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



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:
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J.C. Neill 1901-?
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Harold Dohm - 1941-1942
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J. Miller - 1943
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E. Stubbe - 1944 (Resigned in June)
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Harold Dohm - 1944
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E. Schmidtke - 1945-1946 (Resigned in April 1946)
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Harold Dohm - 1946-1949
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C. Schwartz - 1950-1951
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Percy Raemisch - 1951 (Resigned in June)
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Clarence A. Wipperfurth - 1951-1961
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Delmore Marks - 1962-1963
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David Koenig Sr. - 1964-1965
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Harley Marks - 1966 (resigned in May)
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David Koenig Sr. - 1967-1971
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Leo Heimbecker - 1972-1973
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David Koenig Sr. - 1974-1980
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Ronald Statz - 1981-1984
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Doug Clemens Sr. - 1985-2000
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Doug Statz - 2000-2016
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Denman Breunig - 2017-Present
Past Presidents Include:
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Vincent Niesen - 1961-1963
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Jack Raemisch - 1964-1966
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Bob Hamilton - 1967-1968
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John Koch - 1969-1970
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Tom Heff - 1971-1972
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Jack Raemisch - 1973-1990
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David Koenig Jr. - 1991-1998
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Bob Aeschbach - 1998-2001
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Mike Robertson - 2002-2013
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Chad Bevars - 2014-2018
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Jamie Postler - 2019-Present