| 1867 |
Village passed first fire ordinances |
| 1873 |
Village bought four fire extinguishers |
| 1878 |
Village bought first hand-drawn pumper |
| 1891 |
Major fire on Dayton Street prompted organization
of first fire department, which apparently had a short life |
| 1895 |
Major fire destroys area of Corry & Dayton Streets |
| 1895 |
Special election in August of $7,000 issue to
purchase a fire engine |
| 1896 |
January fire at
Xenia Avenue and Glen Street. Xenia refused to assist and
Springfield arrived too late |
| 1896 |
Village voted to purchase an 80-gallon chemical
engine for $1,100 |
| 1907 |
Constitution of the Yellow Springs Fire
Department adopted;
George Drake first Fire Chief |
| 1912 |
Constitution of the Yellow Springs Fire Department
amended to include pay for Chief ($35.00 per year) and firemen
(10˘ per call) |
| 1915 |
Village bought a Lambert friction drive fire
engine, first self-propelled piece of fire equipment |
| 1923-1925 |
Village purchased two Model-T Ford fire engines |
| 1924 |
Lambert fire engine scrapped |
| 1933 |
New chassis purchased for Model-T Fords |
| 1942-1945 |
Two new Ford fire engines delivered |
| 1951 |
A fire department reorganization gives the Miami
Township Board of Trustees jurisdiction over the Yellow Springs
and Clifton Fire Departments |
| 1957 |
Antioch College’s North Hall dormitory burns in a
spectacular fire |
| 1956 |
Department makes 18 runs and had a fire loss of
$45,505 |
| 1959 |
Chief Dalrymple reports 23 general alarms for
1958, plus 15 that he himself made |
| 1959 |
Fire departments from Greene and Clark counties
battle a major fire at the Antioch College Science Building that
causes over $100,000 in damage |
| 1960 |
New radio equipment is installed in the fire
station, streamlining operations |
| 1969 |
Yellow Springs firefighters assist at the “most
spectacular fire in Greene County History” at a Beavercreek
Chemical Plant |
| 1970 |
Two new ambulances arrive, one each for Yellow
Springs and Clifton, purchased through Federal revenue sharing |
| 1973 |
Three arson fires hit Antioch College as it
prepares to re-open following a month of strikes by employees and
students |
| 1973 |
Miami Township emergency medical service (EMS)
becomes the first in Greene County to be certified under state
health department program to meet national standards. In
addition, four members are trained at GMH to administer IV fluids |
| 1983 |
First fire engine with crew cab capacity for five
purchased |
| 1985 |
Jim Nutt hired as first full-time fire chief |
| 1989 |
Nutt leaves for position in Alaska; retired
Springfield firefighter Ed Willeman is hired as Chief |
| 1991 |
New ambulance purchased through the Clifton
Paramedic Fund from the benevolence of Harold J. Cordes |
| 1994 |
Willeman resigns in January; Todd VanLehn serves
as Acting Fire Chief through mid-July, when Colin Altman is hired
as Chief |
| 1994 |
Name of department changed to Miami Township
Fire-Rescue |
| 1996 |
Antioch College Fire Department (“Maples”) ceased
operations due to financial and personnel issues |
| 1996 |
New Seagrave custom fire engine delivered |
| 1997 |
Antioch University donates its 1974 American
LaFrance fire engine to the Township; it is refurbished and placed
in service until 2005 |
| 1999 |
The Department receives a state of the art $25,000
Cairn IRIS 2 Thermal Imaging Camera, one of the first in the State |
| 2000 |
MTFR paramedics being utilizing 12-lead cardiac
monitoring, the first department in the county to do so |
| 2005 |
While responding to a large fire in Clifton on
SR-343, a
Miami Township medic unit is struck head-on by a van injuring the
crew of 3 EMT's as well as the van driver |
| 2005 |
MTFR adopts a 10-year strategic plan, the first in
its history |
| 2007 |
MTFR celebrates 100 years of community service.
Click for details... |
| 2010 |
MTFR takes delivery of a new Seagrave Marauder II
fire engine |
MIAMI TOWNSHIP
FIRE-RESCUE
