Fire and EMS

Coverage Area

The primary area of coverage is the Village of Crooksville; Harrison Township, Bearfield Township and Clayton Township in Perry County; and York Township in Morgan County.

Personnel

Fire personnel are all volunteer; and the EMS personnel are part-time, paid employees. The EMS personnel provide 24-hour paid coverage.

There are 20 volunteer firefighters and 15 of the firefighters are cross-trained in emergency medical services. In addition, there are 16 EMS personnel.

Officers

The officers of the department are:

Fire Chief Darrell Wallace
Assistant Chief Dyrall Newlon
Lieutenant Aaron Norris

Annual Number of Runs

The department averages 1600 EMS runs per year and 220 fire runs per year.

Fire Department Equipment

Fire Department equipment includes:

Two Advanced-Life-Support (ALS) Ambulances
One Engine
One Engine/Rescue equipped with Jaws of Life
One 2000-gallon Tanker
One Brush Truck
One Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) equipped with grass and brush fire capabilities
One boat

Contact the Fire Department

Crooksville Fire Department - Engine 211

Crooksville Fire Department - Engine 213

Crooksville Fire Department - Tanker 214

Crooksville Fire Department - Brush Truck 215

Crooksville Fire Department - Utility Task Vehicle