Athens Fire Department

Dense Fog Advisory until 09:00AM Monday from City of Athens, Ohio : Nixle * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Athens, Jackson OH, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, and Washington Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Low ...

Flash Flood Warning until 09:00PM from City of Athens, Ohio : Nixle FFWRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... Northwestern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... ...

Happy National EMS Week to our friends at Athens County EMS. Thank you for all you guys do, and making the county a safer place!

On Monday the AFD had an all hands Elevator Training. Elevator entrapments can be a tricky rescue at times, so it’s important to hone our skills often, as well as being proficient at using elevators to our advantage during fires. Class was taught by the Ohio Fire Academy and some of the legends of the fire service from Columbus Division of Fire. Thank you for a great class and coming down to make us all better!

Also a huge shout out to all of the businesses, Ohio University, and OTIS for allowing us to use their elevators for the training. Stewart-MacDonald, Mill St Village Apartments.

As vacation season approaches us, please keep these fire safety tips in mind before you leave.

Thank you to Candace Ashby for coming down and presenting an awsome training to our department and the City of Athens. We took a ton away from this and we highly recommend Candace!

Extreme Cold Warning until 12:00PM Tuesday from City of Athens, Ohio : Nixle * WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 17 below expected. * WHERE...Portions of northeast Kentucky, southeast Ohio, and central, northeast, northern, southeast, and western West Virginia. ...