Articles About Miami Township Fire-Rescue

• Public records detail complaint against fire chief

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 20, 2025

  

  One allegation against Miami Township Fire-Rescue Chief Dennis Powell is he called an employee to dissuade them from discussing payroll issues with or in the presence of trustees following a newly established pay scale at MTFR.

• Fire chief placed on administrative leave

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 19, 2025

  

  Following a special meeting of the Miami Township Trustees on Tuesday, Jan. 28, Fire Chief Dennis Powell has been placed on paid administrative leave due to an internal complaint.

• Miami Township Trustees settle first-of-year business

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 31, 2025

  

  With deep snow on the ground throughout Miami Township that night, the Board of Trustees held its first meeting of the new year Monday, Jan. 6. At the forefront of the meeting’s agenda was the handling of first-of-year business.

• Burn ban set for county as drought persists

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 19, 2024

  

  On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Ohio State Fire Marshal classified Greene County as experiencing an “extreme drought.” Following this, the marshal instated a burn ban for Greene and other Ohio counties under “extreme” or “exceptional” drought conditions.

• Miami Township Trustees | Firefighter compensation, retention talks continue

  By Lauren ShowsMay 20, 2024

  

  Miami Township Trustees continued last week to discuss firefighter compensation and retention — a discussion which will now be aided by a former Mifflin Township fire chief, and which is slated to culminate at an upcoming Monday, May 20, meeting of the trustees.

• Miami Township Trustees wrestle with operations costs, firefighter retention

  By Lauren ShowsMay 6, 2024

  

  What’s the best way to balance operations costs with the need for adequate shift staffing and long-term employee retention?

• GunderKline sworn in as Miami Township Fiscal Officer

  By Lauren ShowsApril 20, 2024

  

  New Miami Township Fiscal Officer Jeanna GunderKline was sworn in by Trustee Chair Don Hollister at the most recent regular meeting of the Township Trustees Monday, April 1.

• Miami Township Trustees | Fiscal Officer Margaret Silliman signs off

  By Lauren ShowsApril 2, 2024

  

  After serving for 24 years in the position, Silliman retired this month; her successor, Jeanna GunderKline, who was elected last fall, will take over as fiscal officer beginning in April.

• Miami Township Board of Trustees | Tax rate reduced, grants pursued

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 23, 2024

  

  Greene County Auditor David Graham explained that local millage rates for a 2.4-mill levy passed in 2017 to fund the construction of the current fire station have been reduced over the last two years.

• Miami Township Fire-Rescue reviews 2023

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 1, 2024

  

  According to Interim Fire Chief Dennis Powell, MTFR currently staffs 26 firefighters and EMTs and works with an annual budget of $1.4 million.