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- Medway, OH
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- Combination Fire Rescue Department
- Years in Fire/EMS:
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- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Bethel Township Fire Department
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- Together, we consist of 9 fire only personnel, 7 EMS-only personnel, and 52 cross-trained fire and EMS personnel.
- About Me:
- We are a small volunteer and part-time fire department that sits on the southwest corner of Clark County, Ohio. Our department is comprised of two stations - Station 51 in Medway, and Station 54 in Donnelsville. Between the two fire stations, we have 2 engines, a rescue, a tanker, a rescue boat, 3 medic units, and a brush truck. Together we are responsible for 36 square miles, as well as responding mutual aid to six other surrounding departments. Our total run volume consisted of a little over 1,800 fire and EMS runs in 2008, including about 40 structure fires.
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- This page is primarily composed of pictures of departmental activities taken by members of the fire department.
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History of the Fire Department Helmet
Posted on November 21, 2008 at 6:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Firefighter helmets, in the earliest stages, were "stove pipe" type helmets that strongly resembled the top hat made famous by President Abraham Lincoln. They were made of a rigid leather material with the name of the department the firefighter worked for painted on the front, and didn’t serve much of a safety purpose, only to signal which department the firefighter belonged to.
The traditional fire helmet was founded by an FDNY volunteer firefighter, Henry T. Gratacap, sometime between… Continue
The traditional fire helmet was founded by an FDNY volunteer firefighter, Henry T. Gratacap, sometime between… Continue
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