Robert J. Post, Fire Department Chaplain
 Father Robert J. Post |
Father Robert J. Post, Ph.D., a native of New York City, has been our Chaplain since April 1995. However, Father Post, ("Fr. Bob", as he is known to all of us), has been a Chaplain in the Fire Services for a total of twenty-two years. As a young boy growing up in the Bronx, he lived very close to FDNY's Engine 90 and Hook & Ladder 41. It was a neighborhood firehouse where all members of the neighborhood community, young and old, were always welcomed. This is where Father Bob's love of the fire services began. As a Roman Catholic Priest, he now serves both his Parish and the Stamford Fire Rescue Department. He enjoys what he does for the Department. With the honarary rank of "deputy chief", Fr. Bob is very proud to wear to Class A and his SFRD turnout gear!
Father Bob is a long time member of the International Federation of Fire Chaplains composed of more that 800 priests, ministers and rabbis throughout the United States and Canada. Each October Father Bob attends the Federation Fire Chaplains' School at various locations in the United States and Canada taking courses in pastoral theology and psychology.
Each day, Father Bob visits a different fire station, providing guidance and counseling for any and all personnel (and their families) with personal problems.
Fr. Bob responds to as many incidents as possible, assisting personnel who are seriously injured, ill or families of those personnel who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Father Bob also attends departmental functions and participates when appropriate. He also performs weddings, baptisms, funeral Masses and/or memorial services when requested. Each member of the Stamford Fire Rescue Department and their immediate family members have a right to avail themselves of Father Bob's presence in their lives.
Although Roman Catholic, Father Bob's Chaplaincy extends to members of all religious denominations. Father Bob is very much appreciated by all the Personnel of the Stamford Fire Rescue Department. He is always in one of the stations and we enjoy his visits having coffee with us!
