New Richmond Fire-EMS & Police LEVY INFORMATION PAGE   

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Who are we, you may ask?

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We are your public safety forces. 

 

 

 

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New Richmond Police Department

New Richmond is a community of almost three thousand persons working, living, and residing in the village. As in all communities, public safety, crime, and the loss of property are all daily problems.
The New Richmond Police are responsible for the public safety and security of the Village Community. This task is one we cannot accomplish alone. Crime Prevention and security awareness are self-serving qualities. We need the assistance and cooperation of every resident, business owner, employee, and visitor to help us fight crime. As a member of the New Richmond Community, you have a special relationship with the NRPD, and we want to assure you that we care about your concerns and are here to “Serve – Protect – Educate.” We encourage you to join us in our efforts to provide a safe and secure environment for you and your family.
 
Quick Facts About Us

• The New Richmond Police Department is located at 102 Willow Street in the  Light-Ashburn Memorial Building. 

• 24-hour emergency number: 911

• Non-emergency number: 513-553-3121

• Officers within the Department are State Certified with police powers and authority as set forth under sections of the Ohio Revised Code. All officers have obtained at least 600 hours of specialized training through the Ohio Peace Officer's Training Academy as mandated under section 109.78(D) of the Ohio Revised Code.

• The New Richmond Police Department has Mutual Aid Agreements with the Clermont County Sheriff’s Department and local police agencies.

• The New Richmond Police Department has direct radio communications with the surrounding police, fire, and EMS agencies servicing the village community.

• The New Richmond Police Department is committed to Community Oriented Policing.

Mission Statement
The mission of the New Richmond Police Department is to protect life and property, to understand and serve the needs of any and all persons within the village, to actively seek to identify community problems and solutions to those problems, to identify and prevent any criminal activity which may occur, and to improve the quality of life in this community.
 
Department Values
We value human life, constitutional rights, individual differences and contributions, a sense of community, integrity, purposefulness, openness, justice, discipline, mutual respect,  individual and organizational excellence, and being caring.

Responsibilities
The New Richmond Police are responsible for the protection of lives and safeguarding of buildings and property; deter and prevent crime; educate the village community in all aspects of crime prevention and survival; enforce state statutes and village ordinances; apprehend violators, file affidavits, and serve warrants; assist with traffic control and parking operations; Investigate complaints, offense reports, auto accidents, and any other unusual or suspicious activity in the Village; provide business and residential checks of buildings and houses; Assist injured/ill persons; assist stranded motorists;  establish and maintain good working relationships with community officials,  groups, and other police and security agencies and courts.

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New Richmond Fire & EMS

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The Village of New Richmond is located along the Ohio River, approximately twenty-five minutes from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a growing bedroom community with excellent village services and a premier school system.

 

New Richmond Fire and EMS Department was established in 2006 to protect New Richmond Village and part of nearby Ohio Township with five full-time, twelve part-time, and twenty-five volunteer employees responding from two stations.

 

Its annual operating budget is approximately $ 500,000 generated by fire and EMS tax levies, a contract with Pierce Township, and ambulance/fire/rescue service billing. Its fire protection rating from the Insurance Services Office (ISO) is a 4/9. Staffing at NRFEMS is three to four paid employees on weekdays and two on weeknights and weekends when more volunteers are available. Almost all paid employees and about one-third of our volunteers are certified both as firefighters and emergency medical technicians, which greatly increases staff flexibility as the nature of each detail dictates.

 

NRFEMS regularly gives and receives automatic mutual aid (AMA) to boost the number of firefighters available on emergency scenes. Having adequate personnel available promotes a safer, more efficient emergency scene environment and helps the department meet national standards. Informal incident management assistance teams (IMAT) are used by NRFEMS and many progressive southwestern Ohio departments to manage emergency scenes more effectively. Our IMAT consists of the chiefs of several neighboring departments who are all notified of structure fire details in New Richmond’s territory and may also be paged, as needed, for other types of details.

 

Emergency dispatching is by Clermont County Communications Center, located at the county seat in Batavia, Ohio. Backups to it are the Union Township Police and Fire Dispatch and Northeast Communications Center. All can dispatch calls in support of each other if needed. Alerting of details is via

A first alarm assignment for structure fires includes one ladder company, three engine companies, one ambulance, one mutual aid rapid intervention team (RIT), and a County-wide mini-incident management team (IMAT)