(Waupun) Waupun’s outgoing fire chief and emergency management director says there are several accomplishments he is proud of during his tenure. B.J. DeMaa is leaving the dual post on October 2nd to become Fond du Lac County’s new communications and emergency management director.
DeMaa says the Integrated Emergency Management Course that he and Dodge County Emergency Management Director Amy Haase brought to Waupun at the end of April was a (quote) “once in a lifetime opportunity.” Nearly 100 officials from local, county, state, and federal agencies attended the four-day course that ended with a simulation involving a train derailment resulting in a chemical leak.
DeMaa says other notable achievements include the establishment of the Emergency Medical Responder program which gave the city another tool in quicker responses to medical emergencies. That program has been in effect for about seven months. DeMaa has worked in Waupun for the past eight years.
