OFFICERS
Chief Deonne Eske
First Assistant Chief Scott Peirick
Second Assistant Chief Todd Birkel
Captain of Personnel Scott Gramling
Captain of Equipment John Brinkmann
Lt. of Equipment Gerry Guenther
Lt. of Personnel Rob Sterr
Safety Officer Jeff Brewer
Department Chaplain Pastor Gary Tillman
HISTORY
The Ashippun Fire Department was organized December 4, 1917 with 19 charter members. Ashippun had the first fire department organized under Chapter 213 and is still incorporated today.
Original Officers
Alfred Versonski, Chief
Harris Radtke, Assistant Chief
Alvin Voigt, Secretary
George Capitorn, Treasurer
Original Equipment
The first equipment purchased was an Obenchains Boyers, chemical, six-man hand pump with 150 feet of 1½ inch hose and some buckets and ladders.
1954
In 1954, a new fire station was built to house four trucks, a meeting room and kitchen facilities.
1968
In 1968, we added a radio system in all the trucks and a base station with two remotes to serve our needs.
1972
In 1972, an addition was built to accommodate three more trucks with a new meeting room, offices and new kitchen. This station is now called Station #1 and is 60' by 128'.
1975
In 1975, we added 38 pocket pagers to give better response to our calls. We have since added radios for the EMS group and continue to add radios as necessary. Given the large size of our territory, having radio communication between members, dispatchers at the county level, and mutual aid departments is vital.
1995
In 1995, the Town of Ashippun built a new town hall at a location 3.7 miles from Station #1 and worked with the AFD to build three bays onto the town hall to house a police car and two fire vehicles. We moved into Station #2 on January 14, 1996 with a small parade beginning at Station #1. Several neighboring departments joined us for this special day.
1998
In 1998 we were selected as a co-host for the State Firefighters Association conference in Oconomowoc. We had approximately 300 firefighters and spouses tour our facilities. We were also presented with an award for third place in the Fire Prevention program.
Recent Years
We continue to grown professionally as a department. We work closely with our townships and continue to offer community services such as free blood pressure checks, free batteries for smoke detectors and free community CPR classes.