Speciality
The Mukwonago Fire Department Water Operations Unit consists of a dive team and support members, who are trained in numerous types of water rescue techniques.
The Dive Team has 5 active divers, 2 non-active divers and 6 active line tenders with various levels of certification. The team trains in area lakes and ponds, which cover more than 750 acres. The team holds monthly practices to work on line tending, search patterns and other rescue details. The dive team also assists with the boater’s safety class, which is held by the Town of Mukwonago Police Dept. every summer.
Presently, the Dive Team utilizes both personal and department owned equipment. Three out of the five members use personal dive gear. The majority of the unit’s department owned equipment has been purchased from funds through generous contributors of the past. Without these contributors, the department would not have equipment like the following: Water Operations Unit 3487 (1988 7’ x 20’ step van donated by WE Energies in 1998), Rescue One Connector Boat 3496, Rescue Alive ice rescue sled, 4 cold water exposure suits, 4 personal floatation devices, two sets of dive gear, and two dry suits (Koeffler Estate). Also from the Koeffler Fund: 150’ rope bag, first and second stage regulator and gauges, a contingency tank harness and finally pony tank harnesses.
In the winter months the unit has two in-house ice rescue trainers to train members on surface ice rescue techniques. Some examples of calls that the Dive Team responded to were: Mutual aid to Eagle, for a snowmobile in the lake and a possible lost person on Phantom Lake.
Monthly dive practice include: ice diving, open water diving, line tending, search pattern, search and rescue, techniques for surface and subsurface operations, emergency rescue for divers in trouble and much more!
Mukwonago Dive Team
DRI Com System—Two full masks with communication systems. Our divers are now able to communicate with each other and our line tenders.
Fire Suppression
Emergency Medical Services
