EMS Department

Springfield Township

EMS Department


The office of Fire Chief Gebhardt and the EMS office are both located inside Fore Station 21 at 3989 East Middletown Road, New Middletown, Ohio. Our Volunteer Fire Department consists of approximately 12 Firefighters, 44 

Firefighters/EMS and 4 EMS employees. 


Springfield Township is the home of 3 Fire Stations: 

Fire Station 21

3989 East Middletown Road 

New Middletown, Ohio 44442 

Phone: 330-542-3761 

Fire Station 22

13885 Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road Petersburg, Ohio 44454

Fire Station 23

13775 Woodworth Road 

New Springfield, Ohio 44443 


Our New Rescue Squad

The funding for our new rescue squad was applied for by the Township Trustees and awarded from the Cares Act money at no additional cost to our taxpayers! Our township received a 240,000 dollar rescue squad that will service our residents for years!

Springfield Township Fire & EMS Department 2020 Roster

Senior Staff

Gebhardt, Matt – Fire Chief / Emt

Rice, Scott – Assistant Chief / Emt

Kohler, Roy- Battalion Chief / Emt

Wharry, Don – Battalion Chief / First Responder

Gossard, Charles – Captain / First Responder

Miller, Dale – Captain / First Responder

Bender, Dan – Captain / Emt

Santangelo, Dan – Lieutenant / First Responder

Gossard, Dan – Lieutenant / Emt

Beatty, Tammy – Lieutenant/ EMS Captain/ Emt

Petak, Evan – Lieutenant / First Responder

Withers, Jake – Lieutenant / Emt

Phillis, Virgil – Lieutenant / Emt

Mason, Tedmund- EMS Director / Paramedic


General Roster

Bacon, Jim– Firefighter 1 / Emt

Beatty, Kim – Emt

Beatty, Raymond – Emt

Bregar, Mark - Firefighter 1 / Emt

Buday, Abbie- Firefighter 2 / Paramedic

Class, Robert - Firefighter 2

Chapman, Keith - Firefighter 1 / Emt

Davis, Raymond – Firefighter 1

Gebhardt, Austin - Firefighter 2 / Paramedic

Geiselman, Robert - Firefighter 1 / Paramedic

Geiselman, Tracy- Firefighter 1 / Emt

Gentsy, Anthony - Firefighter 1

Goterba, Mike - Firefighter 1 / Emt

Grantonic, Alex – Firefighter 1

Hartzler, David –Emt

Hartzler, Noad – Emt Student

Hartzler, Sarah – Emt

Johnson, Wesley – Firefighter 1/ Emt-A

Joseph, Aj- FF 2 / Paramedic

Kelecava, Jacob – Firefighter 1

Kitt, Jared - Firefighter 2 / Emt-A

Mastell, Miles - Firefighter 1

McKinney, Walter – Firefighter 1/ First Responder

Mellott, Chuck – Firefighter 1

General Roster (cont.)

Morlan, Denise - Firefighter 1 / Paramedic

Musial, Jared - Firefighter 1

Ortz, Willie - Firefighter 1

Packard, Chase - Firefighter 1

Porter, Cheyanna – Emt

Rice, James – Firefighter2, Inspector

Ricketts, Jacob - Firefighter 1 / Emt

Ricketts, Larry - Firefighter 1 / First Responder

Rivalsky, Al Jr. - Firefighter 2 / Paramedic

Rivalsky, Al Sr. - Firefighter 2 / First Responder

Santangelo, Joseph- Firefighter 1 / Emt

Snyder, David - Firefighter 1

Snyder, Spencer - Firefighter 1 / First Responder

Sommers, Christian - Firefighter 1

Swansiger, Brian - Firefighter 1

Szekely, Stephen- Firefighter 2 / Emt-A

Wharry, Don - Firefighter 1 / First Responder

Wharry, Joel - Firefighter 2 / Paramedic

Wonner, Roy - Firefighter 1

Wonner, Shane - Firefighter 1

Wright, Mike - Firefighter 2 / Paramedic

A Special Thanks To...

We would like to thank the following individuals who have gone above and beyond for the Taxpayers and STEMS:

Names, Total Hours & Calls

901 Capt Beatty: 138 shifts/39 calls

912 Kim Beatty: 53 shifts/13 calls

920 Jacob Ricketts: 38 shifts/8 calls

2114 Al Rivalsky Sr.: 39 shifts/14 calls

925 Cheyanna Porter: 20 Shifts/15 calls

907 J. Bacon: 21 shifts/15 calls

932 K. Chapman: 9 shifts/15 calls

924 N. Hartzler: 6 shifts/20 calls

929 AJ Joseph: 17 shifts/14 calls

931 Wes Johnson: 5 shifts/2calls

907 M. Goterba: 4 shifts/0 calls

C29 T. Mason: 6 shifts/2 calls


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