Ottoville Volunteer Fire Department

12/24/2025

11/15/2025

This morning we will have road N closed from 634 to road 22 for a training. Along with this there will be a large presence of fire and ems personnel at this location. We will be performing live burn training with Kalida Volunteer Fire Department Continental Volunteer Fire DepartmentFort Jennings Vol Fire Department and Ottoville EMS.

10/10/2025

Today we also had the joy of picking up the Ottoville Local School kindergarteners and bring them to the fire house for some fire safety fun!! We then brought them back and had a K-5 assembly for fire safety and announced the coloring contest winners!!

10/02/2025

Attention to anyone working out in the field or around field, please do yourselves and others a favor and grab one of your hand pump w**d sprayers, fill with water and a little dawn dish soap ( breaks the surface tension of water to soak into dust and chaff better) and keep on your machinery during this time of dry weather.
PS: best fire extinguisher to have on your combines!

Thank you all for your support and a big shoutout to the local farmers who have gave a lending hand with their discs!

08/16/2025

Update as of 8/20, 1 PM, SR 66 is reopened to traffic.
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PUTNAM COUNTY:
State Route 66 between Road P and Road O (MM 5.12) will close on Monday, Aug. 18 for approximately five days for a culvert replacement.
Check OHGO.com for the latest updates.

05/05/2025

Patrol Investigating Fatal Crash on US 224
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Monterey Township – On May 5, 2025, at approximately 10:57 A.M., the Lima Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to a report of fatal crash on US 224 and SR 66 near Ottoville in Putnam County.

Dorothy Smith, age 72, from Anderson, Indiana was driving a 2021 Honda CR-V eastbound on US 224. Brittany Patton, age 28, from Van Wert, Ohio was driving a 2007 Ford E-150 Van southbound on SR 66. The Ford failed to stop at a posted stop sign and struck the Honda. The Honda went off the right side of the roadway, struck a stop sign and overturned. The Ford went off the left side of the roadway.

Dorothy Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene and was transported by Ottoville EMS to the Lucas County Coroner’s Office. Brittany Patton suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported by Putnam County EMS to St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. Nathan Smith, age 72, from Anderson, Indiana was a passenger in the Honda. He suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported by Ottoville EMS to St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. There were three children in the Ford, ages 4, 4, and 3 months. The three children were not injured and were transported by Putnam County EMS to St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima for precautionary purposes.

Both vehicles sustained severe damage and were transported from the scene by Jim Schmidt Chevrolet.

The children were all in child safety seats and all occupants were wearing their safety belts.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Ottoville Police Department, Kalida Police Department, Ottoville Fire Department, Fort Jennings Fire Department, Kalida Fire Department, Putnam County EMS, Ottoville EMS, Kalida EMS, The Ohio Department of Transportation, Jim Schmidt Chevrolet, and The Putnam County Coroner’s Office.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol encourages everyone to put their phones down while driving and wear their safety belts.

The crash remains under investigation.

05/05/2025

Thanks to Fort Jennings Vol Fire DepartmentKalida Volunteer Fire DepartmentPutnam County OH Sheriffs OfficePutnam County Office of Public Safety-OhioOhio Department of Transportation - Northwest Ohio District 1OttovilleKalida EMS Ohio State Highway Patrol Ottoville police for all of your assistance today.

03/15/2025

Grove Div VI state final 2pm