Footville Fire Protection district

05/22/2026

Thank you for thinking of us this week, during National EMS Week! Mercy Health Stroke team, Rock County Communications and UW Med Flight!! Our members will thoroughly enjoy these wonderful snacks!

05/04/2026

Please help us wish Lt. Ben Bytwerk a very happy Birthday in the month of May!

04/25/2026

04/18/2026

Thank you to the following 2026 Pancake Breakfast Business Donors so far! We truly appreciate each and every business that has contributed to making this event successful! (We will continue to update the donors as they are continuing to come in)

We are counting down the days until our annual pancake breakfast and looking forward to serving everyone some hot delicious pancakes, sausage links, scrambled eggs, coffee, milk and orange juice on Saturday April 25th from 6:30am-11:00am! Hope to see you all there!

04/07/2026

A few days into April and we have a few members to wish a Happy Birthday too!
Danielle Graham, Isabelle Perdue (not pictured),Captain Schmit and Dan Peters. please help us wish them a very happy Birthday

04/07/2026

Rock County outdoor warning sirens are undergoing program maintenance today (4/7) and tomorrow (4/8) throughout all of Rock County. You may hear slight tones occur. No action is required by the public.

04/02/2026

Please see the attached weather bulletin and stay weather aware!

03/05/2026

Clocks move forward this weekend, make sure to check your batteries in your smoke detectors!

Daylight saving time is the perfect reminder to — check your smoke alarms and replace the batteries if needed.

A quick test could save lives! For more details, visit nfpa.org/smokealarms

03/02/2026

Happy Birthday shout out to the March Birthdays Lt. Dylan Fields and Captain Randi Mielke!

02/24/2026

Saturday the members of the Department attended the annual Christmas party and Awards Ceremony. It's a time for the members to get together and have a little fun, play games eat great food and bond as a fire family. This years peer awards were Member of the year: Nick Schmit. Always at the ready: Rich Woodstock and most improved: Wesley Hellmich. Call Volume for the year Randi Mielke.
Milestone award were Wesley Hellmich 1 year, Danielle Graham 1 year, Staci Turner 5 years, Corey Elsing 5 years, Dan Peters 5 years, Becky Churchill 15 years, Carl Homan 15 years. 16 years (This year is done because it our designated house number) Randi Mielke.
We also had a HUGE Milestone with our Chief Joe North receiving his 35 years of Service. We would like to thank all the members for what they contribute to keep our department going strong! We would also like to thank Up in Smoke for once again providing our delicious meal and Ruben Fuentes for his amazing woodworking skills and creating Joe's Plaque and American Awards and Promotions for all of our other awards.

01/13/2026

We would like to thank all of the Footville Fire Department and EMS Members who responded to calls for service throughout 2025. Every member makes a huge difference when they are able to respond and we appreciate their willingness to serve our Community.
Footville responded to a total of 450 calls during 2025 of which 91 call were fire and 359 were EMS. 39 were mutual aid calls for fire and 33 were mutual aid for EMS.
The Members who responded to the most calls during 2025 are as follows:
1. Brenda Cude
2. Randi Mielke
3. Rich Woodstock
4. Nick Schmit
5. Jeramie Mielke
6. Dylan Fields
7. Hope Hoerler
8. Craig Keller
9. Devin Clark
10. Shane Nehls