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Clay Fire Territory, department history and 2019 annual report; 2026 merger coverage
Fire protection is the Clay Fire Territory's. The territory was formed in 2001 from the Clay Township Fire Department at the election of Clay Township and the towns of Indian Village and Roseland; German Township joined 1 July 2007 and Harris Township 1 January 2010. Before the territory, the town bought the service: in October 2000 Roseland was paying $45,000 a year under contract with Clay Township for fire protection and weighing the territory vote. The territory's 2019 annual report serves some 70,000 residents across 52 square miles from five stations, and names Roseland's primary station: Station 21, 18776 Cleveland Road, South Bend, the territory's headquarters, which serves Roseland and Indian Village primarily. Its chiefs run Timm Schabbel in the 2019 report and Jaren Kilian in March 2026 reporting. The service stands in transition, printed as a transition: on 24 March 2026 the boards of the Clay, German, Harris and Penn townships and the towns of Osceola, Indian Village and Roseland voted to merge the Clay and Penn fire territories into a single territory beginning in 2027; at November 2026 the provider remains the Clay Fire Territory.