Middletown Firefighters Local 336

05/27/2026

In May of 1992, Steve Riley was hired with the Middletown Division of Fire. Fast forward 34 years today, Lt. Steve Riley works his last full shift. Pictured with Lt. Riley is 1st Platoon his platoon for many years.

Over the span of 34 years, you likely have had an interaction with Lt. Riley. Whether you live in Middletown and once relied on his help in a time in need, have interacted with him in the fire service or you worked alongside him at some point.

With that being said we would like invite you to celebrate the retirement of Lt. Steve Riley on June 19th, 11:30am at Fire Headquarters!

05/11/2026

SAVE THE DATE! 🗓️

Middletown's Finest and Bravest are trading their badges for bats. The Battle of the Badges softball game will be at Lefferson Park on Saturday, June 6th! Get ready for a night of fun and a friendly rivalry. Who will you be cheering for? 👮‍♂️🆚👨‍🚒

More information: cityofmiddletown.org/735/Battle-of-the-Badges

Middletown Division of Police Middletown Firefighters Local 336

04/22/2026

We want to say Happy National Administrative Professionals Day to our own Kelly Short!

Kelly has been with the department since 2019. For anyone who has called our HQ before, you likely have had the chance to talk with Kelly. She helps each and every one of us out daily and we could not thank her enough for all that she does.

Thank you Kelly!

04/22/2026

Help support our friends at MPD!

04/21/2026

Over the weekend, it marked the end of National Public Safety Telecommunications week. We were able to stop by all three shifts throughout the day and deliver some goods and baskets.

We are very fortunate to have the dispatchers we have here in Middletown. Every day our dispatcher’s answer a high call volume, handle frequent stressful situations and still manage to handle all of the Police & Fire radio frequencies. They play a crucial role in being the first line of help in emergency situations. Whether it’s walking a family member through lifesaving CPR instructions over the phone, helping the scared child who had to call 911 or quickly relaying valuable information to crews responding to an emergency. They are here for us every day and we can not thank them enough for their work!

Middletown Division of Police

04/14/2026

We have another positive event to share! Today Atrium Hospital EMS Coordinator Karen Ward from Premier Health presented our crews and Middletown Division of Police officers & dispatcher with a Cardiac Save Award.

In February, crews were dispatched for an unresponsive patient who ended up being in cardiac arrest. Thankfully Middletown police & fire dispatch helped walk the family through how to handle this situation, Middletown police officers arrived continued CPR until EMS arrived. Then shortly after, EMS arrived and continued CPR, eventually regaining a pulse and transporting them to the Atrium. The patient did survive and was discharged. Roughly 10% of people survive these types of events and have positive outcomes across the country. Lately there have been several of these positive events in our community.

This event highlights great cooperation between our dispatch, police officers and EMS we have here in Middletown and shows how important each role is in an event like this. All three divisions in the city work together on a daily basis with the same goal in mind.

Crews involved:
FF/P Boerger
FF/P Haley
Capt. Klug
A/O Nartker
FF/B Kuehnle

Officer Jones
Officer Bemis
Officer Creech

Dispatcher Rodriguez

City of Middletown, Ohio - City Hall
Journal-News

04/06/2026

Last week at the Trenton City Council meeting, Premier Health recognized several of our members alongside Trenton Fire Department - OH.

Early in February, Trenton Medic 52 was transporting a critical patient to Atrium Medical Center. The patient went into cardiac arrest while M52 was passing through Middletown during transport and called for additional ALS support. Tower 83 met crews and assisted them throughout the transport. The patient survived the event and was discharged at a later date.

This is a good showcase of having a good relationship and collaboration between nearby mutual aid agencies all with the same goal in mind. Nice job to Trenton and Middletown crews!

Tower 83:
Captain Scranton
FF/P Lindsay
PFF/EMT Moore

Medic 52:
FF/P Mitchell
FF/P Sharp (Also a career FF for Middletown)

03/20/2026

Earlier today the Middletown Division of Fire held a pinning ceremony for the four new probationary firefighters who have completed rookie training. Throughout the past several weeks they have underwent extensive training on fire suppression, EMS operations, vehicle extrication, city familiarization and live burns. All while learning the Middletown way.

Starting next week, they will be on their newly assigned shifts handling calls in the city and serving Middletown.

Congrats & welcome!

FF Garcia
FF Morrow
FF Payne
FF Adams

03/13/2026

Middletown’s hazmat team continues to better prepare and evolve as technology continues to improve, which allows our team to better prepare for hazmat incidents in the city & region! Thanks to CSX and their Military and First Responder Grant for the purchase of these weather stations.

Seconds count in an emergency. Middletown’s fire department is using new technology at several locations to track weather patterns across the city >> https://www.fox19.com/2026/03/13/middletown-fire-department-deploys-real-time-weather-stations-every-firehouse/

03/13/2026

Hey everyone! The reprint of St. Patrick’s day shirt are here and available for pickup at Fire Headquarters located at 1830 Yankee Road, Middletown, OH 45044.

If you picked up your original order already, you can come back and pick up your reprint. If you have not picked up your original order, make sure you pick up both your first order and reprint order.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation with us! We greatly appreciate your continued support.

03/13/2026

JUST A DRILL!
If you drive by and see emergency vehicles, we're running an emergency management test.