Fire Department
Fire Captain Dan Ripley began his career with Lincoln Fire & Rescue in 2004 as a firefighter. His most recent assignment is Company Officer of Engine 3 in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. He has been a member of the DHS-FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team - Nebraska Task Force 1 since 2004. Dan currently serves as a Task Force Leader and has been deployed to disasters such as hurricanes Katrina, Dean, Harvey, Irma, Florence, and Fiona (Puerto Rico); the Moore Oklahoma Tornadoes, the Boulder Colorado Floods, and Nebraska Floods. He has served as an adjunct instructor for the Fire Protection Program of Southeast Community College in Lincoln, Nebraska.