Fire

150th Anniversary 1857-2007

Proudly Serving Our Community For 150 Years

Protected Health Information Notice
Informational brochure about the EMS user fee (ambulance billing), effective July 1, 2003.
2007 Summary of Activity

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

Other Departments Reporting to Fire

Building Inspection	Code Enforcement
Issues Permits	Responsible for enforcing City's Property Maintenance Code, including weed control/junk vehicles
Reviews Plans
Inspects new construction/repairs or remodeling for existing structures

2007 Firefighter of the Year – Wes Goubeaux

Wes is a certified paramedic and a member of the Fast Water Rescue and Rope Rescue Teams. He just recently started training as a fire investigator and serves as an EMS protocol instructor. In 2006, he received his Associate of Technical Study Degree in Fire & EMS Administration from Sinclair Community College. Wes has previously been recognized by the public for his professional and caring performance on an EMS call and received a Recognition of Exceptional Performance, along with four others, for his work in developing and presenting rescue training for the department involving lost or disoriented firefighters. In 2007, he received another Recognition of Exceptional Performance for his response, along with other members of his crew, to a house fire which resulted in a successful rescue.

Wes and wife Chandra have 3 daughters. 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 2008 Midwestern Ohio Fire Investigators Seminar are March 29-30 at Sidney Middle School.

updated 3/31/08