Did you hear the emergency weather sirens on Sunday ? Neither did we! That’s because the North-West corner of Allegan County is lacking the outdoor warning infrastructure to be included in the alerts. Allegan County Emergency Management announced late last…
The Graafschap Fire Department is certified as as a basic life support agency and will respond to all 911 emergency medical calls in our response area. An ambulance is dispatched at the same time. In our part of West Michigan,…
Fire board members from Fillmore and Laketown Townships met this morning at the firehouse to be introduced to the 2025-2026 budget prepared by Chief Doug DenBleyker. First order of business was to elect Jim Johnson as the new chairperson. Next,…
The Graafschap Fire Department uses a data platform that archives many levels of information. Below are the 876 calls for service broken out by category for 2024.
At their regular meeting on January 15, Chief Doug DenBleyker gave his monthly call volume report. He then presented an expanded report on how the Graafschap Fire Department is funded between Laketown and Fillmore Townships. The report also contained a…
Last year (2024), the Graafschap Fire Department responded to 876 calls for service. 620 were EMS responses and 255 were fire/other responses. The majority of EMS responses are “first responder” calls. Residents sometimes ask why the fire department came when…
The Graafschap Fire Board met this morning to get an update from the fire chief on the staffing needs for the future. Minutes from the past meeting were also approved and available on the Fire Board page. The board is…
The second and fourth Monday evening of every month, Graafschap Firefighters meet for a quick business meeting with the chief and then train on a series of skill-sets used on the job. All three brand new members were present. It…
At 09:29 this morning, Graafschap Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a fire at a commercial property on Lincoln Road in Fillmore Township. Two fulltime, day-shift personnel and one part-paid that was in-station responded immediately from the station.…
Here are the Graafschap Fire Department run reports for December, January and February