Madison Township Fire Department Station-100

08/28/2026

This time last night, Madison Township Fire Department and Hanover Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. trained together on first and second due fireground operations at an acquired structure we plan to burn later this year. The training went great.

Chief Garver and Asst. Chief Decker from Madison FD ran the training which was to simulate a response to a working house fire. Some of the goals included giving senior firefighters an opportunity to assume the role of a fire officer and provide a scene size up on the radio, choose their vehicle positioning and plan of attack, and aim to get a hoseline deployed to the front door and charged within 90 seconds of arrival.

A total of four complete evolutions were had, two with Madison taking the first arriving position, and two with Hanover taking the first due position. In each case the second arriving engine would supply the first with water and manpower. One of the evolutions we included a trapped victim that needed to be rescued. We made use of smoke bombs to completely smoke the house up, and the seat of the fire was rotated throughout the building on each revolution.

After the training, we returned to Madison FD where we shared donated pizzas and Gatorade after ensuring both engines were properly reloaded with hose.

We plan to continue joint trainings, particularly while we have use of this acquired structure. This is one of many joint trainings held in the past couple of weeks that included rural hitch operations at Legacy Park in Hanover and School Bus extrication with a bus donated by the school district.

While I don't believe anyone got a firm headcount, we had roughly 20 in total which included a few Junior Firefighters.

08/20/2026

This is I-70 @ SR 79 in Buckeye Lake/Hebron area. We are anticipating the Licking River to continue to rise causing more flooding in our area and some area evacuations in neighboring areas this evening, tonight, and into tomorrow morning.

PSA:
Do not drive through high water! This is also no time to go Kayaking or Tubing on the river. We did observe people at Staddens Bridge Landing today with a Kayak.

[3:45PM] We're already starting to see issues along I-70 near Buckeye Lake. This is Exit 129 west of State Route 79. The water is forecast to continue rising overnight, impacting I-70. If you're traveling, make sure you have an alternate route and remember, TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN if you encounter flooded roadways.

08/20/2026

UTV 101, Medic 101, SAR 101, Boat 101/102, Grass 101 to multiple locations in the Licking View area in Heath and Newark. Staging area is Goodwill on Hopewell Drive for all incident locations.

At this time we have patrolled the entire township and there is only minor flooding in the usual areas which are marked with signage.

08/20/2026

HIGH WATER:

Sleepy Hollow Rd @ Staddens Bridge Rd
Montgomery Rd @ Bolen Rd
Brushy Fork Rd (east of Stoney Hill Rd)

08/20/2026

Grass 101, Boat 101, SAR 101, Chief 100, Chief 101 To several water rescue calls.

PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER! If the water is moving and you can't see the bottom, don't walk through it either. Moving water is extremely powerful.

08/17/2026

Today Madison Twp. FD alongside Hanover FD, MaryAnn FD, and National Trails FD participated in a joint training exercise for school bus extrication that included the bus drivers from Licking Valley Schools and the Ohio State Patrol.

It was a rainy day, but a great day of learning. FD members helped the bus drivers with fire extinguisher training. OSP helped the FD members understand the major components of buses as well as the inspection process to ensure school buses are safe and road worthy. Citizens First Fire Training provided all of the extrication equipment as well as instructors.

In total there were over 30 firefighters present today working together to ensure that we are ready, heaven forbid an event like this ever happens.

08/16/2026

Last hour, Search & Rescue (SAR) 101, Rescue 101, Boat 101 & 102, Chief 100 to Granville on a child in the water. The child and parent were rescued by crews on scene as our units arrived.

08/16/2026

Tanker 101 to Granville on a large non-dwelling structure fire.

08/16/2026

Severe thunderstorm warning until 2pm.

08/15/2026

Just after midnight this AM, Madison Fire with automatic mutual aid from several departments were dispatched to Hilltop Drive on a report of a house fire.

Upon arrival of Rescue 101, smoke was visible from the garage and lower level of the house. Chief 101, Chief 100, and Medic 101 assisted the Rescue.

Crews searched at length for the source of the smoke. Multiple thermal imaging cameras were used and furniture was moved without any success initially.

The situation wad contained to Madison and Hanover units since there was no active fire and to put mutual aid units back in-service and Tanker 101 was held on station.

Eventually crews were able to narrow the source of the smoke to an arcade game computer fan that completely burned up, but before burning up filled the home with smoke.

The defective part was removed and the electrical cable was disconnected from the unit and the house was ventilated.

Thanks to our volunteers and mutual aid partners!