Starting in September, fire protection for Winfield Township's 3,500 residents will come from other communities.
Township supervisors say they will direct Butler County 911 to stop dispatching the Winfield Fire Department to calls within the township because of what supervisors say are long-standing failures by the department to comply with changes sought by supervisors.
In August, the county will be instructed to dispatch fire companies from Buffalo and Jefferson townships and Saxonburg, “depending on which is closest to the address in the township of the call,” to all fire calls in Winfield, according to Adam Hartwig, township secretary.
“We no longer will recognize the Winfield department as the township's department after Aug. 30,” he said.
Hartwig said talks are under way with officers from the other departments to prepare for the change.