West Pulaski Fire Department with assistance from Lake Maumelle Fire Department fought to control a large structure fire in an unoccupied home in the Ferndale area. Home owners were out of town when a fire broke out and our department was summoned to the early morning incident on Jones Road. Difficult access to the large …
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WPFD is excited about a newer fire vehicle that has just completed construction at Station #2 (Kanis Road). A truck chassis donated by the Arkansas Forestry Commission has been re-purposed as a Fire Tanker truck that will bring thousands of gallons to our fire responses. This vehicle has been designated as our new Tanker #2. …
WPFD Firefighters were dispatched for an emergency patient extraction from a heavily wooded timber area recently. Responders coordinated efforts with MEMS Ambulance, thumb Baptist Med-flight, Arkansas Game and Fish Officers, Saline and Pulaski County Sheriff offices to access extremely remote area within timber property to mobilize and extract the patient to a hilltop landing zone …
WPFD firefighters, treat with the help of LRFD Rescue 2, LRFD Engine 21, and MEMS worked to extricate a fallen climber from Shinall Mountain that suffered a broken ankle after falling 30 feet from a cliff area. See the story below reported by KATV.
At the West Pulaski Annual Christmas Dinner, treat held December 12th, help we all took a small break from the training, maintenance, and fire hoses as our firefighters and their families were able to sit down to celebrate the holiday season. WPFD had a lot of activity this year. Running a large volunteer organization like …
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