JFD Command Staff

Chief Ron Wegner

1st Asst Chief Tim Dorn

2nd Asst Chief Shaun Bauer

3rd Asst Chief Jerry Wendt

Captain Willy Neibler

Captain Jason Haas

Captain Kip Kopelke

Captain Brady Ramseier

Captain Matt Hay

JFD Driver/Apparatus Operators

JFD Membership

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU CALL 911……. AND NOBODY COMES…?

Recently you may have seen news stories in the Daily Union and Watertown Times about the decline in volunteers locally to answer the calls for help? You may have seen our own signs here in Jefferson throughout the community or our recruitment ads and video on our Facebook Page pleading for help?

Jefferson Fire & EMS ARE IN SERIOUS NEED OF HELP! Both sides of our organization are in desperate need of members to join our ranks. I would like to remind citizens that the Jefferson Fire Department is a 100% Volunteer organization, meaning that ALL the members of the department including me, the Chief have Full Time jobs elsewhere! We then volunteer our time in service to the community on the Fire Department.

Jefferson Emergency Medical Service (JEMS) operates with five full-time career Paramedics and approximately 25 additional “Paid on Call” or “Paid on Premises” staff with license levels from EMT-Basic, EMT-Advanced and Paramedic. POC/POP staff have full time jobs elsewhere, like the volunteer firefighter and vary on hours available to cover shift scheduled openings.

GONE are the days of waiting lists to become a member. REALITY is our ranks are dwindling and nobody is answering the pleas for help!

On the fire department side, today we have several vacant member positions from our authorized staffing. On the EMS side, we are competing for help with other EMS organizations throughout the area and state. Wages and Benefits guide candidate choices in employment. Educational requirement in EMS are substantial.

Fire Department

Here are the Volunteer members of the Jefferson Fire Department. This is an extremely dedicated group of people/firefighters that answer the call to serve here in Jefferson. I am extremely proud to call them my brothers and sisters, so let me introduce to you JFD, and who they are:

Chief/EMT-B: Ron Wegner: Loss Prevention Supervisor - Insurance
Asst. Chief: Tim Dorn: Supervisor - Dairy Farm
Asst. Chief/EMT-B: Shaun Bauer: Firefighter/EMT, Milwaukee (retired), Seed Co
Asst. Chief/AEMT: Jerry Wendt: Painter
Captain: Willy Niebler: Jefferson DPW
Captain: Jason Haas: Retention Specialist
Captain/EMT-B: Kip Kopelke: Sales Engineer
Captain/EMT-B: Brady Ramseier: Athletic Director, High School
Captain/EMT-B: Matt Hay: Systems Designer
Captain*/EMT-B: Nash Niesen: Firefighter/EMT-B Fire Dept., Jefferson EMS
Driver Engine 1: Ryan Schroedl: Operator, Sewer Treatment Plant
Driver Engine 2/Justin Schreiner: Equipment Operator, Grading
Driver Engine 3: Tony Land: Service Technician, Fire Protection
Driver Brush 5/Paramedic: Bryce Wegner: Paramedic/Firefighter
Driver Squad 6/EMT-B: John Gotto: Biology Teacher, High School, Jefferson EMS
Driver Tender 10: Mitch Schuenke: Owner, Barbeque
Driver Tender 11: Andrew Voight: Foreman, Jefferson DPW
Driver Ladder 12: DuWayne Raduege: Plumber
Firefighter: L. John Powell: Retired
Firefighter: Steve Adams: Retired
Firefighter: LaVern Meng: Retired
Firefighter: Carol Wedl: Retired
Firefighter: Tom Ramseier: Retired
Firefighter: Curt Hebbe: Utilities
Firefighter: Dave Bente: Plant Manager, Seed Co
Firefighter: Aaron Rechlin: Assistant Operations Manager, Energy Cooperative
Firefighter: Matt Hein: Laborer, Concrete
Firefighter: Andy Heyer: EMT-B, Laborer, Valero, Jefferson EMS
Firefighter: Nick Drew: Operator, Sewer Treatment Plant
Firefighter: Rob Logemann: Service Technician, Pool Builders
Firefighter/Paramedic: Owen Peachey: Paramedic, Fort Atkinson FD
Firefighter: Keith Boucher: Engineering Manager
Firefighter: Brady Wendt: Student, Fire Science Program, & Painter
Firefighter: Ryan David: Driver, John's Disposal
Firefighter: Olivia Reimer: Student
Firefighter: Brady Lehman: Student, UW Whitewater
Firefighter: Colin Shannon: Material Handler
Probationary Firefighter/EMT-A: Logan Wegner: Student, UW System
Probationary Firefighter: Stephanie Furan: Customer Service Representative, Credit Union
Probationary Firefighter: Emily Boucher: Student, Jefferson High School

Emergency Medical Services

Jefferson EMS is a fire department-based publicly funded EMS service which began in 2001. We currently serve the city of Jefferson, Town of Jefferson, Town of Hebron, Town of Oakland, and Town of Farmington. Our total population of citizens served is 10,253. We provide 9-1-1 Advanced life support with three ambulances and a paramedic intercept vehicle. We also provide ALS and BLS transports. Service was provided for 1,709 runs in 2019, 1,190 runs in 2020, and 1,360 runs in 2021. Jefferson EMS operates under the Mercy health organization protocols by Dr. Jay McNeal.

What we offer:

Competitive wages of $16.00/hr POC/POP for EMT-B, $18.00/hr POC/POP for EMT-A, and $23/hr POC/POP for EMT-P
In-house monthly training counting towards license refresher hours.
Clinical class time.
Ride along
Job shadow
School sponsorship opportunities
In-house BLS CPR, ACLS, PALS

We are currently looking to hire 2 full-time paramedics and POP/POC of every license level. Apply Here!

Our team is comprised of one volunteer Fire Chief, one part-time EMS director, 2 full-time firefighter/paramedics, two positions currently vacant, and 33 paid-on-premise / paid-on-call staff. We have 11 paramedics, 10 AEMT’s, and 14 EMT’s.

Leadership: