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Chief Doug Witsken
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The FETN Family: Green Township Fire & EMS
FETN recently interviewed Chief Doug Witsken of Green
Township Fire & Rescue in Ohio. Here is a description
of the Department and its activities as told by the Chief.
We are happy to welcome Green Township Fire and Rescue
as part of the FETN Family!
 Please
provide a brief description of your department and the
community you serve.
 Green
Township Fire & EMS protects a 28-square mile community
of 58,000 residents. The township is the largest township
in the State of Ohio (based on population) and borders
the west side of the City of Cincinnati. The department
consists of 41 full-time and 40 part-time employees staffing
four fire stations. In 2006, the department responded to
4492 EMS Runs and 1728 Fire Runs, for an average of 17
emergency runs per day.
What
makes your department stand out in the community
you are
in?
The
department has been an important part of Green Township
since 1944 when it was started by a small group of volunteers.
As the township has grown, the department has experienced
tremendous growth as well, transitioning from a one station
all-volunteer department to the four-station paid department
today. The department is very active in the community,
with many public education and public service programs.
How
long has your department been training with FETN? Describer
your department’s training activities and the role
FETN plays.
The
department subscribed to FETN PrimeNet in early 2006. The
decision to subscribe to FETN was reached after carefully
considering the options to modernize the department’s
training resources. Many of the department’s training
materials were outdated, and it would have been very expensive
to invest in new books, videos, and DVDs to replenish the
training library. Even after that was done, it would only
be a few years before the materials would be outdated again.
Using FETN PrimeNet is an excellent way to maintain an
up-to-date library of training resources. It also allows
firefighters to engage in self-study or to organize impromptu
in-station training sessions on a wide variety of Fire & EMS
topics.
What
challenges/accomplishments has your department been faced
with?
Our
department’s major challenge is to be prepared for
any emergency it may be called to, whether it is Fire,
EMS, Hazardous Materials, Technical Rescue, or WMD/Terrorism.
FETN offers us training programs on all of these topics
that will help us be prepared.
Thank you, Chief Doug Witsken and the entire team
of the Green Township Fire & Rescue in Ohio. We are
proud to have you as part of the FETN Family!
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