Violet Township, Ohio

Fire & EMS Services

The Violet Township Fire Department provides professional emergency medical and fire service utilizing a combination of full time, paid part time, and volunteer firefighters. This enables us to provide the staffing necessary to serve our community.

Your fire department currently staffs three strategically located stations 24-hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year. We have a fleet of vehicles, including four medics, two pumper engines, a 2000 GPM custom Quint, a heavy rescue, a tanker, two grass trucks, an assistant chief's vehicle, and a chief's vehicle. ALL of our equipment is capable of providing Advanced Life Support to deal with any crisis or emergency. The Violet Township Fire Department responds to more than 4,000 fire and emergency medical calls each year.

Our service area is approximately 40 square miles, with a population of more than 30,000 residents. We participate in Mutual Aid contracts with all surrounding fire departments. We are classified by the Insurance Services Office with a Class 3 ISO Rating for all hydranted areas within Violet Township, the City of Pickerington, and portions of Canal Winchester and the City of Reynoldsburg.

Our staff is highly trained, with our department logging over 10,000 hours of training annually.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES
The Violet Township Fire Department provides inspection, public education, and life safety programs designed for preschoolers through senior citizens. We are heavily involved with Safety Town in the Pickerington Schools. The Violet Township Fire Department is also an American Heart Association Certified Training Center, and provides CPR/First Aid Instruction, from the Pediatric Level through the Healthcare Provider level. You will find that most of our area lifeguards, daycare workers, doctors, nurses and the entire Pickerington Local School District athletic staff are certified by us annually. We also provide:

>	Free blood pressure checks
>	Certified Infant/Child Car Seat Installation
>	Reflective address signs
>	Juvenile Fire Setter Programs
>	Mentor Program with Pickerington Local School District
>	Fire Explorer program
>	Certified American Heart Association CPR and First Aid Training
>	Fire Inspection for adoptive/foster families and area businesses
>	Fire extinguisher training
>	Youth group tours and programs
>	Youth group tours and programs
>	Providing medic vehicles and staff for special functions

Additionally, we do many fun community activities such as:

> Passing out candy in local neighborhoods for Halloween

> Hosting an annual Open House

> Participation in the 4th of July, Violet Festival and Labor Day Celebration parades

Violet Township provides online versions of documents such as meeting minutes, forms and codes as a service and courtesy to the users of the Township’s website. Documents or forms obtained from this website are for informational purposes only and may not reflect the most current documents adopted by the Township. Additionally, the formatting and pagination of the posted documents may vary from the formatting and pagination of the official copies maintained by the Township. The official copy of any document should be consulted prior to any action being taken, as the accuracy or reliability of documents obtained from this website cannot be guaranteed by the Township. Official copies of documents can be obtained by contacting the Violet Township offices.