Fire

Protected Health Information Notice
Informational brochure about the EMS user fee (ambulance billing), effective July 1, 2003.
2008 Summary of Activity
Open Burning Checklist

Departmental Staffing

• 38 full time career personnel
• 3 civilian personnel

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 Hazardous Materials Response and Mitigation, cooperates with Shelby County Hazardous Materials Response Team
Operates out of 2 fire stations	Operates the Emergency Medical System
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	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.

Emergency/Rescue Equipment in Service

Fleet of (3) Engines	(1) Basic Life Support Unit
(1) Heavy Rescue	(2) Utility Vehicles
(1) Aerial Ladder Platform	(1) Technical Rescue Trailer
(3) Advanced Life Support Medic Units	(2) Rescue Boats

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/MWOAS.htm

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.

updated6-30-09