Meet the newest addition to the MFD fleet "Irene" also known as ATV-8       

     ATV-8  purchased with funds received from a bequest from the estate of Irene Marty. ATV-8 is primarily a grass fire response unit although will be used for EMS responses on the bike trails in the area. Design of the drop-in unit was done by members of the department. Construction of the drop-in was done by Owen Welding of Brooklyn WI.  We wish to express our thanks to Irene in thinking of us.

 Notes from the webmaster of Monticello-Fire.org

         I can remember the times as a youngster we would visit the farm that Irene lived on with her father.  My father was a milk hauler for Pet Milk in New Glarus his route took in the Monticello area and one of his patrons was Wilbert Marty. We would be invited to dine with Irene and Wilbert once a summer. The highlight of that day for me and my sister was having a ride on one of Wilbert's horses. Wilbert still had a team of draft horses and he would take one out of the barn and we would ride bare back around in the field across the road from their house.  For a 8-9 year old this made quite a impression. Irene was a fixture in the community she worked in the dry goods part of Blum's Store for years. She moved into the village in the late 70's when the farm was purchased by Gordon Smith the farm house was destroyed by fire on Christmas day 1980