Union Township Fire Rescue

10/02/2026

***Update*** - the owner has been located and DEWEY has been returned safely home. 

This dog was dropped off at our Station a short time ago and was found running around on Sunset Drive. If this sweet boy belongs to you please give us a call at 513-494-2566. The dog warden has been contacted we will update this post when they pick him up.

09/13/2026

Crews spent the majority of yesterday at the Warren County Career Center performing live fire evolutions. These scenarios help members evaluate their skills while participating in real world conditions. It is a great opportunity to practice our craft. We want to thank Chief Dotson and Lt Chris Glancy of the Salem / Morrow Fire Department as well as Stevie Fisher of the Clinton-Warren Joint Fire District for assisting as instructors.

09/11/2026

On September 11th 2001 by 10:28 that Tuesday morning 25 years ago, 2,977 American’s never saw or spoke to their family’s again! 412 of those Americans were emergency service workers. 343 FDNY Firefighters, 37 Port Authority Police Officers, 23 NYPD Police Officers, 8 EMT/Paramedics, and 1 Patrolman from the New York Fire Patrol. Every year we place flags in our front yard remembering those 412 brothers and sisters. Below is a list of the names, ages and company’s that those flags represent.

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13

FDNY Chief
Peter J. Ganci Jr., 54

Civilian Commissioner
William M. Feehan,72

Marshal Division
Chief Gerard A. Barbara, 53

Citywide Tour Commanders
Chief Gerard A. Barbara, 53
Chief Donald J. Burns‚ 61

Chaplin Services
Mychal Judge 68

Battalion 1
Chief Matthew Lancelot Ryan, 54
Lt. Paul Thomas Mitchell, 46

Battalion 2
Chief William McGovern, 49
Chief Richard Prunty, 57
Faustino Apostol, Jr., 55

Battalion 4
Lt. Thomas O'Hagan, 43

Battalion 6
Chief John P. Williamson, 46

Battalion 7
Chief Orio Palmer, 45
Lt. Stephen G. Harrell, 44
Lt. Philip Scott Petti, 43

Battalion 8
Chief Thomas Patrick DeAngelis, 51
Thomas McCann, 45

Battalion 9
Chief Dennis Lawrence Devlin, 51
Chief Edward F. Geraghty, 45
Lt. Charles William Garbarini, 44
Carl Asaro, 39
Alan D. Feinberg, 48

Battalion 11
Chief John M. Paolillo, 51

Battalion 12
Chief Frederick Claude Scheffold, Jr., 57

Battalion 22
Lt. Charles Joseph Margiotta, 44

Battalion 43
Lt. Geoffrey E. Guja, 49

Battalion 47
Lt. Anthony Jovic, 39

Battalion 48
Chief Joseph Grzelak, 52
Michael Leopoldo Bo****no, 45

Battalion 49
Chief John Moran, 42

Battalion 50
Chief Lawrence T. Stack, 58

Battalion 57
Chief Dennis Cross, 60
Chief Joseph Ross Marchbanks, Jr, 47

Division 1
Capt. Joseph D. Farrelly, 47
Capt. Thomas Moody, 45

Division 11
Capt. Timothy M. Stackpole, 42

Division 15
Chief Thomas Theodore Haskell, Jr., 37
Capt. Martin J. Egan, Jr., 36
Capt. William O'Keefe, 48

Engine 1
Lt. Andrew Desperito, 43
Michael T. Weinberg, 34

Engine 4
Calixto Anaya, Jr, 35
James C. Riches, 29
Thomas G. Schoales, 27
Paul A. Tegtmeier, 41

Engine 5
Manuel Del Valle, Jr, 32

Engine 6
Paul Beyer, 37
Thomas Holohan, 36
William R. Johnston, 31

Engine 8
Robert Parro, 35

Engine 10
Lt. Gregg Arthur Atlas, 44
Jeffrey James Olsen, 31
Paul Pansini, 34

Engine 21
Capt. William Francis Burke, Jr., 46

Engine 22
Thomas Anthony Casoria, 29
Michael J. Elferis, 27
Vincent D. Kane, 37
Martin E. McWilliams, 35

