North Georgetown Fire Department

03/15/2026

While the weather is nice today and people would like to start cleaning up from winter storms and the recent wind storm, we would like to remind you that the state of Ohio is under the Odnr burn ban. There are several brush fires going on in the area as of this time.

01/31/2026

North Georgetown Fire Department has been awarded a Ohio Dept of Natural Resources- Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant (ODNR-VFA) While this is a 50/50 matching grant, the total amount is for $16,410 with a cost share of $8,205.

The grant will allow us to purchase wildland firefighting gear, which is a lighter and much cheaper (price wise, not quality) version of our structural gear and allows us to keep our structural gear for structure fires, which is its intended use. While it’s a lighter and cheaper version of our structural gear, this gear can not be used on structure fires, as it doesnt contain the certifications for it, as well as the liners required. This gear can also double as extrication/medical gear, which will allow it to be used on accident scenes, and other non structure fire scenes. This gear with it being lighter and less bulky will also increase maneuverability and also lessen the chance of heat stress when there is warm temperatures.

The second part of the grant award will also allow us to purchase and install a dry hydrant at Zepernick Lake, it will allow water to drafted from the lake without worrying about any apparatus sliding down the boat ramp while drafting or sending a person out onto the ice in winter months to make a hole in the ice to be able to get water. Which is both a huge safety factor. This hydrant will not only assist us, it will also assist several other depts in that area, and many residents.

We would like to thank ODNR for all of the gracious assistance they have provided the North Georgetown Fire Department over the last several years.

01/28/2026

Need a place to hold a party, family reunion, or just a large gathering? Contact us about renting the old North Georgetown one room schoolhouse. Indoor seating can hold roughly 40 people, in warmer months also enjoy the outdoor pavilion, along with a large yard for kids to roam or to play games. If interested please contact the chief at 330-525-7029, cost is $150.

09/19/2025

We are asking residents of the area for your cooperation and to not have any fires outdoors, including campfires at this time. Our area is in a severe drought condition (which will take more than a little rain to bring us out of that status), and also with farmers in the process of starting to take crops off in fields which leaves extremely dry residue behind in the fields, these conditions make it very favorable that even the smallest of fires can get out of control very quickly and turn into large brush/field fires requiring several resources not only from our department, but several surrounding departments as well to extinguish.
We ask once again for your cooperation and also as a reminder that beginning Oct. 1st through Nov. 30th the ODNR statewide burn ban will go into effect.

07/13/2025

With a donation from Encino through their Community Partnership Program, North Georgetown Fire Department was able to purchase this demo set of Holmatro Battery Powered rescue tools. These will replace a set we have that is almost 30 years old, that was also purchased as a demo set.

Why purchase a demo set you may ask? While this set may not be brand new, it is less than 2 years old and comes with the same features as a brand new set. These tools have been gone over by Holmatro certified techs and comes with a lifetime warranty. The demo set also comes at a substantial discount over a brand new set and also allowed us to get a few extra items with it.

We will have them setup at station for the Knox Twp Festival on July 19th, from noon-10pm, for anyone who would like see them.

05/06/2025

North Georgetown Fire Department has been officially awarded the Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources- Division of Forestry. This is a 50/50 matching grant, with ODNR awarding us a cost share of $5,185 for a total of the grant of $10,370, which is allowing us to replace our handlines on our one engine, the hose on our brush truck, all of our Indian packs, hand tools- shovels, axes, fire brooms, along with purchasing supplies for dry hydrants. We appreciate all of the assistance that ODNR- Division of forestry has given our department over the last several years.

03/08/2025

We would like to remind you, with the upcoming nice weather that we expected to have in the coming week, that the Ohio burn ban is in effect from March 1- May 31 between 6am-6pm. While the ground might be very wet, the stuff on top (Leaves, brush, grass/weeds, crop stubble in fields, etc) will dry out quickly and is what will burn during a brush/grass fire. So we ask that you obey the burn ban the next few months.

06/23/2024

06/13/2024

We would like to thank Photography by Alex Ann for coming out and taking new pictures of our members, along with apparatus. These pictures will be displayed at various events and fairs,

06/09/2024

We would like to congratulate the West Branch Warriors Baseball team on winning the Div. 2 State Championship!