Fire Department

Richland Area Fire Department 

2320 Old US Route 33, Shade, Ohio  45776 

 Station Phone: 740-593-6077

E-mail address:  ravfd@yahoo.com

website: www.richlandareafire.com

The Richland Area Fire Department received its charter in 1954, after a fire killed a two year old girl in a home at the South Y on Richland Avenue, know as Mechanicsburg.  The original station set on Richland Avenue where the overpass is now. Station 2 was purchased to make a quicker response to the eastern part of the area and it is located on East State Street.  When the new bypass came through in the 70’s, Station 1 was moved to Hooper Rd. In 2004, the idea was born to put Station 3 in Lodi Township. Construction began in 2007 and occupancy achieved,  in 2010.

Richland Area Fire Department consists of 3 Stations, 1 rescue truck, 5 engines, 3 brush trucks, 2 utility vehicles, a boat, and a side by side for for brush fires and patient transports. The department covers approximately 93 square miles:   2/3 of Athens Township outside of Athens City, ½ of Alexander Township, ½ of Canaan Township, and all of Lodi Townships.

The Richland Area Fire Department would like to thank the constituents of these Townships for their continued support.