Engine 23
Robert McPadden, 30
James Nicholas Pappageorge, 29
Hector Luis Tirado, Jr., 30
Mark P. Whitford, 31

Engine 26
Capt. Thomas Farino, 37
Dana R Hannon, 29

Engine 29
Michael Ragusa, 29

Engine 33
Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, 42
David Arce, 36
Michael Boyle, 37
Robert Evans, 36
Keithroy Marcellus Maynard, 30

Engine 37
John Giordano, 47

Engine 40
Lt. John F. Ginley, 37
Kevin Bracken, 37
Michael D. D'Auria, 25
Bruce Gary, 51
Steven Mercado, 38

Engine 50
Robert W. Spear, Jr., 30
Engine 54
Paul John Gill, 34
Jose Guadalupe, 37
Leonard Ragaglia, 36
Christopher Santora, 23

Engine 55
Lt. Peter L. Freund, 45
Robert Lane, 28
Christopher Mozzillo, 27
Stephen P. Russell, 40

Engine 58
Lt. Robert B. Nagel, 55

Engine 74
Ruben D. Correa, 44

Engine 201
Lt. Paul Richard Martini, 37
Gregory Joseph Buck, 37
Christopher Pickford, 32
John Albert Schardt, 34

Engine 205
Lt. Robert Francis Wallace, 43

Engine 207
Karl Henry Joseph, 25
Shawn Edward Powell, 32
Kevin O. Reilly, 28

Engine 214
Lt. Carl John Bedigian, 35
John Joseph Florio, 33
Michael Edward Roberts, 31
Kenneth Thomas Watson, 39

Engine 216
Daniel Suhr, 37

Engine 217
Lt. Kenneth Phelan, 41
Steven Coakley, 36
Philip T. Hayes, 67
Neil Joseph Leavy, 34

Engine 219
John Chipura, 39

Engine 226
Brian McAleese, 36
David Paul De Rubbio, 38
Stanley S. Smagala, Jr., 36

Engine 230
Lt. Brian G. Ahearn, 43
Frank Bonomo, 42
Michael Scott Carlo, 34
Jeffrey Stark, 30
Eugene Whelan, 31
Edward James White III, 30

Engine 235
Lt. Steven Bates, 42
Nicholas Paul Chiofalo, 39
Francis Esposito, 32
Lee S. Fehling, 28
Lawrence G. Veling, 44

Engine 238
Lt. Glenn E. Wilkinson, 46

Engine 279
Ronnie Lee Henderson, 52
Anthony Rodriguez, 36

Engine 285
Raymond R. York, 45

Engine 320
Capt. James J. Corrigan, 60

Haz-Mat Operations
Chief John Fanning, 54

Haz-Mat 1
Lt. John A. Crisci, 48
Dennis M. Carey, 51
Martin N. DeMeo, 47
Thomas Gardner, 39
Jonathan R. Hohmann, 48
Dennis Scauso, 46
Kevin Joseph Smith, 47

Ladder 2
Capt. Frederick Ill, Jr, 49
Michael J. Clarke, 27
George DiPasquale, 33
Denis P. Germain, 33
Daniel Edward Harlin, 41
Carl Molinaro, 32
Dennis Michael Mulligan, 32

Ladder 3
Capt. Patrick J. Brown, 48
Lt. Kevin W. Donnelly, 43
Michael Carroll, 39
James Raymond Coyle, 26
Gerard Dewan, 35
Jeffrey John Giordano, 45
Joseph Maloney, 45
John Kevin McAvoy, 47
Timothy Patrick McSweeney, 37
Joseph J. Ogren, 30
Steven John Olson, 38

Ladder 4
Capt. David Terence Wooley, 54
Lt. Daniel O'Callaghan, 42
Joseph Angelini, Jr, 38
Peter Brennan, 30
Michael E. Brennan, 27
Michael Haub, 34
Michael F. Lynch, 33
Samuel Oitice, 45
John James Tipping II, 33

Ladder 5
Lt. Vincent Francis Giammona, 40
Lt. Michael Warchola, 51
Louis Arena, 32
Andrew Brunn, 28
Thomas Hannafin, 36
Paul Hanlon Keating, 38
John A. Santore, 49
Gregory Thomas Saucedo, 31

