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Gospodarstveni napredak ondašnje Donje Dubrave primorao je braću Jakoba i Maksa Hiršljera da 15. veljače 1888. godine osnuju vatrogasno društvo. Prerada drva te slamnate kuće i gospodarski objekti zahtijevali su i takav odgovor. Već na samoj osnivačkoj skupštini braća Hiršljer naišli su na veliku podršku mještana koju je Dobrovoljno vatrogasno društvo Donje Dubrave ima i danas. Već 1894. godine dobrovoljnim prilozima mještana kupljena je sprežna šprica koja je i dan danas u potpunoj ispravnosti te na županijskom nivou sudjeluje u osvajanju vodećih mjesta na takmičenjima. Mještani Donje Dubrave njome su gasili požare sve do 1938. godine kada je nabavljen agregat "Ilowerk". U tadašnje je vrijeme u sklopu Društva djelovala i limena glazba, koja je nažalost prestala djelovati sedamdesetih godina. Toliko ukratko o povijesti, okrenimo se radije sadašnjosti i našem radu u budućnosti.

Danas Društvo raspolaže s agregatima "Ziegler" i "Rosenbauer", dvjema vatrogasnim cisternama i kombijem, kao pratećim vozilom. Teško je trenutno nabrojati sav naš inventar, međutim treba napomenuti da je nabavljen uz veliko odricanje mještana i zahvaljujući njihovim dobrovoljnim prilozima. Sve to vatrogasci ne smatraju svojim vlasništvom nego imovinom mjesta, koja je nama samo povjerena na čuvanje. Sve je to uskladišteno u vatrogasnom domu koji je izgrađen 1974. godine. Specifičnost našeg Dobrovoljnog vatrogasnog društva je u tome što se nalazi na razmeđi dviju županije, pa su česte intervencije u nama susjednoj Koprivničko-križevačkoj županiji.

The economic progress of the then Donja Dubrava forced the brothers Jakob and Maks Hiršler to establish a fire brigade on 15 February 1888. Wood processing and thatched houses and farm buildings required such an answer as well. Already at the founding assembly, the Hirschler brothers found great support from the locals, which the Voluntary Fire Brigade of Donja Dubrava still has today. As early as 1894, a voluntary syringe was purchased with the voluntary contributions of the locals, which is still in perfect working order and participates in winning the leading places in competitions at the county level. The locals of Donja Dubrava used it to put out fires until 1938, when the "Ilowerk" generator was purchased. At that time, brass music also operated within the Society, which unfortunately ceased to operate in the 1970s. So briefly about history, let’s turn rather to the present and our work in the future. Today, the Company has Ziegler and Rosenbauer units, two fire tanks and a van as an accompanying vehicle. It is difficult to list all our inventory at the moment, however, it should be noted that it was procured with great sacrifice of the locals and thanks to their voluntary contributions. All this is not considered by the firefighters as their property but as the property of the place, which is only entrusted to us for safekeeping. All of this was stored in a firehouse built in 1974. The specificity of our Voluntary Fire Brigade is that it is located at the crossroads of two counties, so there are frequent interventions in our neighboring Koprivnica-Križevci County.