The vision of the Erhart/York Township Fire Department is to become the finest fire service organization possible by utilizing and developing our members to their fullest potential, maximizing our use of the resources available to us, and being responsive to the growth and changing needs of our community.

Our mission is to protect the lives, property, and environment of the people who live, work, play, and travel in, and through, York Township.

The values of the Erhart/York Township Fire Department provide its members with a framework for making management decisions and guiding individual behavior. Our value system describes those attributes that make the organization and our members assets to the community.

Human Life: Our top priorityService: Our reason for existenceExcellence: Our goalIntegrity: The basis for trustAccountability: Personal and professionalCooperation: To achieve common goalsInnovation: For creative problem solvingEducation: For growth

1. Protective Services: Provide high quality service in a timely manner that meets recognized standards of care and produces customer  satisfaction.2. Preventive Services: Provide high quality timely service that meets recognized standards of life safety and produces customer satisfaction.3. Human Resource Management: Create a secure working environment that allows its members to accomplish the mission of the organization and provide self-satisfaction.4. Physical Resource Management: Develop a system that ensures that the department’s facilities, apparatus, equipment, and supplies are adequate to accomplish the mission of the organization.

On July 29, 1952, a handful of residents gathered at a nearby establishment in the community of Erhart, Ohio to form a much-needed volunteer fire department. They originally served areas of York, Litchfield, Liverpool and part of Grafton Township.​The Erhart V.F.D. began service with a total of $35.00 to purchase a portable pump, hose and nozzle. After several fund raisers, the department purchased their first fire engine, a 1937 Chevrolet pumper purchased from Hinckley Township for $300.00.In 1954 the fire department built their first station at the corner of state route 57 and Erhart Road.​It was a quonset hut type building which still stands today. The department then acquired a 500-gallon pumper/tanker and received as a donation an old 1600-gallon gas delivery truck to be used as a tanker. Two more purchases rounded out the department’s vehicles: A 1954 Jeep for grass fires and a 2000-gallon Diamond Reo tanker purchased from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.​On August 13, 1955 the Erhart Volunteer Fire Department became incorporated and in 1959 entered into its first contract with the York Township Trustees. In 1975 the department became the sole provider of fire protection in York Township.The Erhart Rescue Squad started service in July 1974 with a used GMC ambulance, purchased during that year.In 1977, the York Township Trustees built the current station at the intersection of state routes 18 and 252 and it was expanded in 1991 to accommodate all current vehicles. The station in Erhart was then sold.​In 2006, after more than a year of discernment, the present and active members of the Erhart Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. voted to disband this fire department and transfer all control of operations and assets of the organization to York Township. Erhart was the last private fire department in Medina County.​As of January 1, 2007, the township trustees appointed Ken Barrett chief of the new Erhart/York Township Fire Department. The members of this new organization were then sworn in as township employees on April 26, 2007. The Erhart Firefighters Association was formed by the firefighters and EMT’s to support the new fire department.​Erhart maintains a Mutual-Aid Agreement with all fire departments in Medina County and parts of Lorain County, but has traveled to numerous distant cities to lend assistance when needed.

The Erhart Firefighters Association consists of the Erhart/York Township Firefighters/EMTs, past members of the Fire Department, and members of the community that wish to help support the Erhart/York Township Fire Department.Prior to the Fire Department becoming a Township Fire Department in 2006, the Association ran the business affairs of the Fire Department.The Association fundraisers, primarily the annual Swiss Steak Dinner held annually in October, have been able to help the Fire Department purchase needed equipment. Most recently the ice rescue equipment, and a special operations trailer. Not only does the Fire Association support the Fire Department but the York Township community also. Over the past several years the Association has donated AED’s to the York Township Historical Society, and donated money to local charities.We would like to give all who have donated, helped out, or contributed to our organization in anyway a huge Thank You!! We could not be where we are today without you!!!!​To contact the Association please email: Erhart_Firefighters_Association@yorktwp.orgDonations can be made to Erhart Firefighters Association. All donations are tax deductible.Mailing AddressErhart Firefighters AssociationAttention: Erhart Firefighters Association Treasurer6609 Norwalk RoadMedina, Ohio 44256