Ridgeway firefighters responded to 378 calls in 2025, a record high

Posted 4 January 2026 at 8:36 am

Press Release, Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company

RIDGEWAY – Ridgeway firefighters & EMTs responded to 378 emergency incidents in 2025, making this a record high year for us!

Broken down:

214 EMS
9 Structure Fires, including a chicken coop fire, 3 barn fires, and multiple house fires
5 Vehicle Fires, including a lawn mower, a farm sprayer and a combine
8 Brush Fires
1 Misc. Fire – a power substation
23 Motor Vehicle Accidents, including 1 requiring extrication
10 Automatic Alarms
59 Hazardous Conditions
2 Fire Police Requests
8 Good Intent Calls
1 Water Rescue – multiple stranded kayakers on Oak Orchard Creek
19 Mutual Aid including 1 ice water rescue in Medina, 12 fill-ins to other agencies, and 9 working structure fires.

We averaged 8 personnel in attendance at each incident.

Outside of calls, volunteers hosted our normal fundraisers including 2 sportsman raffles, Fathers’ Day Chicken BBQ, 2 vendor shows, money raffle, toy show and our new trailer raffle!

Volunteers have worked multiple birthday parties, retirement parties, weddings, funerals and other rentals.

Crews attended multiple parades in Lyndonville, Albion, Medina, Middleport and Wildwood KOA!

Members even started some new traditions to work in our community even more. Firefighters & EMTs met with a Home School group to have a Fire Safety day!

Firefighters attended multiple classes. In 2025 Ridgeway gained: 7 Exterior Certified FFs, 2 went onto Interior Certified FFs, and 4 EMTs.

We are excited to see what the year 2026 brings with new members, trainings and ways we can engage our community! We’re always looking for more membership. Firefighters, EMTs, Drivers, Fire Police or even social membership are needed to help with events! We’re at our Ridge Road Fire House every Tuesday Evening at 7 p.m.

We thank all of you for your continued support to our Fire Company! Without you, there would not be an us.

The 2026 Ridgeway Fire Operational Line Officers are as follows:

Fire Chief – Tyler Luckman
Deputy Fire Chief – Kristin McAdoo
Assistant Fire Chief – Gerald Lewis
Fire Captain – Jason Bessel
Fire Lieutenant – Austin Mosher
Fire Lieutenant – Buford McAdoo
Safety Officer – Donald Marchner
Fire Police Captain – Paul Wengrzycki
Fire Police Lieutenant – (Not yet announced)
EMS Captain – Morgan Austin
EMS Lieutenant – Page Smith

The 2026 Ridgeway Fire Executive Line Officers are as follows:

President – Greg Gilbert
Vice President – Madison Austin
Secretary – Marisa Gilbert
Treasurer – Jenn Thom
Sergeant at Arms – Buford McAdoo
3 Year Director – Morgan Austin
2 Year Director – James Ryan
1 Year Director – Austin Mosher