Emergency Services

About

Fire & Ambulance

Thornapple Township provides fire-rescue and ambulance (advanced life support) transport response for residents of Thornapple Township through a voted fire millage and service fees. In addition, a portion of Irving Township contracts with Thornapple Township for fire-rescue services.

The Emergency Services Department Building was completed in 2004 and is located at 128 High Street in downtown Middleville. The building includes the apparatus bay, living quarters and office / administration space, including a state of the art training room. In addition, the department owns an offsite training facility for flashover training, which was obtained through a grant from the federal government.

The department includes full time employees and paid on-call staff. To contact the Emergency Services, call (269) 795-3350 or email Chief Bill Richardson using the information in the Contact section of this page.

Equipment for the Fire Department and Emergency Services can be viewed by using these links.

Police

Police services are provided by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department and the Michigan State Police.

The Village of Middleville contracts with the Barry County Sheriff’s Department.  For non-emergency questions, please contact Barry County Sheriff’s Department, Middleville Unit, at (269) 795-9862.

Employment

The employment application form for TTES may be found HERE. 

Completed applications can be mailed to or dropped off at:

200 E. Main St.
Middleville, MI 49333

You can also email them to Chief Bill Richardson.