Captain Douglas W. Wehmeyer

Fire Investigator/Inspector

The Deerfield Township Trustees hired Captain Douglas Wehmeyer in September 2002 to supervise the Fire Inspection, Fire Investigation, and Community Outreach Programs.  Captain Wehmeyer is certified by the State of Ohio as a Firefighter Level II, Paramedic, Fire Safety Inspector, Fire Instructor, Fire Safety Inspector Instructor, and Hazardous Material Technician.  He is also certified by the Ohio Board of Building Standards as a Class IV (FPI) Building Inspector and by the NAFI National Certification Board as a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator. Captain Wehmeyer has extensive training in fire and arson investigation and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy's Fire and Arson Investigation Program and Interview, Interrogation, and Courtroom Testimony Program.

Captain Wehmeyer began his fire service career as a second generation firefighter in 1989 with the Lockland Fire Department, where he served for 10 years, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. In addition to Lockland, Wehmeyer was employed by several area departments as a Part-time Firefighter prior to being hired as a Career Firefighter with the Village of Woodlawn in 1995.  In 1996, he was promoted to Fire Marshal, where he supervised the Fire Prevention and Fire Investigation Bureaus.  In 1999 Wehmeyer was promoted Captain where he continued to oversee the Fire Investigation Bureau, in addition to supervising EMS Operations for three years and the Training Bureau for one year, prior to accepting full time employment with Deerfield Township.  While employed by Woodlawn, he was also a member of the Hamilton County Specialized County Arson Taskforce (SCAT) where he serving as the Taskforce's Operations Officer and Central Team Leader.

 Captain Wehmeyer has been a member of the Warren County Fire Investigation Team since October 2002, serving as the Team’s President.  Captain Wehmeyer was honored in 2003 as the Deerfield Township “Firefighter of the Year.”  In 2004 he was honored by the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office receiving the prestigious “Erroll D. Butt Outstanding Investigator Award” as a result of his work on an aggravated arson case that was successfully prosecuted.

Captain Wehmeyer is a contracted faculty instructor for Bowling Green State University where he is the lead instructor for basic fire investigations at the College's Semi-Annual State Fire School.  He is also an adjunct faculty instructor for the Warren County Career Center, where he provides instruction for students attempting to obtain State certification as firefighters and/or certified fire safety inspectors. During his seventeen year career, he has expanded his fire service education in several areas including: Incident Command, Safety, Leadership, Fire Company and Personnel Management, Rapid Intervention, and Accountability.

n addition to several other regional, state, national and international fire service affiliations, Captain Wehmeyer is a member of the National Fire Protection Association, the International Code Council, the International Association of Arson Investigators and IAAI Ohio Chapter and the National Association of Fire Investigators.  He can be reached at dwehm@deerfieldtwp.com