Fowler Volunteer Fire Department has proudly served Fowler Township and the surrounding areas since 1949, providing quality and professional fire protection along with Emergency Medical Services, fire prevention education and fire investigation.
Today, Fowler Volunteer Fire Department provides fire and EMS services to approximately 24 square miles of Fowler Township, Trumbull County in northeast Ohio. Protection is primarily provided by volunteers who are augmented with a part time paid 2 man crew who provide 50 hours of protection per work, working from 06:30am till 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. These crews utilize a variety of equipment to respond to the every changing types of emergencies found in the community. In the fleet today are:
- Engine 23...with a 1500 gpm pump and 1500 gallons of water onboard. This is the primary unit on all structure fires and auto accidents.
- Engine 2301....with a 750 gpm pump and 1000 gallons of water on board. This is the third piece of apparatus to respond on structure fires and the second on outdoor fires.
- Tanker 23...with a 500 gpm pump and 1800 gallons of water onboard. This unit allows firefighters to carry water to the fire when there is not a hydrant available.
- Squad 23...This is the ambulance in the fleet. It is equipped with state of the art emergency medical technology and allows for Basic, Intermediate and Paramedic transport.
- Rescue 23...This is the secondary EMS response unit. It is also the unit that carries extrication equipment to accident scenes and is utilized during fires for lighting, command post and rehab operations.
- Brush 23...Is a homemade piece of equipment that is on a 1965 Dodge Power Wagon placed on a 1949 chasis. It can carry 250 gallons of water along with hand pumps to fight brush and grass fires. Also used to fight these kind of fires is John Deere 5 wheeler that is equipped with a small tank and pump.
