Glouster Fire Department

06/05/2026

Please join me in wishing Safe travels and best of luck to Firefighter Brandon Turley as he heads west this morning. Brandon has accepted a position in Wildland Firefighting based in Oregon. We all are very proud of the Firefighter you have become since joining our department. We wish you the best in all your adventures and hope to here from you soon.

Thank you for your service to our department and our community. And we all look forward to hearing the stories of your adventures when you return.

Chief Funk

05/30/2026

05/26/2026

05/26/2026

Ohio just got a whole lot creepier tonight... 🌊🐟💀

Reports of a massive sturgeon moving through the Ohio River have people across the Buckeye State staring at the water a little longer than usual.

This prehistoric species existed long before highways, football stadiums, and even the state of Ohio itself... and now one of these armored river giants is reminding everybody that the river still keeps secrets.

From the foggy banks near Cincinnati... to the industrial stretches around Cleveland and Toledo... Ohio waterways have always had that strange “something lurking underneath” energy.

Meanwhile every fisherman, kayaker, and dude with a pontoon boat suddenly squinting at random splashes like:

“Yeah… I’m staying on shore tonight.”

Ohio really said:
cornfields above...
river dinosaurs below. 😭

Welcome to the Buckeye State — where the weather is unpredictable, the highways are chaos, and apparently the ancient creatures are still clocking in for night shifts.

05/25/2026

Update: Road is back open and power is restored to all customers.

Thank you to Athens County EMS, Athens County Sheriff, Ohio State Highway patrol and Glouster Water and Electric who all responded to the scene and then restored power to the area.

Also thanks to Athens County 911 who dispatched everyone to the scene.

Thankfully noone was injured in the crash.

Power is out on some portions of Walnut Hill. City employees are currently working to replace a pole that was damaged by a vehicle accident on Walnut Hill Road and road is closed until the repairs can be completed.

05/25/2026

Current water level on Sunday Creek.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&site_no=03159000&legacy=1&period=&begin_date=2026-05-18&end_date=2026-05-25

Discover water data collected at monitoring location USGS-03159000, located in Ohio and find additional nearby monitoring locations.

05/20/2026

Old 2135 retired to the beach.

05/17/2026

Update: 9675 feet of hose was tested with just over 800 feet failing to pass test, most of the failures were just weeping hose, failure of inner liner, however we did have a section of 1 3/4" pull from coupling on pressure testing, could have been catastrophic on fireground.

Long day of Annual Hose Testing and ground ladder testing for the department, started at 8:00 AM finished at around 7:00 PM.

Big thank you to Trimble High School for allowing us to use their parking lot for the hose testing.

Also thanks to Robert Marchsl of maximum pressure hose testing and his entire crew for coming and doing the testing. Definitely recommend them if you need your hose and ladders tested.

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