Personnel
The Dane Fire Department consists of 23 members including Operational Officers: Chief, Deputy Chief, Assistant Chief, two Captains and three Lieutenants. We also have Administrative Officers consisting of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Operational Officers
Ryan Ripp
Mike Robertson
Deputy Chief
Joined: 1996
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Jacob Lehr
Assistant Chief
Training Officer
Joined: 2014
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Josh Haag
Captain F4
Joined: 2012
Doug Clemens Jr
Lieutenant F6
Joined: 2000​​
Grant Robertson
Lieutenant F7
Joined: 2013
Sara Grade
Lieutenant F8
Joined: 2009, 2014, 2020
Administrative Officers
Jamie Postler
Collin Breunig
Collin Clapper
Josh Moe
Full Roster
Honorary Members
To be an honorary member, the person must be in good standing, and have served as an active Firefighter for 10 years.
* = members still serving
Irwin Meyer
Bill Thompson
Harold Lawver
Dave Statz
Mike Kuehn
Melvin Marks
Bert Deans
C.A. Wipperfurth
Leo Clemens
Ray Soehle
Bernard Plendl
Joe Jacobson
Robert Jacobson
Ed Lord
Roger Schmidt
Joe Dohm
Doug Clemens Sr
Roy Schmidt
Lawrence Schmitt
Dennis Gobeli
Harold Dohm
Lester Biwersi
Erwin Hilgendorf
Jim Kalscheur
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George Skrum Jr
Jack Raemisch
Fritz Bauman
Delmore Marks
Gene Deans
Dave Koenig Jr
Bob Schmidt
Joe Roth
Joe Clemens
Gary Orcholski
Rick Steimel
Dave Koenig Sr
Percy Raemisch
Linus Kuehn
Jim Lord
Joe Miller
Herman Hanson
Vince Niesen Sr
Leo Heimbecker
John Lamb
Harley Marks
John Wolf
Orville Bauman
Bob Hamilton
Ron Statz
Vern Denzer
Richard Bannon
Ron Miller
Roger Quam
Dave Reible
Doug Statz*
Virgil Maier
Leon Wipperfurth
Tom Pollock
Tim Ripp
Bob Aeschbach
DuWayne (Pete) Kurt
Mike Goeden
Don Lord
Gary Schwartz
Wayne Aeschbach
Dan Koenig
Tony Miller
Jim Schwartz
Ron Schwenn
Denman Breunig
John Wedan
Mike Schuetz
Todd Endres
Jerry Maerz
Troy Ripp
Glenn Falkner
Albert Ripp
Joe Kubale
Pete Kubale
Bruce Droster
Mike Robertson*
Doug Clemens Jr*
Courtney Robertson
Zach Koenig*
Ashley Richardson
Dean Ripp
Ryan Ripp*
Jamie Postler*
Chad Bevars
Kyle Ripp*
Josh Haag*
Sara Grade*
Grant Robertson*
Ryan Robertson
Past Chief's
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Percy Raemisch
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Clarence A. Wipperfurth
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Delmore Marks
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David Koenig Sr.
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Harley Marks
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Leo Heimbecker
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Ronald Statz
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Doug Clemens Sr.
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Doug Statz
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Denman Breunig
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Ryan Ripp - Present
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J.C. Neill
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Harold Dohm
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Joseph Miller
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E. Stubbe
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Ed Schmidtke
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Clarence Schwartz
Firefighter of the Year
Firefighters are nominated and voted for by their peers.
Doug Clemens Jr - 2009
Mike Robertson - 2012
Denman Breunig - 2015
Jacob Lehr - 2018
Jamie Postler - 2021
Todd Endres - 2010
Chad Bevars - 2013
Ryan Ripp - 2016
Josh Haag - 2019
Ronald Schwenn - 2022
TBD - 2024
Sara Grade - 2011
Zach Koenig - 2014
Jamie Kurt - 2017
Doug Clemens Jr - 2020
Denman Breunig - 2023