Pleasant Prairie Fire Department news

Experts from kenoshanews.com shared a compelling story about Doug McElmury, who was just 18 years old when he found himself in the middle of an emergency at Devil’s Lake State Park in Baraboo. An experienced rock climber, he and his friend were climbing the cliffs when they were approached by a frantic mother who asked if they were part of the rescue team responding to a fall. “I didn’t know anything about rescue at the time, but we went to help,” McElmury recalled. “The rangers arrived, but they weren’t trained in rope rescues.” That moment changed everything for him. The girl had fallen 60 feet from the rocks, hitting a ledge 40 feet down before falling another 20 feet. McElmury and his friend worked alongside the rangers to bring her up. Afterward, he spoke with paramedics about how he could turn this experience into a career. They encouraged him to join the local fire department. In 1981, he began as a volunteer firefighter in Wheatland and spent nine years there. He also worked part-time with an ambulance service in Lake Geneva and served as a paid-on-call firefighter for the city. During this time, he started his own business offering rope rescue training to local firefighters. In 1989, he taught a class at Gateway Technical College alongside Pleasant Prairie Fire Chief Paul Guilbert. Guilbert inspired him to apply for a position at the Pleasant Prairie Fire Department, where he eventually rose through the ranks, becoming a training officer, captain, and then assistant chief. In 2011, after Guilbert retired, McElmury became the interim chief and later took over as the department’s top administrator. Under his leadership, the department expanded from its original Station 2 location to a second station at the village’s main campus. In 2015, Station 1 opened on Springbrook Road, featuring larger apparatus bays, new equipment, and specialized tools like a Zodiac boat, equipment trailer, and an ATV. The station also included semi-private sleeping quarters. This spring, McElmury and his team trained on a brand-new $1.1 million ladder truck that replaced an older model. He credits the firefighters, staff, and village administration for their support in making the department run efficiently. Now, after 28 years of service, McElmury is retiring, but not entirely. He’ll continue working part-time as a trainer for a California-based company that sells the ropes he once used to save lives. “I’ll be able to travel across the country teaching rope rescue, which has always been my passion,” he said. Thanks Dan.

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