SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP, ALLEN CO. (WLIO) - The Shawnee Township Fire Department has a new chief. Austin Miller was sworn in during the trustees' regular meeting Monday night. Miller started with the department last week after serving 15 years with the Van Wert Fire Department and left that department as a lieutenant before being named Chief of Shawnee Township. He is ready to get started in his new role of serving the residents of the township.
“The first thing that I am excited about is really getting out in the community,” says Austin Miller, New Shawnee Township Fire Chief. “I want to interact with the folks. I want to get our firefighters out in the community. I am very big in community relations. I want to beef up training. I want the firefighters to get out and just interact with the community. The schools, fundraising, stuff like that, show their faces.”
Miller takes over as chief from Todd Truesdale who retired at the end of 2023 after being with the department for over three decades.
