Fire and RescueServices
Fire Prevention Division Services
Plans review
Fire safety education
programs
Fire code inspections/compliance
Counseling programs for juvenile
fire setting
Fire investigations
Consult with businesses on fire
protection/safety
Industrial fire training
Operations Division Services
Emergency response
- calls for service in community
Provides fire suppression/technical
rescue services, including fast water rescue, trench rescue, high
angle rope rescue, confined space rescue and other heavy rescue including
auto extrication
Provides Hazardous
Materials Response and Mitigation, cooperates with Shelby County Hazardous
Materials Response Team
Operates out of 2 fire stations
Operates the Emergency Medical
System
Note: All firefighting
personnel are cross trained as Emergency Medical Technicians and 20
are certified as Paramedics.
The City of Sidney is well known for its high quality advanced life support
and transport system.
The City currently has a class 4 public fire protection
classification from Commercial Risk Insurers-Insurance Services Office.
Additional Services
Provide training throughout the community - CPR, First Aid, Emergency Medical Technician, Hazardous Materials, Confined Space Rescue, Auto Extrication, Firefighting, Fire and Safety and Survival and Fire Prevention
Sponsors a Speakers Bureau that is available to anyone in the area.
2008
Firefighter of the Year – Tony McLain
Tony is a certified paramedic and a member of the Fast Water Rescue. He serves as a State-certified firefighting instructor and is a member of the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) core group and auto extrication core group. These are internal teams that identify critical skill levels and do equipment research and development for the specific area of training. During his career, Tony has been recognized four times for his professional and caring performance on an EMS call. In 2006, he received a Recognition of Exceptional Performance for his work, along with another firefighter, for extra station work and redesigning storage on a utility vehicle which resulted in improved safety for responding firefighters. In 2008, he received a Recognition of Exceptional Performance for his response, along with other members of his crew, to a house fire which resulted in a successful rescue of a child.
Tony follows in the footsteps of his father, retired firefighter Keith McLain, who received the first Firefighter of the Year Award in 1996.
Tony and wife Bridget have four boys. He is clearly a credit to the Department and an asset to the entire community.
Notice: Check our MWOAS Web Page at www.SidneyOH.com/fire/MWOAS.html The Midwestern Ohio Arson Seminar is an annual event. The dates for the 2009 Midwestern Ohio Fire Investigators Seminar are March 21-22 at Sidney Middle School.