• Firefighting team members display the department’s new American Heart Association award.
    Firefighting team members display the department’s new American Heart Association award.
  • Fire Chief Tom Brice, right, swears in the newest full-time firefighter Jerod Wright. He began duty on September 9 with a starting hourly salary of $24.99.
    Fire Chief Tom Brice, right, swears in the newest full-time firefighter Jerod Wright. He began duty on September 9 with a starting hourly salary of $24.99.

    It is a rare thing for a fire/EMS department to receive the American Heart Association’s Mission Lifeline award, but the Perrysburg Township EMS/Fire Department has done just that and for the third time.

    At the September 6 meeting, the department was recognized by the AHA for its critical life-saving role.

    “Our team trains almost daily to save lives,” explained Fire Chief Tom Brice. “We were recogni…