For many years, Butler Township had five volunteer fire departments: Meridian Volunteer Fire Company, Lyndora Volunteer Fire Company, Greenwood Village Volunteer Fire Department, Mercer Road Volunteer Fire Department and South Butler Volunteer Fire Department. In 2014 Meridian Volunteer Fire Company, Lyndora Volunteer Fire Company, Greenwood Village Volunteer Fire Department merged to form one larger department. This new consolidated department would run out of the Meridian Volunteer Fire Depart