The first meeting of the Whitehouse Fire Department was held on May 25, 1886 with William K. Jones presiding. Mr. Jones was elected Chief at that time and remained in that position until March 8, 1912 When he was elected to council Mayor E.R. Sly then appointed Willard Doren as Fire Chief. Doren then held this position through July 10, 1913. The next meeting was held on May 14, 1914, with the Asst. Chief F.B. Jones calling this meeting to order. From this date nothing is mentioned about the former Chief Doren. Asst. Chief Jones chaired the meeting until June 3, 1915 which was the last meeting on record until February 7th,1917. It is not quite clear if Assistant F.B. Jones was ever the chief. The Department joined the Northwest Ohio Volunteer Firemen's Association in the year 1908. On February 7, 1917, H.L. Ammon called a meeting to meeting to re-organize the Fire Company and he became Chief, he retained this position through May 24,1917. At this time the Company became very inactive. On January 1920 a citizens meeting was held and W.K. Jones was made Chief. The department has been active since this date.

The following men have held position of Chief to date:

At the inception of the Fire Department, the equipment was a hand pumper, hose cart, buckets and horse drawn equipment with plenty of strong men to operate the hand equipment. In February,1926 the first motorized fire truck came to the Village. The REO chassis was purchased from Lehman and Sullivan of Whitehouse, and the Howe Fire Apparatus Company of Indiana installed a 15 year old vertical three piston pump at a total cost of $5,000.00. This fire truck is the only original piece of equipment left in the area. The Department purchased their second piece of equipment which was delivered July 17, 1941. The pumper was a 1941 Buffalo. In 1941 and addition to the Town Hall was built for the purpose of a new and larger fire hall.

On January 6, 1944 the Department voted to buy a used Dodge 1000 gallon tank truck for the purpose of carrying water to the country fires. The firemen made all the modifications to their equipment themselves to be able to stretch the dollar, for there were not too many dollars available. The Fire Department existed mainly on donations, money from the Village and the efforts from the firemen. On April 5, 1945, the Department bought a used Dodge panel truck to be used as a rescue truck. At this point the Department consists of 4 vehicles: 1926 Reo, 1941 Buffalo, Dodge 1000 gallon tank truck, and the Dodge panel rescue truck. From this time on, the fire Department seemed to draw more interest from the community, and the Department was on its way to getting more and better training for its members. The Department added more equipment regularly and retired the old. Eventually this created a problem of housing the equipment and gear for the men. In order to hold a meeting , the trucks had to be removed from the station to find room to put the chairs up. In 1975 the Fire Department took up the planning for a new Fire Station. After one year of planning and sited selection a parcel of land was donated by the American Can Company. On May 22, 1977, the new Fire Station was dedicated with all the fan fare. In January 1, 1978, the County Life Squad was added and was run by Remsno, And staffed with some of our own personal that had went through the extensive Paramedic Course. The Department is still housed at this site. Due to the extensive growth of the community and more equipment additions the Fire Station once again seen a massive addition that was finished in the spring of 1999 to accommodate more Fire and E.M.S. vehicles and equipment.