DNFD Membership Requirements

• Reside or employed within the territory protected by the Dane-Vienna Fire District
• Minimum of 18 years of age
• Successfully complete Wisconsin Entry Level Firefighter I and II, (taught by the WI Technical College System, each course is 30 hours and at no cost to the firefighter candidate)
• Successfully complete FEMA Incident Command System training, courses 100 and 700, (can be taken online)
• Attend 50% (6) of the monthly department meetings within the department fiscal year
• Attend 50% (9) of the scheduled 18 drills within the department fiscal year
• Participate in department sponsored activities
• Lake Melvin Fishing Extravaganza
• Dane Firefighters Festival
• Halloween fire station open house
• Participate in the weekly station, apparatus, equipment, and tool readiness inspections. (You will be assigned to one of 6 teams, teams are rotated on a monthly basis)
• We strongly encourage all firefighters after meeting their minimum training requirements to volunteer for a collateral duty of interest. It takes many different skills and resources to effectively operate a modern fire department, some of the duties you could volunteer for include:
• Department IT specialist
• General construction/fabrication specialist
• Apparatus (truck) maintenance specialist
• Personal Protective Equipment specialist
• SCBA (air pack) specialist
• Etc...