Throughout the Dane Fire Department's history they were very active in water wars. This photo was taken at Bert Deans Park in the 1950s during the departments annual fundraiser held each June.

Photo circa 1953

The Dane Fire Department was first authorized on Oct. 7, 1901 at a Dane Village Board of Trustees meeting. A motion was made by Joseph (Last Name Unknown) and seconded by J.A. Koltis to appoint J.C. Neill as Fire Chief and (First Name Unknown) Dickert as Engineer to organize a Fire Company.

We are in the process of reviewing DNFD records for more accurate information.

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Past Fire Chiefs include:

J.C. Neill 1901-?
Harold Dohm - 1941-1942
J. Miller - 1943
E. Stubbe - 1944 (Resigned in June)
Harold Dohm - 1944
E. Schmidtke - 1945-1946 (Resigned in April 1946)
Harold Dohm - 1946-1949
C. Schwartz - 1950-1951
Percy Raemisch - 1951 (Resigned in June)
Clarence A. Wipperfurth - 1951-1961
Delmore Marks - 1962-1963
David Koenig Sr. - 1964-1965
Harley Marks - 1966 (resigned in May)
David Koenig Sr. - 1967-1971
Leo Heimbecker - 1972-1973
David Koenig Sr. - 1974-1980
Ronald Statz - 1981-1984
Doug Clemens Sr. - 1985-2000
Doug Statz - 2000-2016
Denman Breunig - 2017-Present

Past Presidents Include:

Vincent Niesen - 1961-1963
Jack Raemisch - 1964-1966
Bob Hamilton - 1967-1968
John Koch - 1969-1970
Tom Heff - 1971-1972
Jack Raemisch - 1973-1990
David Koenig Jr. - 1991-1998
Bob Aeschbach - 1998-2001
Mike Robertson - 2002-2013
Chad Bevars - 2014-2018
Jamie Postler - 2019-Present

Photo circa 1959

Photo circa 1975. The original Dane Fire Department Building was located where the current Veterans Memorial is on the corner of Main and N Military.

Photo circa early 1990s

Front Row: Tom Pollock, Pete Kurt, Dave Koenig Jr, Chief Doug Clemens Sr, Bob Aeschbach and Roger Schmidt

Standing: Pete Schmitt, Gary Schwartz, Jeff Chambers, Ron Schwenn, Jim Lord, Duane Statz, Tim Ripp, Leon Wipperfurth, Wayne Aeschbach, Gary Orcholski, Denman Breunig, Virgil Maier, Rich Bannen and Doug Statz.

Dane Fire Department

Dane-Vienna Fire District

History

Throughout the Dane Fire Department's history they were very active in water wars. This photo was taken at Bert Deans Park in the 1950s during the departments annual fundraiser held each June.

Photo circa 1953

Photo circa 1959

Photo circa 1975. The original Dane Fire Department Building was located where the current Veterans Memorial is on the corner of Main and N Military.

Photo circa early 1990s

Front Row: Tom Pollock, Pete Kurt, Dave Koenig Jr, Chief Doug Clemens Sr, Bob Aeschbach and Roger Schmidt

Standing: Pete Schmitt, Gary Schwartz, Jeff Chambers, Ron Schwenn, Jim Lord, Duane Statz, Tim Ripp, Leon Wipperfurth, Wayne Aeschbach, Gary Orcholski, Denman Breunig, Virgil Maier, Rich Bannen and Doug Statz.

History

Throughout the Dane Fire Department's history they were very active in water wars. This photo was taken at Bert Deans Park in the 1950s during the departments annual fundraiser held each June.

Photo circa 1953

Photo circa 1959

Photo circa 1975. The original Dane Fire Department Building was located where the current Veterans Memorial is on the corner of Main and N Military.

Photo circa early 1990s

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Front Row: Tom Pollock, Pete Kurt, Dave Koenig Jr, Chief Doug Clemens Sr, Bob Aeschbach and Roger Schmidt

Standing: Pete Schmitt, Gary Schwartz, Jeff Chambers, Ron Schwenn, Jim Lord, Duane Statz, Tim Ripp, Leon Wipperfurth, Wayne Aeschbach, Gary Orcholski, Denman Breunig, Virgil Maier, Rich Bannen and Doug Statz.