STATION 4

OWEN VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - P.O.  BOX 23, SPENCER, IN 47460 - PHONE:  812 . 829. 1270 - EMERGENCY:  911

 Owen Valley Volunteer Fire Department

  Serving Washington Township in Owen County, IN since 1971

The Owen Valley Fire Department was organized in 1971 and has continued to grow since its conception. 
OVFD provides fire, rescue, first responder, hazmat, and public awareness/training services to Washington Township in Owen County Indiana. Currently we maintain 30+ active volunteer members and a fleet of 12 vehicles that respond annually to 350+ calls for service. Owen Valley Fire Department has a response area that includes over 100 square miles of light industrial facilities, residential housing,  housing for the elderly, schools, 3 major US Highways, quarrying operations, several waterways, and McCormick Creek State Park. OVFD also provides mutual aid to surrounding departments. Our mission is to protect the lives and maintain the safety of our personnel and the community we serve by providing adequately trained personnel, up-to-date and certified equipment, and achieve standards set by the NFPA.  The first original fire engine was a 1949 Mac Pumper that was purchased in 1971.  The first tanker, a 2 ½ ton army tanker, was loaned to the department by DNR in 1971.  In 1973 the DNR loaned the first brush truck to OVFD, a Dodge 4x4 crew cab.  The department purchased its first new engine in 1979. The truck was a First Alert II Quick Response Attack Pumper.

           Charter/Founding Members

                                                                     Wendell Sexton          Stan Lucas

                                                                     Bob Overholtzer         Gail Wenders

                                                                     Rod Wampler              Earl Edwards

                                                                     Don Jones                   Jim Griffin

                                                                     Dwight Dunigan           Charles Bain

                                                                     Joe Nanny                   Clarence Franklin

                                                                     Glen Savage                Glen Savage

                                                                     Mike Harvey                Richard Owen

                                                                     Charles Nanny             Ted Naanes

                                                                     John W. Kay                Marvin Jones

                                                                     Robert Houpt               Gearld Edwards

                                                                     Robert M. Curry            Stanley Bault

                                                                    John Freeman               Jerry McHaley

                                                                    Robert K. Livingston     Gary L. Brinson

Updated 05/08/2007