You are here

Home » News

Police/Fire/EMS

Explosion on SR 103 destroys home; two bodies reported

Posted by Paula Scott on June 9, 2022 - 8:55am

UPDATED 8:55 a.m. June 9

At approximately 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, an explosion shook the Bluffton area. Responders including Bluffton Fire and EMS were on the scene, where photos show the home at 2275 SR 103 was totally destroyed.

The Ohio Fire Marshal's office has issued the following information:

"Cause is under investigation and investigator cannot eliminate propane gas leak as cause at this time. No evidence or indication of criminal activity.

Section: 
Police/Fire/EMS
»

May 2022 Bluffton EMS report

Posted by Paula Scott on June 2, 2022 - 5:17am

The Icon can attest that the Bluffton EMS has been extra busy lately, with all of the public events that require a unit on standby. We’ve seen them in attendance frequently, including the Bluffton Trout Derby and Memorial Day Parade and program.

Here’s an accounting of the volunteer crew’s May 2022 calls for service:

  • 79 Calls for Service
  • 52 Medical
  • 5 Non-emergency Transports
  • 3 Motor Vehicle Crashes
  • 6 Fire alarms/Calls
  • 2 Mutual Aid/Motor Vehicle Crashes
  • 3 Mutual Aid/Medical
  • 8 Special Events

2022 calls to date: 308

Section: 
Police/Fire/EMS
»

Allen County introduces emergency text messaging

Posted by Staff on May 13, 2022 - 6:00am

Allen County 911 Board and EMA has announced that beginning on May 10, 2022 Allen County will begin accepting text-to-9-1-1 emergency messaging.

Wireless customers can now send a text, up to 140 characters, to 9-1-1 in an emergency. Text to 9-1-1 should only be used in an emergency when placing
a call is not possible: for instance, if the caller is deaf, hard-of-hearing, speech impaired, or when speaking aloud would put the caller in danger.

Text to 9-1-1 is for emergencies only

Section: 
Police/Fire/EMS
»

EMS report for March 2022

Posted by Paula Scott on April 2, 2022 - 7:08am

In March 2022, Bluffton EMS has 35 calls for service including:

26 Medical Calls

5 Fire calls

2 Motor Vehicle Crashes

2 Mutual Aid Motor Vehicle crashes

The service transported 19 patients in March.

The Bluffton EMS is an all volunteer (on-call) agency. The EMS Chief is Jan Basinger, [email protected].

Section: 
Police/Fire/EMS
»

Information released for three suspects in deadly Bluffton incident

Posted by Staff on April 1, 2022 - 2:49pm

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has released the identities of the three  suspects arrested following an incident that killed a Bluffton Police Department officer.  The names, ages, and locations where the suspects are incarcerated are as follows: Emin Johnson, 20, incarcerated at the Hancock County Justice Center; Zachary Love, 21, incarcerated at the Hancock County Justice Center; Dante Tate, 19, incarcerated at the  Medina County Jail. 

Section: 
Police/Fire/EMS
»

BPD warns of phone scams

Posted by Staff on March 24, 2022 - 6:18am

Issued by the Bluffton Police Department on Facebook, March 23, 2022:

SCAM ALERT

Over the past few weeks we have had several individuals report being the victims of scams that are being done via telephone calls.  Most of these scams are targeting the elderly population.  If you receive a phone call or email from a company (even reputable one's  such as Publishers Clearinghouse) and they ask for money to claim a prize, or ask to send you a check and have you cash it and send money or gift cards back to them, HANG UP IMMEDIATELY.  No legit company will ask you to send money to claim a prize, or send you a check and have you send something back to claim a prize.  If ANYONE asks you to purchase gift cards and send them somewhere IT IS A SCAM!  

Section: 
Police/Fire/EMS
»

Pages