Dowagiac Fire Department

05/30/2026

Congrats to our Dowagiac Chieftain Varsity softball team on a district win!

We will be part of escorting them back into town down M-51 in about 30 min! Get outside and honk those horns! What an accomplishment. 🧡🎉

Congratulations to Dowagiac softball on winning a district championship with a 5-0 triumph over Three Rivers!

05/27/2026

Happy Birthday to Michell Outlaw our Administrative Secretary.

Michell keeps our schedules filled with community events and is an integral part of our day to day operation. Thank you!

05/20/2026

🇺🇸 Join us in honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice this Memorial Day in Dowagiac!

This Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, local events begin at 10:30 AM outside City Hall, located at 241 S. Front Street at Main.

A special thank you to the Dowagiac Masonic Temple Peninsular Lodge No. 10 for organizing Dowagiac’s historic Memorial Day Parade for more than 20 years.

📍 Parade participants will begin lining up on Depot Drive at 9:30 AM
🎖 Memorial Ceremony begins at 10:30 AM
🚒 Parade steps off at 11:00 AM

The parade route will begin at City Hall, head north on Front Street, east on Division Street, and south on Riverside Drive to the cemetery.

Memorial Day asks us to pause, reflect, and remember the brave service members who gave their lives for our country. We hope to see our community come together to honor them.

05/17/2026

This evening Dowagiac Fire/Police provided a meal for the class of 2026.

Enjoy tonight together one last time!

Thank you to all of the parents who help make the celebration graduation project happen for the students! Lastly thank you again Dowagiac Elks-889 for allowing us the use of your facility.

05/17/2026

🎓🧡Happy Graduation Day, Chieftains!

To all the graduates out there, congratulations on surviving group projects, early mornings, cafeteria food, and “this will be on the test.” We’re proud of your hard work and excited to see where life takes you next.

And if your future plans include:
✅ Wearing cool hats
✅ Driving big red trucks
✅ Developing an unhealthy attachment to caffeine
✅ Responding to alarms at the worst possible times

…then good news: the Dowagiac Fire Department has applications available! 🚒🔥😂

Congratulations again to the Class of 2026… now go make your community proud! 👏

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day to all of you hard-working moms out there! We appreciate everything you do.

05/06/2026

Happy Birthday to Lieutenant Doug Michels. Thanks for all you do!

04/30/2026

This is your chance to take down our two teams from our Department playing.

Contact Kim if you're interested!

Please give this a quick share for us it's cheap and easy to do!

04/20/2026

Happy birthday to Dowagiac Firefighter/EMT Britney Peet.

04/18/2026

Tornado Watch until 3:00AM.

Tornado Watch for Berrien and Cass County in MI until 3:00am EDT.