Ladder 7
Capt. Vernon Allan Richard, 53
George Cain, 35
Robert Joseph Foti, 42
Richard Muldowney Jr, 40
Charles Mendez, 38
Vincent Princiotta, 39

Ladder 8
Lt. Vincent Gerard Halloran, 43

Ladder 9
Gerard Baptiste, 35
John P. Tierney, 27
Jeffrey P. Walz, 37

Ladder 10
Sean Patrick Tallon, 26

Ladder 11
Lt. Michael Quilty, 42
Michael F. Cammarata, 22
Edward James Day, 45
John F. Heffernan, 37
Richard John Kelly, Jr, 50
Robert King, Jr, 36
Matthew Rogan, 37

Ladder 12
Angel L. Juarbe, Jr, 35
Michael D. Mullan, 34

Ladder 13
Capt. Walter G. Hynes, 46
Thomas Hetzel, 33
Dennis McHugh, 34
Thomas E. Sabella, 44
Gregory Stajk, 46

Ladder 15
Lt. Joseph Gerard Leavey, 45
Richard Lanard Allen, 30
Arthur Thaddeus Barry, 35
Thomas W. Kelly, 50
Scott Kopytko, 32
Scott Larsen, 35
Douglas E. Oelschlager, 36
Eric T. Olsen, 41

Ladder 16
Lt. Raymond E. Murphy, 46
Robert Curatolo, 31

Ladder 20
Capt. John R. Fischer, 46
John Patrick Burnside, 36
James Michael Gray, 34
Sean S. Hanley, 35
David Laforge, 50
Robert Thomas Linnane, 33
Robert D. McMahon, 35

Ladder 21
Gerald T. Atwood, 38
Gerard Duffy, 53
Keith Glascoe, 38
Joseph Henry, 25
William E. Krukowski, 36
Benjamin Suarez, 34

Ladder 24
Capt. Daniel J. Brethel, 43
Stephen Elliot Belson, 51

Ladder 25
Lt. Glenn C. Perry, 41
Matthew Barnes, 37
John Michael Collins, 42
Kenneth Kumpel, 42
Robert Minara, 54
Joseph Rivelli, 43
Paul G. Ruback, 50

Ladder 27
John Marshall, 35

Ladder 35
Capt. Frank Callahan, 51
James Andrew Giberson, 43
Vincent S. Morello, 34
Michael Otten, 42
Michael Roberts, 30

Ladder 38
Joseph Spor, Jr., 35

Ladder 42
Peter Alexander Bielfeld, 44

Ladder 101
Lt. Joseph Gullickson, 37
Patrick Byrne, 39
Salvatore B. Calabro, 38
Brian Cannizzaro, 30
Thomas J. Kennedy, 36
Joseph Maffeo, 31
Terence A. McShane, 37

Ladder 105
Capt. Vincent Brunton, 43
Thomas Richard Kelly, 39
Henry Alfred Miller, Jr, 51
Dennis O'Berg, 28
Frank Anthony Palombo, 46

Ladder 111
Lt. Christopher P. Sullivan, 39

Ladder 118
Lt. Robert M. Regan, 48
Joseph Agnello, 35
Vernon Paul Cherry, 49
Scott Matthew Davidson, 33
Leon Smith, Jr., 48
Peter Anthony Vega, 36

Ladder 131
Christian Michael Otto Regenhard, 28

Ladder 132
Andrew Jordan, 36
Michael Kiefer, 25
Thomas Mingione, 34
John T. Vigiano II, 36
Sergio Villanueva, 33

Ladder 136
Michael Joseph Cawley, 32

Ladder 166
William X. Wren, 61

Rescue 1
Capt. Terence S. Hatton, 41
Lt. Dennis Mojica, 50
Joseph Angelini, Sr., 63
Gary Geidel, 44
William Henry, 49
Kenneth Joseph Marino, 40
Michael Montesi, 39
Gerard Terence Nevins, 46
Patrick J. O'Keefe, 44
Brian Edward Sweeney, 29
David M. Weiss, 41

Rescue 2
Lt. Peter C. Martin, 43
William David Lake, 44
Daniel F. Libretti, 43
John Napolitano, 32
Kevin O'Rourke, 44
Lincoln Quappe, 38
Edward Rall, 44

