History of the Owensville Volunteer Fire Department
Owensville Volunteer Fire Department
P.O. Box 215
Owensville, Missouri 65066
573-437-2000 or 573-437-2195
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The Owensville Volunteer
Fire Department was established in 1929 as an all volunteer
department, as it still is today. The department is owned an
operated, and partially fund by the City of Owensville. The rest
of the funding comes from the Owensville Rural Fire Protective
Association. The Department runs between 260 and 300 emergency
calls a year.
The Department serves the entire southern half of
Gasconade County and part of Osage county. Currently there are
28 members on the department that work out of three Fire
Stations. Two Stations are in Owensville and one in Mt. Sterling.
The Department has the only Hazardous Material Emergency
Response Team with in the Counties of Gasconade, Maries, Osage,
and Crawford. This team was formed on a grant awarded from the
Department of Homeland Security in 2005.
2008-2009 Officers of The Owensville
Volunteer Fire Department:
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Chief Jeff Kuhne
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First Assistant Chief Kris
Bayless
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Second Assistant Chief Jim
Diestelkamp
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Station 1 Captain Curtis
Aytes
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Station 1 Lieutenant Darren
Knight
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Station 2 Captain Ed
Bossaler
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Station 2 Lieutenant Dan
Kurrelmeyer
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Station 3 Captain Bill
Leasure
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Station 3 Lieutenant Martin
Schlottach
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