Hampshire Fire Protection District

Fire district honorary membership

In recognition of these men and women whose dedication, courage, and selfless sacrifices have earned them a special place in the archives of our organization and a place on our Hampshire Fire Protection District "Honor Roll" Plaque displayed in the vestibule at our station. In order to earn the title of Honorary Member, the member must have served for 15 years or more, served as Fire Chief of the organization, perished in the line of duty, or served as a founding member of the organization.

Charter members

These men were the founding members and the first firefighters of the Fire District.

Ralph Getzelman Ronald Fredrick Clarence Holze Ted Irving

Harry Treman Grant Melms Walter Voight George Wilcox
Ernest Gustafson Herbert G. Warrington Jay Morning Walter Wilkins Herman Petersen Fred Petersen Walter Bauman
John W. Herrmann, Sr. Frank Stulman Lynn Bird Julius Mathis

Sidney Eichler Walter C. Carlson Severin Dumoulin
Frank Herrmann Clark Melms Harry Fairchild Joseph Fitzpatrick

W.H. Klick

Past fire chiefs

Ernest Gustafson Herman Petersen
1931 - 1948 1948 - 1961

Walter Carlson Don Oranger
1961 - 1975 1975 - 1981

Wayne Siegmann Pete Wilcox
1981 - 1995 1995 - 2004

Curt Kramer Bill Robinson
2004 - 2012 2012 - 2019

Trevor Herrmann David Schmidt
2020 - 2025 2025 -

Honorary Members

Catherine "Ma" Hartung Maynard Petersen Leslie "Gramps" Gustafson Marlyn L. Petersen

Dispatcher 1939 - 1993 1939 - 2003 1944 - 1987

Ralph H. Bauman Milton Stading Anthony Herrmann Dwayne "Red" Geishert

1945 - 2002 1949 - 1985 1950 - 1971 1951 - 1971

Gene P. Carlson Charles W. Reiser John W. Herrmann, Jr. Wayne Siegmann

1956 - 1967 1956 - 1973 1959 - 1984 1960 - 2010

Albert J. Gehringer Virgil Vogel Ronald J. Nussbaum Leslie Petersen

1961 - 1978 1961 - 1984 1967 - 1982 1967 - 2011

Richard C. Stading Gerald W. Conro Don Oranger Martin "Butch" Blazier

1968 - 1989 1968 - 1999 1969 - 1984 1969 - 2002

Henry Lang Gregory Harders Ken Kern Don Benchley

1973-1987 & 1990-1993 1973 - 2007 1974 - 1980 1974 - 1987

Paul Tegtmeier Carl Randecker Clarence "Cy" Herrmann Kathleen Randecker

1974 - 1987 1974 - 1994 1974 - 2003 1975 - 1996

Peter Wilcox Gordon Bazsali Steve Gustafson David Jones

1975 - 2004 1977 - 2007 1977 - 2017 1978 - 1994

Carol Jones Allen Piske Richard Heine Hal Veenstra

1978 - 2003 1979 - 1988 1980 - 2014 1981-1989 & 1994-2002

Steve Conro Jeff Blazier Linda Molitor Tim Thompson

1983 - 1998 1983 - 2010 1981 - 2010 1985 - 1998

Fred Pease Connie Muccianti Alan Widmayer Richard Jelinek

1985 - 2013 1986 - 2010 1987 - 2005 1988 - 2004

Trevor Herrmann Kristy Wymore Sheri Stadie Bill Robinson

1989 - 2025 1993 - 2014 1993 - 1994 - 2019

Jay Rasmussen Erik Carlson Richard Gustafson Curt Kramer

1996 - 2021 2000 - 2019 2000 - 2020 2004 - 2012

Brian Marlowe Jeanne Maki Eric Larson Mike Siegmann

2002 - 2002 - 2018 2003 - 2004 - 2020

John DePauw Chuck Best Joe Schwab Mike Lucas

2006 - 2006 - 2006 - 2021 2007 -

Jody Remakel Lindsay Seyl Scott McBride

2007 - 2008 - 2023 2008 -

Firefighter's Auxiliary

The Firefighter's Auxiliary was formed by spouses' and the family members of our firefighters. Their goal is to provide assistance to our department whether it be in the form of fundraisers, incident support, or simply providing an event or holiday party for our personnel and their families to gather and have fun outside of the Department.

Currently leading the Auxiliary are President Katie Marlowe and Secretary Rachael Larson. Supporting members include, Cynthia Toretto, Deidre Morgan, Dianne Herrmann, Amy Siegmann, and Linda Gustafson.