1991

The Lake Township Fire Department was formed on the first of June 1991 by the merging of the Walbridge - Lake Fire Department and the Millbury Fire Department. With the merger, the Fire Department's manpower and equipment doubled.

2018

This was necessary with the growth in population and business in the Township. For many years our EMS was contracted by a private agency and in April of 2018 we took over this service and we provide 24/7 ALS to the Township.

Today

Today the Township continues to grow and our runs continue to increase. We cover an urban, rural and an industrial base area covering approximately 35 square miles of territory and we are responsible for Fire and EMS services covering all of Lake Township, Village of Millbury and the Village of Walbridge. Our residential population is approximately 10,972 residents. Our transient and daytime population is much larger as we have Interstate 280, Interstate 80 (Ohio Turnpike) and State Routes 51, 163, 579 and 795 crossing our Township. Exit 71 of the Ohio Turnpike is located in the Township and we have approximately six large truck stops in proximity to the turnpike exit. We also have a good industrial base with several large companies from steel processing to solar panel manufacturing. Lake Township is also home to Toledo Executive Airport and two Rail Yards.