Annual Public Meeting – West Pulaski Fire Department
You are invited to join us for the West Pulaski Fire Department’s Annual Public Meeting. Members of the public that reside in our fire district are invited and encouraged to attend.
When: October 23, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Where: 27021 Kanis Road
Little Rock, Arkansas 72223
Ferndale Extension Club Building
Learn more about your volunteer your fire department as we discuss the business operations over the past fiscal year and share a few stories of our community service and mission.
Commissioner positions 3, 4, and 5 on our board of commissioners are up for election this year.
Come meet your volunteer firefighters, hear updates from our elected board members and participate in your volunteer fire service.
West Pulaski Fire was fortunate to spend some quality training time with Arkansas Children’s Hospital and MEMS Ambulance folks to certify one of our favorite elementary schools under the Project Adam program to prevent cardiac death in children and adolescents. It may seem less likely of a need to be concerned about heart health and cardiac issues in younger persons but this, like other thing, began with an unfortunate event.
The program’s name, Project ADAM (Automated Defibrillators in Adam’s Memory), honors Adam Lemel, a 17-year-old Wisconsin high school student who died from sudden cardiac arrest while playing basketball in 1999. His parents, Patty and Joe, collaborated with Children’s Wisconsin to create the program, which could have saved Adam’s life if an automated external defibrillator (AED) had been available.
Project ADAM at Arkansas Children’s Hospital:
As the Arkansas affiliate, ACH focuses on equipping our local schools and communities with the necessary training and emergency plans to respond to a cardiac emergency. The initiative works with schools to achieve “Heart Safe School” certification. Key program components include:
Emergency response plans: Helping schools create comprehensive plans for responding to a sudden cardiac arrest event on campus.
Training: Providing training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to use an AED for school staff, students, and coaches.
Thanks to partners like PCSSD schools, MEMS Ambulance, and first responders like WPFD, we can ensure each of our schools has the training, tools, and a plan to act upon if the need ever arises.
We appreciate everyone that looks out for our kids! We are just happy to be a part of the winning team!
Response drills: Encouraging schools to practice cardiac emergency response drills to ensure staff familiarity and a quick, effective response.
AED access: Promoting the placement of AEDs throughout school campuses, with a focus on quick access to the devices. In Arkansas, state law now mandates that every school campus have an AED.
Rainwater, Holt, and Sexton and THV11 reached out to West Pulaski Fire Department to advise us we were this months recipient of the Saluting Heroes Award for service to our community. This is a wonderful award that strives to recognize the efforts of individuals and organizations that serve communities, families, and veterans.
Fire Chief Scott Joblin was thrilled to be on hand to accept the award on behalf of our organization and also a generous donation of $1,000 to likely fund a vital project that helps us meet our mission to serve our neighbors. While this is an award to our fire and rescue organization, it is and award earned by ALL of our valuable volunteers that ensure our community is best served in emergency situations.
WPFD is so thankful of the recognition not just for ourselves, but somehow hope that this recognition to us also carries over to all Arkansas Volunteer Firefighters and First Responders that continue answer the call, day or night, in any weather when our response is needed.
Do you have the heart of hero? Reach out to us here, call us at 501-821-9320, or stop by your local firehouse for more info how you can join our team.
Annual Public Meeting – West Pulaski Fire Department
You are invited to join us for the West Pulaski Fire Department’s Annual Public Meeting. Members of the public that reside in our fire district are invited and encouraged to attend.
When: October 23, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Where: 27021 Kanis Road
Little Rock, Arkansas 72223
Ferndale Extension Club Building
Learn more about your volunteer your fire department as we discuss the business operations over the past fiscal year and share a few stories of our community service and mission.
Commissioner positions 3, 4, and 5 on our board of commissioners are up for election this year.
Come meet your volunteer firefighters, hear updates from our elected board members and participate in your volunteer fire service.
