
The Rising City Volunteer Fire Department was
founded November 23, 1904.
There are 41 members.


Rising City Volunteer Fire
Department Offices for 2006
President – Rick Sanley
Secretary – Willis Kilgore
Treasurer – Ken Potter
Rescue Captains – Susan Littlefield
Fire Chief – Steve Topil
Assistant Fire Chief – Mark Doehling
Here
is a picture of the EMT's on the department.

The department has 7 vehicles:
Here are a couple of pictures of our new station, dedicated July 4th 2007.

Here is a picture of the Rescue Unit, Pumper, and 2000 gallon Tanker.
Here is Unit 22 grass rig and 99-2

Here are the two units kept in the Surprise station, a tanker and grass rig.

Rescue Captain
Randy W. Potter
(March 19, 1954 - April 5, 2007)
|
Name |
Date Joined |
Position |
|
RICH AMSLER |
1-Aug-92 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
TOM BOUGGER |
1-Jul-84 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
MARK DOEHLING |
1-Apr-82 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
JERRY DUBAS |
1-Dec-00 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
RAMONA ELLISON |
1-Aug-87 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
DON FISH |
1-Jun-48 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
RENEE GEIGER |
1-Jul-99 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
TRACY GLOCK |
1-Apr-82 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
RANDY HENDERSON |
1-Jun-79 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
WILLY KILGORE |
1-Jan-93 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
JOE KRYSL |
1-Oct-89 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
ALLEN LAIRD |
1-Apr-65 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
SUSAN LITTLEFIELD |
9-Dec-02 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
PERRY MILLER |
1-Mar-98 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
CHRIS MEWHIRTER |
1-Apr-97 |
FIREFIGHTER/FIRST RESPONDER |
|
GARY NOVAK |
1-Sep-97 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
DAN POTTER |
1-Apr-84 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
KEN POTTER |
1-Oct-89 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
SCOTTE PRIGGE |
1-Apr-84 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
DAN RASMUSSEN |
1-Apr-80 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
KEITH RATHJE |
1-Apr-79 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
TOM
RATHJE |
May-2005 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
MONTE SANLEY |
1-Apr-69 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
RICK SANLEY |
1-Mar-82 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
DALE SCHMID |
1-Nov-00 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
KIRK SELDEN |
1-Jul-78 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
KEVIN SIFFRING |
1-Mar-96 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
Matt Soward |
Mar-03 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
TERRY SUMNER |
1-Jun-02 |
FIREFIGHTER/FIRST RESPONDER |
|
LEROY TOPIL |
1-May-64 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
HANK TOPIL |
1-Jul-90 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
RICH TOPIL |
1-May-49 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
ROGER TOPIL |
1-Feb-79 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
STEVE TOPIL |
1-Jul-78 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
JEFF
WIRKA |
July-2005 |
FIREFIGHTER |
|
MARY WIRKA |
July-2005 |
FIREFIGHTER/EMT |
|
A little history of the Rising City Volunteer Fire Department
On November 23, 1904, the Rising City Fire Company adopted a
constitution and by-laws. A new fire house was completed in June
of 1917 and the firemen had a new place to store their ladders
and equipment.
A terrible fire that destroyed the Opera House and 5 business
places in December of 1923 resulted in the purchase of a new
fire truck in 1929.
The Firemen organized a Rescue Squad in 1952 and purchased a
resuscitator. In 1963 a Rescue Unit was purchased with donations
from the community. In 1968 a second Rescue Unit (a Cadillac
ambulance) was purchased and the old ambulance was turned into a
crash unit.
A new Fire Hall (the current fire station today) was built in
1957 on Main Street in Rising City with 4 bay doors. 3 face to
the west and 1 faces to the south.
Rising City is also joined with Surprise, Nebraska which is 6
miles to the south. In Suprise we have a Tanker and a quick
response Grass Rig. The Surprise Grass Rig has Oxygen, Blood
Pressure equipment, and bandages for quick responses to medical
emergencies until the Rising City Ambulance can get down there.
Today we have 41 members. 20 of those members are EMT’s.
Rising City is included in the Butler County Mutual Aid and
the Big 8 Mutual Aid organizations.
