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Welcome to the Beavercreek Township Fire Department History Section. This information has been collected from a variety of sources. If you have any information that can help us build this history, we'd love to hear from you. We also welcome corrections to information you know is incorrect. Please feel free to contact Fire Administration with any updates you can provide.

(Most of the articles below are in PDF format. Please visit www.adobe.com for a free PDF reader.)

Article Describing the History of the Beavercreek Township Fire Department (60KB pdf)
This article is a summary several history documents written by former Fire Chiefs Bud Crawford and E.C. Merrill. It was originally published in the Beavercreek News-Current.

Brief History of the Beavercreek Township Fire Department (128 KB pdf)
This is a thorough history of the Beavercreek Township Fire Department, from 1946 to 1979. It was written by former Fire Chief Bud Crawford.

Brief History of the Alpha Volunteer Fire Department (64 KB pdf)
This is history of the Alpha Volunteer Fire Department, which eventually became Fire Station 1. It was written by former Fire Chief Bud Crawford.

Brief History of the New Germany Volunteer Fire Department (52 KB pdf)
This is a history of the New Germany Volunteer Fire Department, which eventually became Fire Station 3. It was written by former Fire Chief Bud Crawford.

Brief History of the Knollwood Fire Department (64 KB pdf)
This is a history of the Knollwood Volunteer Fire Department, which was the originaly fire department for Beavercreek and eventually became Fire Station 2. It was written by former Fire Chief Bud Crawford.

Beavercreek Township Fire Department Info (circa 1974) (65 KB pdf)
This document provides a quick look at the fire department's size, organization, training requirements and run volume in 1974. It was written by former Fire Chief Bud Crawford.

Beavercreek Township Fire Department Info (circa 1981) (64 KB pdf)
This document provides a quick look at the fire department's size, organization, training requirements and run volume in 1981. It was written by former Fire Chief E.C. Merrill.

Beavercreek Township Fire Department's 25th Anniversary (78 KB pdf)
This article describes the history of the fire department in 1996, at the time of its 50th anniversary. It was written by Deputy Chief Dan Paxson.

Chart Comparing Beavercreek Fire Chiefs' Tenures and Calls for Service (html)
This chart shows the tenure of each of Beavercreek's Fire Chiefs, and the department's run volume during that time.

 

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