Chief |
 | Jack Conklin - Chief
Service: 38 Years
| Member since December 1968. Have served as Lieut, Captain and then elected as:
Secretary-Treasurer for 14 years
1988-1993: Chief
1995-2000: Inactive due to spouse illness
2004-Current: Chief
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1st Assistant Chief |
 | Janis Gaikis - Asst. Chief/EMTS
Service: 8 Years
| Former member with Lawton Fire Dept and Lawton Quick Response Team for 8 yrs prior to moving to Decatur. Full time employed with Van Buren EMS in Paw Paw as EMT-S and currently enrolled at Lake Michigan College Paramedic course. |
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Captain |
 | Joe Gerhold - Captain
Service: 14 Years |
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Lieutenant |
 | Scott Duncan - Lieutenant/MFR
Service: 13 Years |
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Engineer |
 | Dale Avery
Service: 37 Years |
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Fire Fighter |
 | Amy Gerhold - Secretary/Treasurer
Service: 7 Years |
 | Art Hayes
Service: 40 Years |
 | Bill Arnold
Service: 9 Years
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 | Bob Edwards
Service: 8 Years
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 | Bob Mead
Service: 14 Years
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 | Carrie Sampsell
Service: 7 Years
| FF1, HazMat Awareness, Ice Rescue Technician, NIMS & UIC, Pre-Planning in School Disaster Certified, Wildland Fire Certified, MFR since 1999. |
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 | Dave Dragomir
Service: 6 Years
| Former Lawrence Twp FD member |
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 | Dora Secondi
Service: 11 Years |
 | Erin Jackson
Service: 32 Years |
 | Harry Duncan
Service: 31 Years
| Joined the department in 1977. Past Chief(2 yrs) Asst Chief (5 yrs), Capt (4 yrs), Lieut(4 yrs) FF-II certifed, Fire officer 1 and 2, Ice Rescue, HazMat Operationsm Level, Vehicle and Bus Extrication, Nuclear awareness.
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 | Joe Jerue
Service: 1 Year
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 | Mike Beach
Service: 4 Years
| Former Lawrence Twp FD member |
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 | Paul Pullen Sr. / MFR
Service: 9 Years |
 | Rich Secondi
Service: 18 Years |
 | Rick McKee
Service: 10 Years |
 | Ron Shugars
Service: 31 Years |
 | Scott Turk
Service: 15 Years |
 | Toby Jackson
Service: 29 Years
| FFII, HazMat Ops, Ice Rescue Certified, Vehicle Extrication Certified Basic and Advanced,
Past Chief
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 | Troy Sampsell
Service: 18 Years
| FF1, Jaws Cert, Ice Rescue, NIMS, and UIC, Haz-Mat Operations level. |
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Firefighter/EMT |
 | Chad Jahr - FF/EMT
Service: 3 Years |
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Firefighter/Paramed |
 | Terry Burns - FF/EMTP
Service: 24 Years
| Joined October 1984.
Past Asst Chief for 7 years.
Captain 1 year.
Have served on several truck committees (New Squad, Tanker, Wildland Unit, QR(EMS)Vehicle
Was the 1st person to get PBI turnout gear by purchasing it myself and then getting the department to make the switch.
Served on the Jaws Rescue Tool Committee.
Have been a member of the Decatur-Hamilton Quick Response (QR, medical first responders)Team since 1985 and it's EMS Chief since 1989.
MFR: 1985 - 1986
EMT: 1986 - 1988
EMT-S: 1988 - 1991
EMT-P: 1991 - Current
Paramedic with Van Buren Emergency Medical Services (VBEMS) located in Paw Paw, MI since 1992. VBEMS covers the Decatur-Hamilton Fire District along with 6 other townships (300+ sq mi) Was employed for SMCAS Ambulance in Niles, MI for 6 years prior to this.
Current Administrator for this website. |
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Junior Fire Fighter |
 | Dustin Krall
Service: 1 Year |
 | Paul Pullen Jr.
Service: 3 Years |
| Rick Earl
Service: 1 Year |
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