The Munson Fire Department is dedicated to the safety and protection of our community’s quality of life from all hazards.
If Emergency call 911
MFD is a combination fire department staffed with 24 full and part time firefighters and officers. The department has one fire station strategically located in the center of our 25 square mile community. This station is manned on a 24/7/365 basis. Living areas, sleeping quarters and office space is provided at the station. Operating on a minimum staff of 4 FF's and maximum of 5. Housed are 2 Engines, 1 Pumper Tanker, 3 ALS Squads, Heavy Rescue-Air Truck, Achilles R.I.B, a Command Unit and 2 Chiefs units. The fire station is also an emergency shelter in the event of a disaster or large scale event.
The Geauga County Safety Center is the centralized dispatch center for the entire county. It also has the capability of handling multi-jurisdictional emergencies across seven counties in Northeast Ohio. The Safety Center has a jail that has the capabilities of housing 182 inmates and intakes prisoners from surrounding counties due to overcrowding on a regular basis. They have also recently become accredited to house federal inmates for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Marshalls.
Running directly through the center of Munson Township is US 322. This major artery handles 10,720 vehicles daily. Also running along our eastern border is SR 44. This road also handles 7,300 vehicles per day.
Our firefighting personnel have the training and abilities to respond to all hazards and emergencies within our township and the surrounding communities with whom we have mutual aid agreements. MFD has three contractual interoperability agreements with our surrounding communities and formal interoperability agreements with thirty seven other communities in Geauga, Lake, Cuyahoga and Portage Counties.
Mission Statement:
The Munson Fire Department is dedicated to the safety and protection of our community’s quality of life from all hazards through a well trained, professional, rapid response team, seeking opportunities to serve and placing others before the department.
The Munson Fire Department is and will continue to be a community focused, value centered, modern and credible fire protection service serving the citizens of Munson Township.
The Munson Fire Department achieves its vision by building upon a system of values. We uphold professionalism as our core value. Our defining values also include: Integrity, Compassion, Service Excellence.
Professionalism:
Our core value of professionalism defines who we are. We believe our chosen career is an upstanding and sound service to the community we serve. We take our role seriously and do all that we can to be a positive role model to the future generations.
Integrity:
We believe in living by moral and ethical principles. We demonstrate our values by the way we our lives in the public’s eye and in the confines of the fire station walls.
Compassion:
We believe in caring for our community members who are suffering from tragic events in their lives and do all that is in our power to assist in stabilizing the situation with a merciful attitude.
Service Excellence:
We believe in providing the best possible service to the community where we live and work and do all we can to meet the needs of our neighbors through a humble, competent, and well trained efficient team.
Mark S. Lynn, Fire Chief
