| History | Emergency
Medical Services | Fire
Prevention| Safety House | Department
Vehicles | Fire Safety Tips
| Run Statistics
Contact the Truro Fire
Department
Emergency — 614-866-6323
Non-Emergency — 614-864-2445
Truro Township's Division
of Fire provides fire fighting and emergency medical services to the
City of Reynoldsburg, the Village of Brice, and Truro Township, an
area 9.1 square miles in size in east central Franklin County with an approximate population of
36,000 residents.
The Department has
39
full-time fire fighters and paramedics, 5 full-time dispatchers. Full-time fire personnel work on a 24-hours-on and
48-hours-off shift. Eleven people are assigned to each shift.
The current Chief is Jim Sharps, who was appointed
in 1996. Jerry Foltz is Assistant Chief.
Truro Township Fire
Department maintains mutual aid and automatic response agreements with area fire
departments, such as Columbus, West Licking, Jefferson Township,
Violet Township, Madison Township, Mifflin Township, and Whitehall.
These agreements allows each department in the area to receive
additional help when needed.
Training. The
Truro Township Fire Department provides extensive training for its
personnel, which is given during each of the three shifts. More
than 2,000 hours of training were delivered during these shifts last
year. Captain Steve Hein directs the department's training.
Firefighters' training
covers new procedures along with continued emphasis on the
basics, such as pulling hoses from the engine truck, putting up
ladders, flowing water from the engine truck, advancing hose lines
inside a building, and wearing and using
air paks correctly.
Members of the department
participate in education programs that the Ohio Fire Academy
offers. These training programs are designed to help firefighters advance from lieutenant to fire chief.
Calendar
© 2000 Truro Township, Ohio
| Return
to top of page |
