The Department provides many services to the community including Fire Prevention & Suppression; Emergency Medical Services; Heavy Rescue; Water Rescue and Hazardous Materials Spill Response. The Department responds to approximately 600 calls annually and has mutual aid agreements with all Lucas County Fire Departments as well as participate in the State Wide Mutual Aid.

Our department has an authorized strength of 40 paid per call volunteers, 10 part time firefighter / EMT's and a full time Fire Chief. The station is staffed during the weekdays with paid firefighter / EMT's. At all other times, calls are handled by the Departments' Volunteer personnel.

The Fire / Rescue Department operates out of our newly constructed 7200 square foot apparatus room and 4000 square foot remodeled crew area, located at the corner of Albon and Monclova Roads. Apparatus includes; 2 Engines; 1 Water Tanker; 1 Four Wheel Drive Brush vehicle; a Heavy Rescue / Command post Vehicle; an Advanced Life Support Ambulance; Water Rescue unit, two boats, and County LEPC Spill Response Trailer. Initial response vehicles are equipped with Mobile Computer Terminals through Lucas County 9-1-1. These mobile computers allow the responding crews to have the same information as our dispatchers such as the specific problem, updated incident information, location of Knox Key boxes and any other important information the crews should know about before arriving on scene. It also enables vehicle to vehicle messaging with any other fire or police agency in the County.