Today A church in our community was holding a special service at a local park and wanted all of the Fire Department to show up for the ceremony. As it would be my Engine Company was the only one to show up, they had also set up Careflight to show up as well. We were there for only about 30 minutes or so awaiting for the services to conclude when we were dispatched for a medic assist, and to which I was also listed to accompany the medic when it arrived to take the patient to the hospital. One… Continue

My Paramedic class time has been set, Got my books on order, as well as my clinical shirts we are required to wear. So if anyone sees any smoke from my page don't worry its just my brain burning up Ha Ha Just Kidding. I know it will be hard and alot of work but in the long run it will be well worth it.

Hey all Hopefully tomorrow I will have my registration complete and will be enrolled into the Paramedic program. I have financial aid and all just got to hope they don't fill up the morning class. I am both anxious and at the same time very nervous taking this big step. I am sure I will do just fine in the program, mainly cause this is one thing I want to do to help out, more than I can as an EMT-B. It may cut down on the amount of time I have to be on this web site but I will try to at least… Continue

Local fire department receives special recognition



Posted: Aug 18, 2008 10:28 PM EDT



Updated: Aug 19, 2008 01:48 AM EDT

Local fire department receives special recognition



Washington Township Firefighters received a special recognition at Monday's township meeting. They became the first in the Miami Valley to achieve accreditation thorough the Commission on Fire Accreditation International or CFAI.

CFAI recognizes departments who meet a set of… Continue

On Sunday 8/10/08 our Association for the Fire Department held its 60th annual Ice Cream Social at Station 41. It was a beautiful day for the social and lots of people came out for the BBQ chicken, burgers, dogs and corn, Oh did I mention the ICE CREAM. They were also entertained with music and live demos from all of our Firefighters. My Station (45) did a tanker ops demo as well as a bucket brigade game for all the kids, (sadly there were no losers in the game it was a tie), the next demo was… Continue