Elizabeth Township Fire and EMS

Per Ohio Revised Code, Section 1503.18, the Burn Ban is upon us once again. Excerpts from the code read "no person shall kindle or authorize another to kindle a fire in open air, outside the limits of any municipal corporation or land controlled by any railroad company, for the purpose of burning wood, brush, weeds, grass, or rubbish of any kind between the hours of six a.m. and six p.m. during the months of March, April, May, October, and November in any year.

YOUR TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT

Emergency: Call 911
Non-Emergency: 937-875-2121

Do you have inquiries that you need to pursue with the fire department? These could be questions about general fire safety, open burning, group presentations, insurance, and numerous other fire department-related topics. If so, the telephone number for the fire station is 937-875-2121. As emergencies can happen at any time day or night our crew may be out on a call, but if so leave a message and you will be contacted as soon as we can.

Remember that 937-875-2121 is a non-emergency telephone number. All calls for emergencies should be made to 911.

Please feel free to use the fire station number any time you need to. However, if you prefer a face-to-face conversation, please stop by the station at 2287 S. Childrens Home Road as visitors are always welcome.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

The Elizabeth Township Fire & Emergency Medical Services Department is now an entity of Elizabeth Township. The contract with the City of New Carlisle Fire Division to provide these services expired at midnight on November 6, 2023. The Elizabeth Township Fire Department consists of devoted emergency service providers such as Firefighters, Paramedics, and Emergency Medical Technicians. All of our providers are cross-trained in fire and EMS operations and are committed to providing the best service possible to the citizens of Elizabeth Township. Each emergency service provider holds the deepest professional commitment toward the goal of the Elizabeth Township Fire Department in serving the community.

With the startup of the Elizabeth Township Fire and EMS department, we welcome our new Chief Adam Marchal. Chief Marchal comes to us with twenty-plus years of fire and EMS service in both career and volunteer departments. He is currently a Battalion Chief with the Butler Township Fire Department. Chief Marchal was chosen from a long list of applicants by a select committee of a township trustee, two local community fire Chiefs, and a retired Chief. With his experience, we have the greatest level of expectations to solidify and grow your township fire department.

The Fire Department exercises fiscal responsibility and is customer-driven through dedication to providing superior service to the citizens of Elizabeth Township while striving for organizational growth. Additionally, all of our emergency service providers display compassion and empathy towards all citizens. Our Fire Department takes great pride in being community-based, the truest sense of “neighbors helping neighbors”.

The Fire Department in Elizabeth Township is staffed with two emergency service providers on a continual basis, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We try to maintain at least one paramedic on duty so advanced life support measures can be implemented quickly which increases the survivability for the most severe medical responses.

On an annual basis, the Elizabeth Township Fire & EMS Department responds to an average of 225 emergency calls. Our average response time is 9 minutes from the time of dispatch to arrival on the scene. Assistance from surrounding Fire Departments is sometimes required because of the complexity, magnitude, or location of the emergency response.

The goal of the Elizabeth Township Fire Department is to provide the best quality fire and emergency services to Elizabeth Township and the surrounding communities that we may be called to through mutual-aid agreements. This is done through dedication, desire to serve, professionalism, and caring compassion for our neighbors.

Elizabeth Township Fire Department