Rescue 3
Christopher Joseph Blackwell, 42
Thomas Foley, 32
Thomas Gambino, Jr., 48
Raymond Meisenheimer, 46
Donald J. Regan, 47
Gerard Patrick Schrang, 45

Rescue 4
Capt. Brian Hickey, 47
Lt. Kevin Dowdell, 46
Terrence Patrick Farrell, 45
William J. Mahoney, 37
Peter Allen Nelson, 42
Durrell V. Pearsall, 34

Rescue 5
Capt. Louis Joseph Modafferi, 45
Lt. Harvey Harrell, 49
John P. Bergin, 39
Carl Vincent Bini, 44
Michael Curtis Fiore, 46
Andre G. Fletcher, 37
Douglas Charles Miller, 34
Jeffrey Matthew Palazzo, 33
Nicholas P. Rossomando, 35
Allan Tarasiewicz, 45

Special Operations
Chief Raymond Matthew Downey, 63
Chief Charles Kasper, 54
Capt. Patrick J. Waters, 44
Lt. Timothy Higgins, 43
Lt. Michael Thomas Russo, Sr, 44

Squad 1
Capt. James M. Amato, 43
Lt. Edward A. D'Atri, 38
Lt. Michael Esposito, 41
Lt. Michael N. Fodor, 53
Brian Bilcher, 37
Gary Box, 37
Thomas M. Butler, 37
Peter Carroll, 42
Robert Cordice, 28
David J. Fontana, 37
Matthew David Garvey, 37
Stephen Gerard Siller, 34

Squad 18
Lt. William E. McGinn, 43
Eric Allen, 44
Andrew Fredericks, 40
David Halderman, 40
Timothy Haskell, 34
Manuel Mojica, 37
Lawrence Virgilio, 38

Squad 41
Lt. Michael K. Healey, 42
Thomas Patrick Cullen III, 31
Robert Hamilton, 43
Michael J. Lyons, 32
Gregory Sikorsky, 34
R. Bruce Van Hine, 48

Squad 252
Tarel Coleman, 32
Thomas Kuveikis, 48
Peter J. Langone, 41
Patrick Lyons, 34
Kevin Prior, 28

Squad 288
Lt. Ronald T. Kerwin, 42
Ronnie E. Gies, 43
Joseph Hunter, 31
Jonathan Lee Ielpi, 29
Adam David Rand, 30
Timothy Matthew Welty, 34

EMS Battalion 49
Paramedic Carlos R. Lillo, 37

EMS Battalion 57
Paramedic Ricardo J. Quinn, 40

Port Authority Police Department
Supt. Ferdinand V. Morrone, 63
Chief James A. Romito, 51
Lt. Robert D. Cirri, 39
Insp. Anthony P. Infante, Jr., 47
Capt. Kathy Nancy Mazza, 46
Sgt. Robert M. Kaulfers, 49
Donald James McIntyre, 38
Walter Arthur McNeil, 53
Joseph Michael Navas, 44
James Nelson, 40
Alfonse J. Niedermeyer, 40
James Wendell Parham, 32
Dominick A. Pezzulo, 36
Antonio J. Rodrigues, 35
Richard Rodriguez, 31
Bruce Albert Reynolds, 41
Christopher C. Amoroso, 29
Maurice V. Barry, 48
Clinton Davis, Sr., 38
Donald A. Foreman, 53
Gregg J. Froehner, 46
Uhuru Gonga Houston, 32
George G. Howard, 44
Thomas E. Gorman, 41
Stephen Huczko, Jr., 44
Paul William Jurgens, 47
Liam Callahan, 44
Paul Laszczynski, 49
David Prudencio Lemagne, 27
John Joseph Lennon, Jr., 44
John Dennis Levi, 50
James Francis Lynch, 47
John P. Skala, 31
Walwyn W. Stuart, Jr., 28
Kenneth F. Tietjen, 31
Nathaniel Webb, 56
Michael T. Wholey, 34
Sirius, K-9

