Brief History of Butler Township Volunteer Fire District

For many years, Butler Township had five volunteer fire departments: Meridian Volunteer Fire Company, Lyndora Volunteer Fire Company, Greenwood Village Volunteer Fire Department, Mercer Road Volunteer Fire Department and South Butler Volunteer Fire Department.

In 2014 Meridian Volunteer Fire Company, Lyndora Volunteer Fire Company, Greenwood Village Volunteer Fire Department merged to form one larger department. This new consolidated department would run out of the Meridian Volunteer Fire Department, with the Lyndora Volunteer Fire Department serving as a substation.

Then in early 2019 the Butler Township Volunteer Fire District was formed through a merger of Butler Township Volunteer Fire District 3, Mercer Road Volunteer Fire Department and South Butler Volunteer Fire Department. This merger consolidated the fire response to a single department serving over 17,000 residents in Butler Township.