Wellston Fire Department - General Information

The Wellston Fire Department is a combination Career/Call department located in Southern Ohio. We are approximately 80 mi due South of Columbus and 120 mi due East of Cincinnati. We run fire, HAZMAT, water rescue and BLS first response in our 59.5 sq mi coverage area. We also provide mutual aid to all of Vinton and Jackson Counties. We have an ISO Class 5 Rating and are continuously working to improve. We are a participating member in the Statewide Mutual Aid system. We average approximately 480 calls per year. We provide an average staffing of 3 firefighters to the Citizens we protect for the price of 1 full-time firefighter. We pride ourself in being a well-trained, progressive, customer service oriented department with loyal members.

Jackson County Fire Info:
1100 - Bloomfield Township Fire Department
1200 - Coalton Fire Department
1300 - Hamilton Township Fire Department
1400 - Jackson Fire Department
1500 - Liberty Township Fire Department
1600 - Scioto Township Fire Department
1700 - Oak Hill Fire Department (Retired)
1900 - Wellston Fire Department

Madison-Jefferson Fire Department does not participate in the County-wide numbering system

Channel	Frequency
Dispatch	156.1800
F/G Alpha	156.1800
F/G Bravo	155.1000
F/G Charlie	158.4000
F/G Delta	154.4900
F/G Echo	151.7200
F/G Fox	151.6250

All of our calls are paged out on Dispatch, which is a repeater frequency. When we arrive on scene, we have six (6) different fireground frequencies we can use. For most of our small incidents, we remain on Dispatch. Anytime we have multiple incidents, the main incident gets Fireground Alpha and the other incident changes to F/G Bravo. Any time we switch over, the only units that talk on Dispatch are the Incident Commanders.

Hamden Fire Info:

The Hamden Fire Department, from neighboring Vinton County, is our main mutual aid department. Their station is located 1 mile north of our station on SR93.

C2301 - 1986 Chevy Blazer Command Unit

E2302 - 1999 E-One Engine/Tanker

E2303 - 1973 Allegheny/Darley Engine

E2304 - 1995 E-One Engine

B2306 - 1953 Dodge Brush Truck

Vinton County Fire Info:
2100 - Emergency Management Agency
2200 - Dundas Fire Department
2300 - Hamden Fire Department

2400 - McArthur Fire Department

2500 - Wilkesville Fire Department

2600 - Zaleski Fire Department

2800 - Harrison Twp Fire Department

2900 - Vinton County EMS