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The Butler County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and the Butler County Sheriff’s
Office (BCSO) are pleased to announce a new emergency information hotline phone system for all
Butler County residents. The information hotline will be available for notifications of snow
emergencies, emergency incidents, severe weather alerts or any type of incident within Butler
County. This system will allow multiple users at one time to receive vital information on the status
of the County any time day or night 365 days a year. The system is also intended to give
information to a specific area of the County that might only be affected. The emergency
information hotline has already been used in Butler County for road closures during the recent
gasoline tanker accident on I-75 and damage reporting during the earthquake in Indiana. Butler
County Sheriff Richard K Jones explained that during a snow emergency people flood the dispatch
center calling 911 asking if a level 1 snow emergency is still in effect. Our dispatchers are busy
handling emergencies and this new system will allow an alternative to calling 911. The system is
being funded by the Butler County Emergency Management Agency.
The County-wide emergency information phone number is 513-785-5800 and will be updated
as needed by either EMA or the Sheriff’s Office.

Information

Oxford Township, is one of thirteen townships in the county and is located in the northwestern corner of Butler County, Ohio, United States, where it meets Preble County, Ohio, and Union County, Indiana. The city of Oxford and Miami University are located within the Township.

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.