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Ramona Fire Department
Contact Information:
Address:
PO Box 162
Ramona, SD 57054
EMERGENCIES - 911
Fire Chief: Ken Hart
Fire Department President: Donna Budahl
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OPERATIONAL AIDS
RAMONA FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS
10
January 2005
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- Michael Braskamp
- Donna Budahl
- Doug Casanova
- David Cook
- Brian Erickson
- Russ Fischer
- Kathleen Flores
- Barb Hart
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- Ken Hart
- Jeanie Hendrichs
- LD Hendrichs
- Larry Malcomb
- John Molstad
- Myron Nagel
- Jerry Patterson
- Dennis Rensch
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- Jim Rensch
- Justin Schiernbeck
- Tom Schreyer
- Daren Spilde
- Tim Tolley
- Bob Vanhove
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RAMONA FIRE DEPARTMENT HISTORY (Provided by Ken Hart)
A meeting was called on April 11, 1903 to organize a fire department
for the Village of Ramona. Under Chief J.M Muggli they established
a call bell system. One tap of the bell for chemical division,
two taps of the bell for hook and ladder division and three taps
of the bell for general department. The fire dept consisted of
twenty one members and the following equipment: 1 ladder wagon,
1 grappling hook, 2 roof ladders, 1 crow bar, 1 24 ft ladder, 2
firemen’s axes 4 firemen’s lanterns and 1 dozen buckets.
According to minutes in 1907, they agreed to pay $5.00 “to
the first team able to pull the fire engine to the fire in case
necessity”.
One hundred and two years later the Ramona Volunteer
Fire Department has gone from horse drawn teams to tankers, pumpers
and a first
response pickup. Current Fire Chief Ken Hart and 20 members respond
to fires and medical emergencies.
The Ramona Fire Department currently provides a Class 7 fire
rating. The first due area consists of 39 square miles plus which
involves
mutual aid agreements with other area departments. Members attend
District and state fire schools on a regular basis.
FIRE DEPARTMENT EVENTS
Annual Mountain Oyster Feed in February each year.
July 4 Celebration with games, parade and Pork Loin meal followed
by a Fireworks display
ON GOING FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
National “LEARN NOT TO BURN” taught yearly at Ramona
School
Hands on Fire Extinguisher training
Programs are assisted by the state fire marshals office and the
Redbook fund.
MEMBERSHIP
South Dakota Firefighters association – Full Member status
Southeast South Dakota Firefighters Association
EQUIPMENT
Two Pumpers
Two Tankers
First Response Pickup
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