off. This “FREE” event for our members and the community would not have been possible without the generous support of all the sponsors listed here! We thank them for their support of the event which also generates proceeds for the WHAS Crusade For Children.

Rib Cook Off Sponsors

Texas Roadhouse
Steepleton
Mission BBQ
Paul Davis
Logan Lavelle Hunt
Independence Bank
Fire Protection Services
Walmart
Willis Klein
Medicount
Isaacs and Isaacs
Dave N Busters
St. Matthews FOP
Shepherd Insurance
Jackson Sod Company

100 Year Celebration Sponsors

Baptist Health Louisville
Fire & Specialty Equipment Company
Commonwealth Bank & Trust
Dean Dorton
Action Overhead Door
Medleys
Raben Tires
Semonin Reality
Stock Yards Bank
Vogelpohl Fire Equipment
Eagle Paper
Sterling Thompson Company

About David Howser

Chief Howser was born and raised in the Lyndon area. He joined LFR as a volunteer fire fighter in 1980 while a student at the old Westport High School. During his tenure here he has served as Company Officer, Training Officer, Safety Officer, Battalion Chief, Assistant Chief and Fire Chief. In 1984 he was hired as one of Lyndon's first career firefighters. As noted, since that time he has worked his way up through the ranks where he served as Fire Chief until July 2018 when Lyndon Fire merged into the St. Matthews FD. He currently serves as Assistant Fire Chief of the new merged St. Matthews F.D..