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Brentwood swears in three fire officers during Select Board meeting
Summary
At its April 15 meeting the Brentwood Select Board witnessed the swearing-in of Roy Oates as deputy fire chief and the commissioning of Don Tilby Jr. and Trevor Whitby as Brentwood Fire lieutenants.
The Brentwood Select Board opened its April 15 meeting by swearing in three members of the Brentwood Fire Department: Roy Oates as deputy fire chief and Don Tilby Jr. and Trevor Whitby as fire lieutenants.
The swearing-in was conducted at the start of the meeting before regular business. Each new officer recited the customary oath to “faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent” on their rank under the laws of the state of New Hampshire, and town officials and department members gathered afterward for group and individual photos.
The board chair noted the evening was “a bit of a historic moment” for the department and thanked the select board and town for supporting the promotions. The meeting record shows the department and select board planned informal photographs and a small reception following the ceremony.
The officers named in the ceremony were: Roy Oates (deputy fire chief), Don Tilby Jr. (Brentwood Fire lieutenant) and Trevor Whitby (Brentwood Fire lieutenant). No formal board vote was recorded for these oathings in the public portion of the transcript; they were ceremonial and administrative in nature and followed the department’s internal promotion process.
The meeting moved from the ceremony into the regular agenda after the photographs and brief remarks.
