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Orrville Fire Chief reviews 2024: flood response, technical rescues, new heavy-rescue truck scheduled
Summary
Fire Chief Chris Bishop told Orrville City Council that 2024 was unusually busy: the department averaged about 3.3 calls per day, responded to a massive flash flood in August that generated dozens of calls, received a $15,000 Norfolk Southern grant for rescue equipment, and plans to accept delivery of a new heavy rescue in September 2025.
Orrville — Chief Chris Bishop gave the Orrville Fire Department’s 2024 annual report at the March 17 council meeting, describing a year of high activity that included structure fires, technical rescues, and an extreme flash-flood event that produced dozens of emergency calls in one night.
Bishop said the department averaged about 3.3 calls per day in 2024 and recorded mutual aid responses to neighboring jurisdictions. He highlighted a rescue at the scene of a farm tractor rollover that required airbags and heavy-rescue resources; despite rapid extrication efforts, the teenager trapped under the tractor died from massive trauma. Bishop described the subsequent, grateful contact from the…
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