Fire Division
Fire Chiefs of Norfolk, NE
The Norfolk Fire Department was organized in 1884. Since that time, 22 men have served Norfolk as fire chief. The first paid chief was Rudy Wolff, who became full time in 1946. Past fire chiefs of the Norfolk Fire Department are as listed below.
| Chief | Date |
| Tim Wragge | 2021- |
| Scott C Cordes | 2011-2021 |
| Shane G Weidner | 1996-2011 |
| Michael V Smythe | 1994-1996 |
| William T Malone | 1991-1993 |
| Larry J Reeves | 1970-1991 |
| Fred J (Chic) Bussey | 1960-1970 |
| Rudolph H Wollf (first paid chief) | 1936-1959 |
| John F Boehnke | 1924-1936 |
| Venus A Nenow | 1915-1924 |
| Millard R Green | 1910-1915 |
| Ed Mullen | 1909-1910 |
| Ed Conley | 1909-1909 |
| John Krantz | 1908-1909 |
| Charles Pilger | 1907-1909 |
| William P Mc Cune | 1906-1907 |
| Samuel R McFarlane | 1905-1906 |
| William L Kern | 1904-1905 |
| Herman W Winter | 1898-1904 |
| John W Edwards | 1895-1904 |
| Joseph J Clemments | 1894-1895 |
| Charles E Doughty | 1890-1894 |
| William H Widaman | 1884-1890 |