1957 to 1971

1957 

After discussions of the Town of Menomonee possibly merging with the Village of Lannon, the Village of Menomonee Falls, or the City of Milwaukee, the was Town of Menomonee and Village of Menomonee Falls became the Village that we know today.

1958

The Village's 1958 Annual Report said of the newly combined Village and Town of Menomonee; "It's a BIG BABY to handle now." The fire department's section of the report was a few paragraphs!

The Department answered 37 calls and reported $7,200 in fire losses. The Rescue Squad responded to 19 emergency calls.

With the continued growth of the village and annexation of the town, the fire department was feeling the demands for services. In 1958 the Chief was expressing the fast-approaching need for another fire station and full-time person.

1959 Fire Districts

With the making of the Company to a Department of the Village, there were overtures for the consolidation of the town with the village. The spring of 1958 saw the annexation of fourteen square miles into the village. In cooperation with Butler and Lannon districts were established for fire response in the newly enlarged village. 

Butler was to handle all fire and rescue runs south of the railroad tracks from 124th Street west to the 17200 block. 

The Lannon Fire Department district covered from W17200 to W22000 south of the railroad tracks and from County Line Road south to the tracks from W20400 to W22000. 

By December of 1958 contracts had been agreed upon for fire protection with the Village of Butler and the Village of Lannon. Menomonee Falls would pay Lannon the sum of $4000 for each year the contract was in effect and $150 per hour for each hour the firefighters were called out. 

Butler would receive $5000 per year and $75 per hour. The Butler Contract would remain in effect until the village opened fire station #2 on Silver Spring Drive, January 1, 1975. Both contracts contained escalator clauses providing for an increase in the  minimum fee in future years, proportioned to any increase in the equalized assessed valuation of the real estate in the area greater than $500,000.