(A) "Firefighting agency" means a municipal corporation, township, township fire district, joint fire district, fire and ambulance district, or other political subdivision that operates a fire department.(B) Nothing in the Revised Code requires, or shall be construed to require, that the fire chief of a firefighting agency reside in the territory of the firefighting agency.
Residency not required for fire chief
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.61, under Chapter 9 | Miscellaneous.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 9.61