Chillicothe’s Fire Chief recently completed The Fire Service Leadership Enhancement Program, (FSLEP) a unique professional development program designed to enhance the leadership skills of fire and rescue service executives. Chief Eric Reeter completed the program whose goal is specifically to prepare fire and emergency service leaders for the opportunities and challenges they face today and in the future. The University […]
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Chillicothe Fire department was dispatched to a grass fire around Liv 519 and Liv 532. The call came in about 1:05 pm and the brush unit arrived in about 15 minutes to find a brush fire burning just north of a burnt brush pile. The fire crew used approximately 75 gallons of water to extinguish the fire that burned about […]
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The Trenton Fire Department’s Fire Training Tower will be revealed to the public Tuesday evening. Fire Chief Brandon Gibbler says they will have a Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting at 5:15 pm, with public tours of the training tower to follow. The Training Tower is located behind the fire department. The public is asked to use the concrete driveway near […]
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The personnel report from last week’s Chillicothe City Council executive session includes one resignation and several hirings. The resignation was from Andy McLean. He resigned as a full-time fighter. Hirings at the fire department for pay-by-call fighters include: Katherine Hobbs, Corbin Valdez, Keagan Allen, and Andy McLean The Council also approved the promotion of Zach Dunn to Full Time Firefighter/EMT […]
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A grass fire reported on Route A Friday afternoon summoned Chillicothe Fire Department. The call came in at about 4:45 and the fire crew arrived in less than 15 minutes to find about 1 acre of grass burning. The department used their side by side and 60 gallons of water to put out the fire. The fire is believed to […]
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Cooking set off the Fire alarms at the Strand Apartments Wednesday afternoon. Chillicothe Fire Fighters received the call at about 12:35 and arrived in 4 minutes to find no fire or smoke. The automatic fire alarm panel showed the smoke detector going off in apt 416. At the apartment, the firefighters found only smoke as the occupant was cooking with […]
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A car fire destroyed a vehicle in front of a business in the 700 block of Elm Street Tuesday night. The call came in just before 6:00 pm and the fire department arrived in about a minute to find the car fully involved. 200 gallons of water was used to put out the fire. The fire crew was on the […]
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Local National Guard members honored Chillicothe Fire Chief Eric Reeter for his support of employees that are also members of the Guard and Reserve. Currently, Chief Reeter has employed three members of the Army National Guard. First Sergeant Derrick Allen, Sergeant Casey Brock and Sergeant Zach Dunn, all three of these Soldiers Drill at the Unit located right here in […]
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No injuries were reported in a Semi-Truck fire Wednesday afternoon on US 36, just east of the US 65 junction. The Chillicothe Fire Fighters responded to the call at about 3:50 pm and arrived in less than a minute and found the truck and the lowboy trailer on fire. A dozer on the trailer was not on fire. Witnesses reported […]
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A report of an SUV fire summoned Chillicothe Fire Fighters to the 400 block of Vine Street Tuesday evening. The call came in about 5:04 and the fire crew arrived in 2 minutes at 453 Vine to find the SUV fully involved, in the side yard of the home. About 2000 gallons of water and foam were used to put […]
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