Belleville Fire Department (Wisconsin)

== District ==
Serving approximately 6,000 residents in a 75-square mile district. Response area includes the Village of Belleville, Town of Montrose, Town of Exeter, Town of Brooklyn and Town of Oregon - Covering Dane and Green Counties in Wisconsin. In continuous operation since 1890. 
== Department ==
The department has a full staff of 35 volunteers who respond to over 225 calls per year. The Belleville Fire Department began in 1890 with a Bucket Brigade. From 1890 until 1912 the Brigade composed of men wearing red flannel jackets trimmed with brass buttons fought the fires with buckets, which they transported, to fires on a hand drawn cart. Water was pumped from the river or village cisterns. The first constitution and By Laws were adopted in 1895. In 1912, the village of Belleville got its first municipal water system as the Bucket Brigade was reorganized into the Belleville Fire Department.
Later the Village along with the townships of Montrose and Exeter formed the Belleville, Montrose, and Exeter Fire Association. In 1922 the department got its first motorized fire trucks. In 1951 the department consisted of two pumper trucks equipped with 500 gallon per minute pumps and 1300 gallon tanker truck.
Originally, firefighters were first notified of fires by a fire bell. After the installation of a telephone system, the local operator called each firemen individually to inform them of a fire. The siren alerting system began in the late 1940’s. In the early 1950’s special telephones were installed in the homes of firefighters along with the use of the siren. Today, firemen are alerted through the Dane County 911 Center via pagers and cellular phone aps. 
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station - 33 East Main Street===
:Engine 1 - 2021 Pierce Enforcer 7010 6x4 (2500/25F) (SN#35255)
:Engine 2 - 2009 Spartan Gladiator / Custom Fire (1500/750/20F) (Ex-Engine 1)
:Squad 3 - 2019 Freightliner M2 106 / Pierce Encore walk-around rescue (SN#32309)
:Tender 7 - Freightliner
:Brush 1 - 2003 Ford F-350 4x4
:ATV 1 - 2023 Polaris Ranger tracked
:C1 - 2020 Ford F-250 4x4
:1491 Ford Pumper (Original to Belleville Fire)
== Retired Apparatus ==
:1992 Ford L-8000 / Marion walk-in rescue (Ex-Squad 5) (Sold to Alto Fire Department (Wisconsin))
:(208) - Ford L-8000 (Ex-Tender 8) (Sold/Scrap)
Category:Dane County
Category:MABAS Division 115
Category:Wisconsin departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Wisconsin departments operating Custom Fire apparatus
Category:Former operators of Marion apparatus