Deputy Chief Richard "Ike" Schoonover joined the department Dec. 7, 1977 as a mechanic. Richard has been in charge of maintaining Harlem-Roscoe Fire's apparatus ever since. He was promoted to Lt. then Captain, and in 1995 to Deputy Chief. He received the Loves Park VFW Firefighter of the Year Award in 1988.

Richard is State Certified Firefighter II and Hazmat Awareness. He was an EMT-A from 1984 to 1990. He has attended numerous classes and trainings while on the department. He also held an IL State ERT License from 1982 until road rescue was put under the Fire Marshall's Office. He has attained 40 credit hours of basic engineer at University of Wisconsin extension school in Janesville, 60 credit hours of business at Rock Valley College Rockford, and has attended U of WI certified Service Management School.

Richard served in the US Army from Oct 1952 thru Nov 1957 and left the service as staff Sgt in charge of radio-radar repair group. He then worked for a road construction company from January 1958 to December 1967. He was responsible for a crushing crew and crusher maintenance. He held a Class 4 Wisconsin State explosive license for 12 years and was responsible for drilling and blasting of a rock quarry. He then worked for Rockford Clutch Div of Borg Warner Corp from January 1968 until he retired in September of 1999. He spent 2 years as Test Tech, 2 years as an Engineer, 14 years as a Service & Warranty manager, and 13 years as a field service engine and heavy equipment and industrial drives.

Deputy Chief John Presley joined the department in January 1982. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1987, to Captain in 1993, and to Deputy Chief on Sept.12, 2004. He became an EMT in the spring of 1983, and EMT-I in 1988, and an EMT-P in 1991.

He holds an Associate's Degree in Applied Science, is state certified as Fire Officer II, Juvenile Fire Setters Interventionist, Hazmat Incident Command, and Instructor I & II. He holds Fire Tactics & Equipment Fire Services, and Emergency Medical and Fire Service Dispatch and numerous more.

John received the Roscoe VFW Firefighter of the Year in 1988 and the Loves Park VFW Firefighter of the Year in 1999.

Deputy Chief John Bergeron is the department's Operations Chief. John joined the department as a cadet in 1981 and became a Firefighter in 1983. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1992 and to Captain February 4, 2006. On February 21, 2009 he was promoted to Deputy Chief.

John became an EMT-A in 1984 and an EMT-Paramedic in 1988. John is State Certified as Firefighter II & III and Hazmat Ops, Instructor I & II, Fire Officer I & II, Vehicle and Machinery Ops and Trench Ops. John has also attended numerous medical and fire classes and is an apparatus engineer.

John currently sits on the Region 1 Trauma Advisory Committee, Swedish American Hospital Chest Pain Center Committee, and Swedish American Hospital EMS Advisory Committee.

He received the Roscoe VFW Firefighter of the Year Award in 1991 & 2008. John received the NIEMS Paramedic of the Year in 1997. He also received the 2009 HRFD Firefighter Choice Good Service Award.

John and his wife Deann have two children, Ashlee and Dalton.