RTVFD

Station 40 is sad to announce that one of our own has passed on. Retired Firefighter/EMT Bill Gregory, a member of RTVFD for over 25 years, passed away at home on December 13, 2016, at the age of 91. During his time on the department, Mr. Gregory was a firefighter and EMT, served as EMS Captain, President and Vice-President of the department, and earned the award of being Indiana’s EMT of the year at the age of 80. He also taught EMT classes and was a fire investigator. Ambulance 46 was dedicated to him when it was put in service, with a plaque in the ambulance in his honor. Visitation and services will be held on Friday, December 16, at Loose Funeral Homes in Anderson. Full obituary is at here.

You’re here, so you’ve obviously found it… the new website is live! There are still pages to be added, including pages for the rest of the trucks, about the truck companies and the ambulance company, and maybe even a message from the chief if we can get him to slow down long enough to write it. But the beginnings are here, so welcome! For the tech geeks, it’s running on the Genesis framework and should scale automatically to work with your desktop web browser, tablets and cell phones.

If there’s something you’d like to see on the website, reply here to let us know! We can’t promise to accommodate all requests, but we’ll listen and take them under consideration. You can also email info@richlandtownshipfire.com if you’d prefer to email rather than reply on the website.

On Thursday, November 17th, Station 40 hosted a graduation dinner for our new recruits and their families to celebrate the successful completion of Recruit Class 2016-1. This class, which included trainees from multiple stations, added seven new members to our ranks at RTVFD, two new members at Gaston VFD and one new member at Lafayette Township VFD. This class started in mid-October and ran through mid-November, with students completing roughly 132 hours of fire and hazmat training, combining classroom and hands-on practical training to prepare them to graduate as certified firefighters.

Congratulations to all of the recruits! The members at Station 40 are proud to have you join us and look forward to working with you as you continue in your fire service career!

After being out of service for 18 months, Rescue 49 is completely rebuilt and back in service to the people of Richland Township.

For the full scoop, see the Rescue 49 apparatus page and check out the photo gallery there!