Excerpts from shawlocal.com:
Deputy Fire Chief David Lohse of the Dixon City Fire Department was honored for his fire services career during the Dixon City Council’s regular meeting Monday, June 4.
Lohse retired May 10 after 26 years of service with the department and 32 years of working in emergency services. He began in the fire service as a volunteer firefighter in the Franklin Grove Fire Protection District. He was hired onto the Dixon City Fire Department on May 2, 1998. He was promoted to lieutenant in May 2008, captain in November 2009, and deputy chief in June 2019.
Lohse has served as an instructor at the Illinois Fire Service Institute; implemented MABAS Division 38 of Lee County and served as president for eight years; built a county hazmat team and acquired funding from grants to provide equipment and training; developed the department’s drone program; and previously served as president of the Dixon Firefighters Association Local 1943.
