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Personnel

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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
Operational Officers
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Ryan Ripp

Chief 2025-Present

Joined: 2007

Chief@danefire.com

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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

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Doug Clemens Jr

Lieutenant F6

Joined: 2000​​

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Grant Robertson

Lieutenant F7

Joined: 2013

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Sara Grade

Lieutenant F8

Joined: 2009, 2014, 2020

Administrative Officers
Admin Officers
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Jamie Postler

President 2017-Present

Joined: 2008

President@danefire.com

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Collin Breunig

Vice President

Joined: 2017

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Collin Clapper

Secretary

Fire Inspector

Joined: 2019

FireInspector@danefire.com​

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Josh Moe

Treasurer

Joined: 2022

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Full Roster
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

Honorary Members

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

Past Chief's
  • Percy Raemisch

  • Clarence A. Wipperfurth

  • Delmore Marks

  • David Koenig Sr.

  • Harley Marks

  • Leo Heimbecker

  • Ronald Statz

  • Doug Clemens Sr.

  • Doug Statz

  • Denman Breunig

  • Ryan Ripp - Present

  • J.C. Neill

  • Harold Dohm

  • Joseph Miller

  • E. Stubbe

  • Ed Schmidtke

  • Clarence Schwartz

Firefighter of the Year

Firefighters are nominated and voted for by their peers.

Firefighter of Year

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

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