For nearly 20 years, Green Township firefighter and paramedic Mike Weissmann has answered the call for help. Now, he’s in a battle of his own in desperate need of a kidney transplant. (Green Township Fire Department)

GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) – For nearly 20 years, Green Township firefighter and paramedic Mike Weissmann has answered the call for help. Now, he’s in a battle of his own in desperate need of a kidney transplant.

Green Township Fire Chief Scott Souders says Weismann has been fighting issues with his kidneys for about a year.

“As a result, his health has declined and he’s now on dialysis and quite literally struggling to stay alive until he can get a replacement kidney before his systems gives up,” said Souders.

Six weeks ago, Weismann was put on light duty. Now, he’s in the hospital getting dialysis treatment. The Gulf War Navy veteran joined the fire department in 2000 and was promoted to full-time in 2006.

“Mike has a good leadership role where he is a mentor to a lot of younger firefighters,” said Souders.

“He’s got a special sense of humor that not everyone might get, but he’s a funny guy. He’s also very caring, a kind-hearted dude,” said Moody.

The firefighters say Weissmann is a do-it-all-fix-it man for the department. He’s also got the right comment or joke at the right time.

For donor information, call the Green Township Fire Department at 513-574-0474.

We’d like to thank WKRC Local 12 reporter Brad Underwood for sharing this story.