On Monday evening inside the Bath Township Fire Station, Fire Chief Joe Kitchen swore in Brock Yingling as the department's new Platoon Chief.
BATH TOWNSHIP, OH (WLIO) -Â The Bath Township Fire Department has a new Platoon Chief along with several new firefighters joining the department.
In March, voters passed a 2.5 mills levy to provide financial support to the Bath Township Fire Department after failing to pass the first time back in November of 2023.
On Monday evening inside the Bath Township Fire Station, Fire Chief Joe Kitchen swore in Brock Yingling as the department's new Platoon Chief. Yingling has been a firefighter and a paramedic with Bath Township since 2000. He also serves as the Public Safety Director at Apollo Career Center, and Yingling will be able to work with his students as their Platoon Chief.
Chief Kitchen also swore in nine new firefighters joining the Bath Township Fire Department.
"Some of these new people he [Chief Joe Kitchen] brought in I know from my other role as Public Safety Director at Apollo Career Center, so seeing these people and people that I've helped train and been involved with and then seeing come into the workforce. And then, not only that, getting the opportunity to work day-in and day-out with them and continue their education and their development as firefighters and emergency medical personnel is very exciting," shares Brock Yingling, Platoon Chief, Bath Township Fire Department.
In March, voters passed a 2.5 mills levy to provide financial support to the Bath Township Fire Department after failing to pass the first time back in November of 2023. On Monday evening, we talked with Chairperson Brad Baxter with the Bath Township Board of Trustees about how the fire department's personnel numbers are doing.
"We still are experiencing some financial challenges as well as personnel challenges that we experienced as a result of not passing the levy the first time around, but because we're able to pass it, we're excited that we're able to provide that in the near future. We're not, with this hiring, we are not going to be at full staff, but we do feel that we will be providing effective fire safety services to the community," explains Brad Baxter, Chairperson, Bath Township Board of Trustees.
Chief Kitchen also swore in nine new firefighters joining the Bath Township Fire Department.
