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Our district

Neighbors serving neighbors.

Get to know Little Miami Joint Fire & Rescue and the community connection behind its work.

Progress Through Cooperation

The department’s existing website describes cooperation between the fire district community and the department as the key ingredient in delivering quality fire and emergency medical services.

Explore the department’s roots and the milestones that shaped today’s district.

Explore our history ↓

A tradition of community service

Our History

Little Miami Joint Fire & Rescue grew from local departments and a shared commitment to protecting neighboring communities. Its history reflects generations of volunteer service, the development of emergency medical care, and cooperation across community boundaries.

  1. 1941

    Madison Place organizes

    The Madison Place Fire Department was organized, providing an early foundation for the future joint district.

  2. 1957

    Fairfax begins operations

    Fairfax’s volunteer fire department began full operations on November 1, 1957.

  3. 1958

    A station and life-squad service

    Fairfax dedicated its fire station and began life-squad service in cooperation with the village police department.

  4. 1996

    Fairfax and Madison Place unite

    The Fairfax/Madison Place Joint Fire & Rescue Department began serving the community on January 1, 1996.

  5. 2003

    The Little Miami district takes shape

    Newtown joined Fairfax/Madison Place, forming the Little Miami Joint Fire and Rescue District.

  6. 2016

    A change in district membership

    Newtown left the district in 2016.

  7. JANUARY 2018

    Golf Manor joined LMFR

  8. MARCH 1, 2022

    Golf Manor left LMFR

Explore the historical sources

The Fairfax history account includes newspaper clippings and historical photographs. Columbia Township’s Winter 2017 newsletter independently records the joint department’s January 1, 1996 start.

The History of Fairfax, Ohio — The Fire Department ↗

Columbia Township — Winter 2017 newsletter (PDF) ↗

Visit the district office

5800 Wooster Pike
Cincinnati, OH 45227

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Contact & directions ↗

People & apparatus

Meet Chief Mike Siefke and the shift captains, and explore the department’s vehicles.