Olmsted Township Fire Department
Chief Jolin Cecelich              Phone: 440-235-3746
E-mail: otfire1@cox.net             Fax: 440-235-3778



Current History of the Olmsted Township Fire Department


Currently we have a 16 member Department with an overall ISO rating of 5. All members are Full Time. We work in three shifts: A, B, and C. Each shift works for 24 hours followed by 48 hours off duty. All personnel are required to carry a pager and can be called in at any time. Each shift consists of one Officer and four Firefighters. There is always a minimum of 4 men on duty, allowing 2 men to be off. The Fire Chief works a 40 hour work week and is available between 7 am and 3 pm. Filling our other ranks are 1 Lieutenant who works a 24 hour shift. There is also a Certified Fire Safety Inspector on each shift. Out of the 19 members, 17 are trained Paramedics, and 3 are Fire Inspectors.

All shifts start at 0700 hours and end the next morning at 0700 hours. During shift time, members are responsible for all station duties and emergency calls. Training takes place every shift, weather depending. We provide numerous services to the community other than fire suppression and EMS. Local day cares and schools often schedule various educational classes for their students. These classes can be on fire prevention and safety education, to career day at the local High School, or CPR/First Aid classes. We also provide fire extinguisher training for school employees and various local commercial businesses.

Our Department has seen considerable growth over the past 6 years. Staffing levels have increased from 3 on duty in 2000, to 4 on duty in 2001, 5 on duty in 2002, and most recently 6 on duty since 2003. We are currently 4 Firefighters short. This has been a much needed increase in manpower due to the increase of calls over the years. 2007 posted our busiest year ever, just under 1800 calls for the year. We look forward to even busier years due to the considerable amount of growth and development the Township is seeing.

 

Department Roster:

1. Chief Mario Bellido - Serving Since 1984
2. Lieutenant John Rice - Serving Since 1997
3. FF Joe Fudale - Serving Since 1988
4. FF Jim Cancilla - Serving Since 1992
5. FF Chris Kovach - Serving Since 2000
6. FF Justin Fischbach - Serving Since 2001
7. FF Bill Chakan - Serving Since 2002
8. FF Chris Jansen - Serving Since 2002
9. FF Dave Dahlhausen - Serving Since 2003
10. FF Tony Pukiavec - Serving Since 2003
11. FF Dean Souris - Serving Since 2005
12. FF Damon Schreiber - Serving Since 2006
13. FF Derek Von Der Vellen - Serving Since 2007
14. FF Mike Germano - Serving Since 2007
15. Barrie Nichta - Serving Since 2008
16. Brett Stalzer - Serving Since 2008
17. Joe Foecking - Serving Since 2008