An all-volunteer crew in Coolville, Ohio.
Every fire call in Coolville is answered by a crew of volunteers.
Coolville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Neighbors who show up, day or night, for Coolville and the roads around it.
No one on the roster is paid to answer the call. They do it because this is home.
An original design-concept crest. Not the department's official badge.
Fire. Structure and brush fires in and around Coolville, answered by volunteers.
All-volunteer
Two independent directories agree: no paid staff on the roster.
Athens County, Ohio
Coolville and the rural roads that surround it.
Generations of service
Years of neighbors stepping up to answer the call.
What the crew answers to
A volunteer department does more than fight fires. Here is the work, in plain terms, and only what the public record supports.
Fire response
When a fire is reported in and around Coolville, the department's volunteers respond, whatever the hour.
Emergencies, not only fires
The crew answers many kinds of calls for help across the community, not just structure fires.
Trained and equipped
In July 2025, members completed state hazmat responder training, reported in local news coverage.
Neighbors serving neighbors
Every member is a volunteer. The people who answer the call live here, on the same streets they protect.
A firehouse named in honor of one of its own
Some legacies are earned on the job and remembered in the walls.
In 2021, the department's station was renamed to honor a longtime firefighter, a decision covered in local news at the time. The name stays quiet on the front of the building, carried by the crew that walks past it on every call.
It is the kind of legacy a small town keeps without a plaque needing to explain it: years of service, remembered by the people who serve next.
Answer the call.
Coolville's fire protection runs on volunteers. You do not have to be a firefighter to reach out. Ask what it takes to join the crew, and stand with your neighbors.
Stand behind the crew
Support the department
Volunteer departments run on community support. The gear, the training, and the trucks that answer the call all cost money. To ask how you can help fund them, reach out to the department directly.
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Around 4,500 neighbors follow the department on Facebook, where it shares updates and calls for help. Reach the crew at either channel below.
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