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Our Officers for the 2024 term
Our Officers for the 2024 term
PRESIDENT, DOUG HANKE
VICE PRESIDENT, ANNIE HERMSEN
TREASURER, CHRIS CALLEN
SECRETARY, BRIAN WACHOWIAK
DIRECTOR, TIM BYERS
DIRECTOR, GORDIE MERZ
DIRECTOR, BOB STOLLENWERK
MILWAUKEE FIRE BELL CLUB APPARATUS
Rehab 1
The Fire Bell club’s Rehab 1 (shown above) is a fully equipped mobile Kitchen. It is stocked with food service items and ready to heat & eat items. It also has other equipment to assist us in our mission. Tents for shade on hot days, misting fans for cooling on those hot days. Chairs, water and foot warmers just to name a few.
Rehab 2
The club’s “REHAB 2” (shown above) is our first response apparatus. It usually responds first on all calls for our services. The rig is capable of serving light refreshments (coffee, water, Gatorade type beverage). We carry tents for shade and it has interior seating for days we need to offer a place to get warm or just a place to take a break. Much to the relief of the Fire Fighters, this rig also contains two restrooms.
Rehab 3
IFBA
The Milwaukee Fire Bell Club is a founding member of the International Fire Buff Associates. The IFBA was founded in Milwaukee back in 1953. The first meeting was held at a famous downtown Milwaukee Restaurant.
The Milwaukee Fire Bell Club hosts the International Convention each ten years in honor of its founding here in Milwaukee. The next convention is scheduled for the summer / fall of 2023. Watch here for details as they become available.
Our Mission
The Milwaukee Fire Bell Club was founded back in 1947 by a group of men who felt that the Milwaukee Fire Department needed a civilian support system for on scene support at greater alarm fires.
Hot coffee and hot chocolate were available in the winter and cold water and other beverages in the summer. The Fire Fighters got a quick break with something to drink and then went back to fighting the fire.
Now, a few years later some food items were added to the menu. Firehouse stew and Tomato soup to name a few.
Respond when called…
The club is dispatched by the Milwaukee Fire Department dispatch office and we respond automatically on all third alarm or greater incidents.
We can also be activated by “Special Call” by an on-scene Battalion or Deputy Chief