Tuesday, 7 of February of 2012
As of 4:15pm on August 11, 2011, all counties in our fire district had received sufficient rainfall to remove their burn bans. If you do any outdoor burning, be careful and only burn natural debris (trees, limbs, leaves, twigs, grass).
Always check these links for fire preparedness, warnings and related weather conditions before you burn:
Link- WPFD Preparedness
Link- Arkansas Wildfire Danger Map
Link- Arkansas Burn Ban Map
On July 21st, WPFD participated in Rapid Response Team Camp 2011 that was sponsored by the American Red Cross- Greater Arkansas Chapter. Our personnel participated with Squad 1, Engine 2 and Rescue 2 to simulate the fire response to a Tornado Event. Each year, ARCGA sponsors a preparedness camp to Jr. and Sr. High School kids from around the state. Participants learn first aid, CPR, and how they should respond to a community disaster.
See some pictures at this link: Pictures
WPFD’s Annual Chicken & Catfish Dinner has been scheduled for September 24, 2011. We produce a newsletter and flyer every year that is distributed to the homes and businesses in our fire district. We sell advertisements in our flyer to help raise money to cover the cost of the dinner. Contact us if you would like to advertise with us this year by sending an email to wpfd@sbcglobal.net or calling our business office at 501-821-9320. Thank you for your support.
Did you know most of our Brush Trucks (Fire Trucks used for woods, grass, field fires) are at least 25 years old? These qualify as “Antique Vehicles” by Arkansas standards. One of our most active Brush Trucks is even 34 years old. Lets just say that when you go to work in rough terrain with heavy duty equipment to fight a fire that old and high mileage is not preferred. WPFD continues to work hard to upgrade our oldest vehicles to get modern equipment in every area. We were able to acquire some 2008 model Ford chassis recently that will serve as our next fleet of modern Brush Trucks. Check out our website for pictures of the progress as we begin converting these stock trucks into custom on-road/off-road fire fighting machines!
Follow this link to check out photos as we make progress:
http://www.wpfirerescue.org/photo-galleries/apparatus/brush-truck-retrofit-photos/
West Pulaski Fire Department is now on Facebook. Choose this link to see our new page and become a FAN today at Facebook.com
Congratulations to Chris and Candice Smith! They were married on Saturday, June 4th. Chris is a long time member of West Pulaski Fire Department (about 20+ years), serves as a captain at our Station #1 (Col. Glenn Area) and is also a member of our department’s board of commissioners. He married Candice Lynn Stalpers at New Haven Missionary Baptist Church on Lawson Road. We all wish them the very best. Now that it is official…. Candice just needs to let us know when to order her some bunker gear!
Arkansas EMS Week was celebrated today in a parade of lights. WPFD, an EMS provider, joined other EMS organizations from around central Arkansas and the state in a parade of emergency vehicles that traveled from War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock to the Arkansas State Capital in downtown Little Rock. WPFD was represented by Chief Ronnie Wheeler and Capt. Rene Freret in the procession and drove Rescue 2 from Station #2 (Ferndale Area).
