The Village of Ottawa, half of Ottawa Township and four square miles of Pleasant Township is protected from three Fire Stations operated by the Ottawa Volunteer Fire Department.
The staff of 40 officers and firefighters is trained in fire suppression, technical rescue, fire prevention, inspection, hazardous materials operations and medical first response.
The Fire Department has an ISO rating of four and operates eight pieces of updated fire apparatus
The Fire Department Houses and Mans the Heavy rescue truck for the eastern half of Putnam County.
The Department houses the Putnam County HAZMAT Emergency Response Trailer.
Ottawa Fire Department Circa 1910
Copyright 2010 - Ottawa Fire Department
Ottawa Fire Association - 9/11 - 300 Club Winners
November 2009
November 10th - John Buescher #184
November 17th - Ginny Schwertner #201
November 24th - Sue Karhoff # 225
December 2009
December 1st - Dale Niese #292
December 8th - Bill Goecke #263
December 15th - Rob Fawcett #160
December 20th - Christmas Drawing - Shane Stechshulte #71
December 22nd - Keith Meyer #81
December 29th - Chuck Proctor #249
January 2010
January 5th - Normie Meyer
January 12th - Mike Laubenthal
January 19th - Jason Selhorst
January 26th - Doug Meyer
February 2010
February 2nd - Matt Stechschulte
February 9th - Matt Hiegel
February 16th - Mark Ellerbrock
February 23rd - Marge Rieman
February 27th - Beth Recker
March 2010
March 2nd - Angie Klausing
March 9th - Matt Schmenk
March 16th - Diane Beem
March 23rd - Dave Michel
March 30th - Ted Macke
April 2010
April 6th - Mike Davidson
April 13th - Tim Gerdemen
April 20th - Randy Maag
April 27th - Jerry Trane
May 2010
May 4th - Brad Maag
May 11th - Terry Michel
May 18th - Helen D. / Carol L.
May 25th - Terry Klass