Granville is served by the Granville Township Fire Department (GTFD), which is a municipal fire department operated by the Granville Township Board of Trustees. The GTFD serves Granville Township including the Village of Granville and Denison University. It also serves 80% of McKean Township under a contractual agreement. The department is funded by a 4.8 mill Granville Township fire levy as well as contract fees from McKean Township. The GTFD is staffed with a combination of career, intermittently scheduled, and volunteer members. Paid staffing is scheduled to maintain four personnel on duty at all times, twenty-four hours a day. There are currently ten career firefighter/paramedics, fifteen intermittent firefighter/paramedics, and twenty-five volunteer firefighter/EMTs and paramedics. Fire code enforcement is handled by a part-time fire inspector working under the direction of the Fire Chief. The department fleet consists of a 1500 Gallons-Per-Minute (GPM) Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) pumper, a 1200 GPM rescue/pumper, a 93-foot aerial platform, and an 1800 gallon tanker. Additional apparatus consists of two advanced life support ambulances, a grass fire truck, and one staff vehicle. The GTFD operates from a single facility at 500 South Main Street in Granville. The fire station was opened at this new location in October of 2020!