Middleburg Heights Fire Training Page

08/06/2026

A little truck work on this Wednesday.

07/11/2026

Congratulations to the MHFD softball team as they break a multi year losing streak to Brook Park FD and bring home the coveted axe of victory.

05/25/2026

If you'd like to do a different kind of training, try something we call "King of B Shift"

It's an exercise that gets firefighters digging really deep into random topics to see how much they can pull from memory.

Pick any member to start off as king, we try to use the previous winner. They sit up front on their "throne"

The king will pick from a list of topics. Members of the shift will ask the king questions based on that topic. If the king can't answer he is "dethroned" and the firefighter who asked the question becomes king.

You continue until everyone gets one attempt in and then a new topics is chosen.

We give the king several privileges while king, some kings are nice some rule with an iron fist 🤷🏻‍♂️ Have fun with it.

One member serves as the overseer and determines if answers to questions at correct. You must know the answer to a question before asking.

Anytime something comes up that draws questions from others, you can pause the game and work on the topic at hand, which is part of the point.

Its tougher than you think!

02/28/2026

Firefighters today are training on the NIOSH top five causes of firefighter line of duty deaths. The top five causes are:

Improper Risk Assessment (or Size-up)
Lack of Incident Command
Lack of Accountability
Inadequate Communications
Lack of/Failure to Follow SOGs/SOPs

Risk a lot to save a lot
Risk a little to save a little
Risk none to save none

01/21/2026

https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/cincinnati/news/2026/01/20/firefighter-safety-freezing-weather-ohio?cid=share_clip

As temperatures drop, fire departments have to overcome challenges beyond the flames they're fighting.

01/02/2026

The Middleburg Heights Fire Department had a record year in 2025 in terms of total run numbers. We responded to 4,517 calls, up from 4,047 in 2024. That's just under a 12% increase.

I am looking to update our annual run numbers statistics. Please feel free to message me any run data you have, and if you have updated staffing numbers, I will take that also.

Have a safe 2026!

11/19/2025

November 19, 2022 - LODD
Firefighter Johnny Tetrick, 51 - Engine 22
Cleveland Division of Fire. Cleveland, OH
Firefighter Tetrick was killed after being struck by a vehicle after they responded to a call for a rollover crash on I-90 East near Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The vehicle did not stop and fled the scene. Firefighter Tetrick was transported to University Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Hours later the vehicle and driver were located and was arrested. Firefighter Tetrick served the department for over 27 years, most of that time he spent assigned to Engine 22.

11/17/2025

The Cincinnati Fire Department responds to approximately 1,600 "lift assist" calls annually from institutional facilities.

A new motion would charge nursing homes and long-term care facilities up to $1,000 each time they call the fire department for non-emergency lifts.

Council member Mark Jeffreys, who is proposing the fee structure, said the practice unfairly shifts costs to taxpayers.

11/07/2025

Come work with us!
Fill out a department specific application available on our website and apply for the test through the National Testing Network until December 15th, 2025.