About Firelands Health

Where we are.

• Firelands Health is located along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie, midway between Cleveland and Toledo.
• Firelands Health serves the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents.
• Firelands Counseling and Recovery Services have nine offices in five counties: Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky and Seneca.
• Firelands Home Health Services currently serves four counties (Erie, Huron, Ottawa, and Sandusky) and parts of nine more communities (Crawford, Cuyahoga, Hancock, Lorain, Lucas, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot, and Richland).

What we do.

• 287 registered beds in 2024
• 9101  inpatients served in 2024
• More than 2,085 employees; Sandusky’s largest year-round employer
• 42,275 Emergency Department visits and 17,122 Urgent Care visits in 2024
• 589 newborns in 2024
• 144,673 patient office visits provided by Firelands Physician Group in 2024
• 368 allied health professionals - staff who work alongside or in support of physicians and nurses, such as X-ray technicians, dietitians, speech or physical therapists and lab technicians

Executive leadership.

Firelands Health is locally governed and managed. Our leadership team has a long history of healthcare knowledge. Our Board of Directors are invested in the community and believe in maintaining Firelands as an independent institution for years to come.

Meet our executives and board leadership

Community benefit.

Firelands Health provided over $45 million in community benefit in 2024. Community benefit includes uncovered costs of medical education, charity care and care not covered by Medicare and Medicaid, donations, community health education and outreach programs, and subsidized health services.

Teaching and clinical affiliations.

• University of Toledo Medical Center – Toledo, Ohio
• Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine – Athens, Ohio
• Bowling Green State University - Bowling Green, Ohio
• Bowling Green State University – Firelands College - Huron, Ohio
• University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine – Kansas City, Mo.
• University of Osteopathic Medicine Health Sciences – Des Moines, Iowa
• Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Glendale, Ariz.
• Lorain County Community College - Elyria, Ohio
• Lourdes College – Sylvania, Ohio
• Erie Huron Ottawa Vocational Education (EHOVE) - Milan, Ohio
• Sandusky Career Center - Sandusky, Ohio
• Terra Community College - Fremont, Ohio

Hospital networks.

University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center collaboration and physician staffing agreement