Mission Statement: The Ross Township Fire Department is an organization of dedicated professionals whose mission is to; Save Lives, Protect Property, Protect the Environment, Provide the best services possible to the community and to treat people nice.
Thank you for visiting our Fire Department webpage. I hope that your visit will give you a better idea about the many programs and services that our department provides. The men and women of our department are very proud to provide a high level of customer service to our citizens.
Our Firefighters are located in one of two fire stations strategically located in the township. Our stations are manned with four personnel from 6:00am to 6:00am seven days a week along with a full time Chief. During this time, a crew of firefighters can reach any location in the township in five minutes or less. This rapid response time is critical to successfully handling an incident, whether it is a fire, accident, or medical emergency
We handle many specialized emergencies as well. Our firefighters receive advanced training in technical rescue. This training combined with our complement of specialized rescue equipment allows our firefighters to handle many varied types of special rescues.
Another important mission of our department is preventing fires. Our firefighters conduct fire prevention and safety inspections. They work diligently throughout the year to address risk factors in the township that could result in fires. We also work the Ross Local School District in providing Fire Prevention Classes for the elementary schools as well as providing CPR and AED training for the middle and high school personnel.
We encourage you to provide us feedback on any of the services that we provide. We are always looking for ways to do a better job of serving you, our customer. We welcome your ideas and comments. You can email them to [email protected] or through regular mail to me at P.O. Box 71 Ross, Ohio 45061
Respectfully,
Chief Chris Johns, OFE
The Fire Prevention Division is responsible for administering fire safety education, fire cause determination, inspection of business occupancies, and fire code enforcement. A great deal of the public contact achieved by the Department is a direct result of the Fire Prevention programs such as annual building inspections. These programs check code compliance and proper life safety standards.
The Department continues an aggressive posture towards fire and life safety inspections of all commercial occupancies on an annual basis. These inspections included day care facilities licensed by the State of Ohio, inspections of newly opened businesses, and occupancies requiring Ohio Fire Code permits. Our programs are here to serve you so please let us know if we have not met your needs by calling (513) 863-3410.
The EMS Division of the Fire Department provides 24-hour-a-day Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) care and transportation to area hospitals. We take pride in providing state-of-the-art medical care to our patients.
Service is provided utilizing three ALS-staffed ambulances strategically placed at each of our stations.
The Department answers more than 800 calls for service annually. A portion of the incidents are judged to be potentially life-threatening emergencies at the time of call to 911, and thus, a fire engine is dispatched from the closest fire station to provide assistance and Basic Life Support until the Advanced Life Support squad arrives.
The majority of the Ross Township firefighters are trained to at least the basic Emergency Medical Technician level of training. The department is adding more Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedics to the department every year.
Every first out fire engine in the township carries an automatic external defibrillator (AED) to treat victims of sudden cardiac arrest, in addition to their other basic medical equipment. Fire apparatus is also routinely dispatched to all motor vehicle accidents to assist in extricating victims from the vehicle.
When a patient is transported to a hospital/medical facility, a charge for services will be billed for one of the following:
Basic Life Support (BLS) – Basic Life Support is the transportation by ground ambulance vehicle and the provision of medical supplies and services without Advanced Life Support intervention.
Advanced Life Support, Level 1 – ALS-1 service is the transportation by ground ambulance vehicle and the provision of medically necessary supplies and services including the provision of an ALS assessment and at least one ALS intervention.
Advanced Life Support, Level 2 – ALS-2 service is the transportation by ground ambulance vehicle and the provision of medically necessary supplies and services including: (1) at least three separate administrations of one or more medications by intravenous push/bolus or by continuous infusion; or (2) ground ambulance transport and the provision of at least one very advanced life support procedure.
In addition, for all transports, there is a charge per mile is charged based on the number of miles a patient is transported to a medical facility.
If you have a questions about our EMS billing contact the fire department at 513-863-3410 or our billing company, Medicount Management at 513-772-4465.
The Ross Township Fire Department has developed and implemented a risk management plan. The goals and objectives of the plan are the following:
-To limit the exposure of the fire department to situations and occurrences that could have harmful or undesirable consequences on the department or its members.
-To provide the safest possible work environment for the members of the fire department, while recognizing the risks inherent to the fire department’s mission.
It is the policy of the Ross Township Fire Department to provide and to operate with the highest possible levels of safety and health for all its members. The prevention and reduction of accidents, injuries, and occupational illnesses are goals of the fire department and shall be primary considerations at all times. This concern for safety and health applies to all members of the fire department and to any other persons who might be involved in fire department activities.