Wintersville Fire & Rescue, Wintersville, Ohio;
The Wintersville Fire Department, Wintersville, Ohio, was organized and chartered in 1941 as part of the Civil Defense. The fire department was incorporated in 1944 as a nonprofit organization for the protection of the community. Members built a fire station on Leonard Avenue. The first truck was purchased in 1944 and delivered in the spring of 1945. In 1951 the department bought its second truck, a 500-gallon pumper with a 500-gallon water tank. In 1954, the department traded in its 1944 truck and bought a new 500 gpm pumper with a 800-gallon water tank, giving the department the capability of carrying 1,300 gallons of water to fires.
The department received its first emergency medical unit in 1963. Our first advanced life support ambulance went into service in 1979 when EMTs received paramedic training, making them the first batch of paramedics in the county, along with members of other departments in the area. Currently the department at Luray Drive operates from a 33,000 sq. ft. facility. Prior to 2017, the department annually responded to approximately 1,700 calls a year. Staffed with four members during daylight hours only, seven days a week. Members still respond during evening hours from home.
In 2017 the department transitioned to a 24hr department with the implementation of The Seven Ranges Fire District. We finished out our 2017 year with 2,235 calls. Since then our call volume continues to increase. Currently staffed with 6 firefighters 24hrs a day.
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