A special honor, the Greg King Award, was presented to a long-time member of the Bath Township Fire Department Bill Stippich, who only recently retired, but still plans on volunteering at the department. He said it's the positive outcomes that make it all worthwhile. Bath Township Fire Chief Joe Kitchen presented the award to Stippich.

Usually rural fires are more difficult to tackle because water has to be transported to the location but thanks to a water main that was installed in 2015 to bring Lima water to Cairo firefighters were able to extinguish the flames quickly.