We at the Cheviot Fire Department are proud to serve our community.   We hope this web page will be helpful each time you use it.

The City of Cheviot's fire department is proud having served our citizens for almost a century.  It is the mission of the Cheviot Fire Division to minimize life loss, suffering, and damage due to fire and other emergencies within the community through public education, code management, and incident response.

Paramedics have arrived…

…Well, they have actually been training for several years.  In 2002, the Cheviot Fire Department sent its first full time firefighters, Lt. Bob Klein and Engineer Chris Lakeberg, to paramedic school at Butler Technology and Career Center.  Since then, all of the Fire Department's full time firefighters have taken or are currently taking paramedic training at Butler Tech. or the University of Cincinnati.  Paramedic school requires its students to complete 400 hours of rigorous classroom time and another 500 hours of hospital and life squad clinical training.  Lt. Klein and Chief Don Clark have made it possible to pay for most of the paramedic course and book fees with state grants.  Their hard work allows the City of Cheviot to use its residents' tax dollars for many other public necessities.  Now that all of the full time firefighters are becoming trained as paramedics, state grant money will be used to send part-time firefighters to paramedic school.

Many people ask the fire department what the difference is between advanced paramedic service and the basic EMT service that they previously provided.  A paramedic can perform much more invasive treatments for patients including manual defibrillation of the heart, heart pacing, several different drug therapies, IV therapy, diabetic resuscitation, advanced airway management, and much more.  In 2005, Cheviot firefighters were credited for saving and or prolonging lives that they may not have previously been capable prior to working as paramedics. 

Fire Prevention and Education…

Every year Cheviot's firefighters work diligently to help educate the public about fire safety.  The month of October is nationally recognized as Fire Prevention Month.  During this time, firefighters visit Cheviot's nursery and elementary schools to give classes and demonstrations on how children can make their home and community safer.  Throughout the rest of the year, the Fire Department provides CPR classes, tours for Scouts and other youth organizations, and provides Smoke and Carbon Monoxide detectors thanks to the American Red Cross.  In addition, Lt. Larry Cole heads the department's Fire Inspection Bureau in an effort to educate and help business owners make their establishments safe for their customers.

The members of the Cheviot Fire Department would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to test their Smoke and CO detectors once a month.  It is also recommended that the batteries in all detectors be changed twice in a year.  Many people use the time to change their clocks as a good reminder to change their batteries.  A smoke detector should be placed on the ceiling in every common and sleeping area of a home or business.   A Carbon Monoxide detector should be placed on each floor of a single-family building and in every living unit in a multi-family dwelling.

Our gratification for many years of service…

The Cheviot Fire Department salutes a few firefighters who have retired in 2004 and 2005.  Ken Peddenpohl served the Fire Department and community for fifteen years.  Ken began his career as a volunteer firefighter and worked his way up to the rank of part-time paid Engineer/EMT.  His friends at the firehouse miss Ken not only for his service, but also for his keen sense of humor.  If someone was having a bad day, it was always made better if he or she were working with Ken. 

Guy Bagot served the City of Cheviot for twenty years.  Guy also began on the department as a volunteer and did not take long to work his way up to the rank of Engineer.  Firefighter, EMT, and most of all; friend, are just a few of the words one could use to describe Guy's multiple talents.  Guy also served the fire department's youth program, the Cheviot Fire Explorers, for over a decade.  He was responsible for providing local young men and women a very fulfilling after school program, many of whom went on to become part-time and career firefighters. 

Tom Lustenberger spent most of his adult life serving the citizens of Cheviot.  For thirty-two years, Tom volunteered to help keep watch over the City as a Firefighter.  During this time, Tom also worked as a full-time firefighter and engineer for the City of Cincinnati from which he retired in 1993.  The experience that Tom was willing to share with Cheviot's Fire Department has been priceless as many a saved life and property can be attributed to this man's contributions.  Everyone who has served with Tom consider it an honor and privilege to have ridden on the fire truck with him.

To all of our retired members… every time the bell rings we think about you riding backwards with us.  Thank you for all of your years of service and we will never forget the lessons you have passed on.

Cheviot Fire Explorers Youth Program…

The Cheviot Fire Department sponsors a youth program called 'Fire Explorers.'  This after school program, coordinated through the Boy Scouts of America, provides hands on training for local teenagers that might be interested in a career in the Fire Service.  Not only are these youth provided with training, but they are also allowed to work shifts at the firehouse and participate in fire and life squad calls.  Yearly, the Cheviot Fire Explorers participate in a tri-state wide firefighting competition with over twenty other Explorer groups.  In the last few years, Cheviot's Explorers have finished in the top three percent overall out of all other teams.  If any local youth are interested in the program, they are invited to contact the Fire Department for more information.  Applicants must be fourteen years old and have completed the eighth grade. 

CPR Program…

The Cheviot Fire Department provides CPR training for interested people. Check out www.cprbeyond.com for more information.   

The Picture Gallery contains pictures of the Cheviot Fire Department in action.

In case of emergency ICE! Paramedics will turn to a victim's cell phone for clues to that person's identity. You can make their job much easier with a simple idea that they are trying to get everyone to adopt: ICE. ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. If you add an entry in the contacts list in your cell phone under ICE, with the name and phone no. of the person that the emergency services should call on your behalf, you can save them a lot of time and have your loved ones contacted quickly. It only takes a few moments of your time to do. Paramedics know what ICE means and they look for it immediately. ICE your cell phone NOW! Please pass this one along...

Here are some Safety Tips from Chief Clark regarding Carbon Monoxide. (Requires Adobe Reader)

Here are some Safety Tips regarding Severe Weather and Tornados.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at:

Cheviot Fire Department
3814 Harrison Ave.
Cheviot, OH 45211
(513) 661-2958
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