New York Police Department
Sgt. Timothy A. Roy, Sr., 36
Sgt. John Gerard Coughlin, 43
Sgt. Rodney C. Gillis, 33
Sgt. Michael S. Curtin, 45
Det. Joseph V. Vigiano, 34
Det. Claude Daniel Richards, 46
Moira Ann Smith, 38 – posthumously named Glamour magazine's "Woman of the Year"[14]
Ramon Suarez, 45
Paul Talty, 40
Santos Valentin, Jr., 39
Walter E. Weaver, 30
Ronald Philip Kloepfer, 39
Thomas M. Langone, 39
James Patrick Leahy, 38
Brian Grady McDonnell, 38
John William Perry, 38
Glen Kerrin Pettit, 30
John D'Allara, 47
Vincent Danz, 38
Jerome M. P. Dominguez, 37
Stephen P. Driscoll, 38
Mark Joseph Ellis, 26
Robert Fazio, Jr., 41

EMS
Keith Fairben, 24
Richard Pearlman, 18
Mario Santoro, 28
Yamel Merino, 24
Mohammad Salman Hamdani, 23
Marc Sullins, 30
Mark Schwartz, 50
Jeff Simpson, 38

New York Fire Patrol
Keith Roma, 27

08/09/2026

Union Township crews were dispatched for an injured person on the river bank of the Little Miami River. Crews initially had difficulty locating the person so the Warren County Sheriff’s Office deployed a drone and located the injured person. Crews made their way to where the person was and began providing medical care to them. Due to the location and difficulty of access it was determined that performing a “pick off” maneuver with a ladder truck was the safest way to extract the patient from the area. Deerfield Township crews set up on the 48 bridge and performed a flawless pick off maneuver with Ladder 57. The patient was transferred to Careflight and flown to the hospital. Once again our mutual aid partnership with Deerfield Township proved invaluable. When departments work together collaboratively it makes for safer community’s for everyone.

Units on scene:
- Union Township: Chief 46, EMS 46, Medic 46
- Deerfield Township: Battalion 56, Ladder 57, Rescue 57, Engine 58
- Premier Health Miami Valley Careflight
- Warren County Sheriffs Office
- Ohio State Highway Patrol


08/06/2026

07/14/2026

Unit 2 crews responded to the area of Mason Morrow Millgrove and Turtlecreek Rd for a vehicle crash. Crews were assisted by Deerfield Township Fire Rescue. The road will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time.

05/07/2026

Please join us in congratulating Firefighter/Paramedic John Joerger on his promotion to Lieutenant.

Lieutenant Joerger has been a member of UTFR since July 2020. Throughout his time with the department, he has played an integral role in maintaining the department’s fire inspection division, while also serving as the shift lead for Unit 2.

As Lieutenant, Joerger will assume responsibilities as the shift supervisor for Unit 3 while continuing to oversee and support operations within the fire inspection bureau.

Please join us in congratulating Lieutenant Joerger on this well-earned promotion.

05/05/2026

Please join us in congratulating Lieutenant Dustin Perry on his promotion to Captain.

Captain Perry has proudly served Union Township for over 17 years. During that time, he has demonstrated strong leadership, dedication, and commitment to the department and the community. He has been serving as the shift supervisor for Unit 1 and will continue in that role while taking on additional responsibilities in his new position.

Congratulations, Captain Perry!

04/29/2026

Unit 1 crews responded to I71 SB at the 27/7 for a report of a multi vehicle crash. On arrival crews found a semi that had collided with another semi then ran off the road and jackknifed. Fortunately no injuries were reported however the recently filled Diesel settle tank ruptured causing a large amount of Diesel fuel to spill on the roadway and in the ditch line. Crews from Deerfield Township along with greater Cincinnati Haz-Mat were requested to the scene to assist with preventing the fuel from getting into waterways. The EPA is on scene. Big thanks to DTFR for the assistance. Deerfield Township Fire Rescue (Warren County, Ohio)

04/23/2026

Crews have recently participated in several training opportunities, including a very chilly water rescue training alongside our area mutual aid departments, as well as completing a driver check-off for our newest full-time member.
With summer quickly approaching, we look forward to many more days of training and continuing to sharpen our skills. Thank you to Deerfield Township Fire Rescue (Warren County, Ohio) for the invite to a great refresher and learning experience during water rescue training.