Sugarcreek Fire & Rescue

06/22/2026

Trauma kit and AED Raffle,
80% of all Sudden Cardiac Arrest happen at home! An AED is the only way to save someone suffering from a Sudden Cardiac Arrest, contact any member of the dept. to get your tickets now!

🚨🚨🚨SUGARCREEK FIRE & RESCUE RAFFLE 🚨🚨🚨

Help support your local fire department and have a chance to win a life-saving prize package!

Prize Includes:
• Avive AED
•1 Waterproof Case
• 1 Tourniquet
• 1 Packing Gauze
• 2 Foil Blankets
• 1 Chest Seal
• 1 CPR Mask

Tickets: $10 each

This is a great opportunity to be prepared for emergencies while supporting the Sugarcreek Fire & Rescue and helping us continue to serve our community.

The drawing will be held during the first week of August. We will provide additional updates and details at a later date.

Message us on the page, stop by the station, or get ahold of any fire department member to get your tickets!

Thank you for your continued support!

06/22/2026

For Immediate Release:
At 1559 hours today Sugarcreek Fire & Rescue was dispatched for a reported accident with Injuries by the Tuscarawas County Sheriffs Dept (Central Dispatch). Due to the nature of the call and information received by the 911 caller, Cleveland Clinic Critical Care Transport was requested to the scene. A single patient was found on the side of the roadway, and an ATV was located nearby. The exact cause of the accident is unknown. The patient was managed by Sugarcreek Fire & Rescue until Cleveland Clinic #3 arrived on scene and transported the patient to Cleveland Clinic Akron General by Medical Helicopter. Sugarcreek Fire was assisted on scene by the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Cleveland Clinic Critical Care Transport (Clinic 3).

No other information is available at this time.

Assistant Chief: Cody Shetler
[email protected]

06/20/2026

Yesterday and Today Sugarcreek Fire has provided EMS coverage at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum, for the steam to victory event!

📸: Captain Schlabach & AEMT Meryhew

06/19/2026

Check out the speaker lineup for the first day of ODC! There's still time to join us; register today at www.ohiofirechiefs.org/conference.

06/19/2026

Sugarcreek Fire & Rescue has responded to 8 emergency runs since 0420 today, this is only possible due to the unwavering commitment of our volunteer Fire & EMS personnel!

1 - Structure Fire
2 - Motor Vehicle Accidents
5 - Medical Calls

We want to thank all our volunteers and our community for its continued support!

06/14/2026

Today is World Blood Donor Day! We want to thank everyone who donates blood and encourage everyone who can donate blood to donate blood. Blood donations allow prehospital blood programs like ours to save lives.

06/04/2026

CONGRATULATIONS! 🎊🎈

Sharolyn Schlabach EMT

Sharolyn is a new member to the dept and officially obtained her EMT yesterday, we are very proud of her and thank her for wanting to serve her community! Help us in congratulating Sharolyn!

06/03/2026

Fire Training this evening consisted of some of our new members learning how to connect to and draft from a dry hydrant. Good job everyone.

05/29/2026

🚨🚨🚨SUGARCREEK FIRE & RESCUE RAFFLE 🚨🚨🚨

Help support your local fire department and have a chance to win a life-saving prize package!

Prize Includes:
• Avive AED
•1 Waterproof Case
• 1 Tourniquet
• 1 Packing Gauze
• 2 Foil Blankets
• 1 Chest Seal
• 1 CPR Mask

Tickets: $10 each

This is a great opportunity to be prepared for emergencies while supporting the Sugarcreek Fire & Rescue and helping us continue to serve our community.

The drawing will be held during the first week of August. We will provide additional updates and details at a later date.

Message us on the page, stop by the station, or get ahold of any fire department member to get your tickets!

Thank you for your continued support!

05/23/2026

Assistant Chief Cody Shetler, Paramedic, Firefighter

Cody has been with Sugarcreek Fire since 2016 when Swiss Valley was absorbed into the dept. his true passion is EMS and loves teaching others about EMS and advancing the level of care that can be provided. Cody was instrumental in the creation and implementation of our Prehospital Blood program, the first in the state of Ohio. Cody has served on the Medical Oversight committee at the state level, and has presented at local, state and National EMS and Critical Care Conferences.

Cody has been in Fire and EMS since 2011, and is a third generation first responder. His dad also still volunteers with Wayne Township Fire.

Cody works full time as a Critical Care Flight Paramedic for the Cleveland Clinic for the past 7 years. In his free time he joys working on projects around his house and on the property, as well as traveling to his favorite vacation spot in Key West Florida.

Thank you Cody!