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Articles About MTFR

  • Helping the helpers at MTFR, YSPD

    By Carol SimmonsJune 20, 2019

    Local fire and emergency medical service personnel and law enforcement officers are paying closer attention to the secondary trauma experienced by first responders in the line of duty. Ready to answer the next emergency call on a recent Tuesday morning was a five-person Miami Township Fire-Rescue crew, from left, recently promoted Lieutenant Joe Panuto, Explorer Gavin Sweet, firefighters/EMTs Josh Sweet and Cassady Brewer and Chief Colin Altman. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    In the last two weeks of May alone, Miami Township Fire-Rescue crews responded to 40 calls for emergency medical service and 15 reports of fire. When a call comes in, local first responders never know exactly what they might find when they arrive. The result is that the work is physically demanding and emotionally taxing.

  • Miami Township makes case for fire levy

    By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMay 4, 2017

    From left to right, Miami Township Fire and Rescue Chief Colin Altman and Miami Township trustees Chris Mucher, Mark Crockett and Lamar Spracklen made their case for a new fire station at a public forum last week. The station would be funded by a new levy on the ballot May 2. About 20 citizens attended the forum, weighing in with support as well as concerns about potential noise issues, cost and logistics. (photo by Dylan Taylor-Lehman)

    On May 2, residents of Miami Township will vote on whether or not to pass a levy that would fund a new fire station for the Miami Township Fire Department.

  • WSU sells land to Township for fire station

    By Diane ChiddisterOctober 26, 2016

    The Wright State University Board of Trustees approved the sale to Miami Township of land bounded by Marshall and Herman Streets and Xenia Avenue. (Via Google Maps)

    The Wright State University Board of Trustees voted to sell two acres of WSU-owned land on Xenia Avenue to Miami Township, which aims to build a new fire station on the location.

  • Board approves sale— WSU land sale may advance fire station plans

    By Diane ChiddisterOctober 20, 2016

    The Wright State University Board of Trustees voted last Friday to approve the potential sale to a qualified buyer of about four acres of land in Yellow Springs, the former site of the medical clinic on Xenia Avenue between Marshall and Herman streets.

  • Siren’s call

    By Matt MindeMay 21, 2015

    Miami Township fire fighter Joe Panuto opened up one of the department’s medics for Dorothy Paddison and Leroy Gano Friday evening during a fundraiser for the Firefighter’s Association. The event was held in conjunction with National Emergency Medical Services week. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    Last week, MTFR held a fundraiser for the Firefighter’s Association, in conjunction with National Emergency Medical Services week.

  • MTFR still seeks property

    By Lauren HeatonAugust 7, 2014

    Miami Township has been looking for a new home for its Fire-Rescue team for over three years, and this summer the land option they had banked on since 2011 fell through.

  • Miami Township Fire-Rescue squad gets accredited

    By Lauren HeatonFebruary 27, 2014

    Miami Township Fire-Rescue volunteers, from left, Joe Panuto, Anthony Cascio, Nick Miller-Jacobson and Cayden DeFusco are among the first EMT students to take classes at the department as an accredited training center. (Photo by Lauren Heaton)

    Volunteerism may have dwindled over the past 50 years, but no where is it felt more seriously as a matter of life and death than in small town fire and EMS departments across the country. Miami Township Fire-Rescue is no exception.

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