Public Safety

Personnel

All members of the Berea Fire Department are trained to the level of HazMat First Responder. Six members of the department also hold key positions with the Southwest Emergency Response Team (S.E.R.T.), a regional HazMat and Technical Rescue team comprised of members of 19 area Fire Departments. Nineteen of our firefighters are trained to the level of Paramedic with numerous members also certified in Basic Trauma Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. The Fire Prevention Bureau includes our three shift Lieutenants who are all Fire Safety Inspectors. Various members of the department are also trained in Arson Investigation and participate as medics with the Southwest Enforcement Bureau, the regional Police Special Forces Team.

	Mark Kaufhold Fire Chief	Reverend Rober Winter BFD Chaplain Serving Since March 1991
A SHIFT	B SHIFT	C SHIFT
Captain Brand Eisenhardt Paramedic, Hazmat Technician, WMD Technician, FF Instructor, Certified Fire Safety Inspector Serving since Feb. 27, 1992	Captain Brett Stanislaw Paramedic, Hazmat Technician, Certified Fire Safety Inspector, WMD Technician Serving since Aug. 1, 2005	Captain Mickey Herreid Paramedic, Certified Fire Safety Inspector Serving since June 5, 1989
Lt. William Phelps Paramedic, CFSI Serving since Sept. 12, 1994	Lt. Terry Ledwell Paramedic, CFSI Serving since May 10, 1999	Lt. Michael Schmitt Paramedic, EMS Advisory, CFSI Serving since March 17, 1997
FF Dan Hughes Paramedic Serving since Feb. 17, 1988	FF Bill Kett Paramedic Serving since Jan. 20, 1988	FF Bob Magee Paramedic Serving since June 5, 1989
FF Jon West Paramedic, SERT Tech Rescue Serving since Sept. 13, 1993	FF Pat McCarthy Paramedic Serving since May 23, 2005	FF Tom Emling Paramedic, SERT FIU Serving since March 19, 1990
FF Allen Scott Paramedic, SERT FIU Serving since Oct. 20, 2008	FF Jim Ryba Paramedic Serving since Jan. 4, 2011	FF Tom Fenderbosch Paramedic Serving since Jan. 3, 2011
FF Kyle Woodie Paramedic Serving since March 21, 2011	FF Evan Mihacevich Paramedic Serving since March 19, 2012	FF Mike Kubec Paramedic Serving since March 21, 2011
FF John W. Schmidt Paramedic Serving since June 20, 2011		FF Adam Labuda Paramedic Serving since May 23, 2011

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Contact Information:

2 Prospect St.
Berea, Ohio 44017
440-826-5880

Berea Fire Chief:
Mark Kaufhold
440-826-5881
mkaufhold@cityofberea.org

Fire Prevention Bureau
440-234-1214
bereafp@cityofberea.org

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