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/

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!

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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).

Fire Weather Warning issued for Saline and Perry Counties in Arkansas. High Winds and drying conditions have caused the Arkansas Forestry Commission to issue a RED FLAG warning. During this warning, burning is not banned but should be avoided during high wind conditions. Visit http://www.arkfireinfo.org/index.php?do%3AshowWildfires for more info. Dial 911 if you see uncontrolled burning in your area.

The American Heart Association is joining with the Ad Council for a national multimedia campaign in an effort to increase awareness of and confidence in giving Hands-Only CPR. The goal of the campaign is to introduce Hands-Only CPR, a simplified method of CPR that requires no mouth-to-mouth breathing, and to educate and encourage bystanders to take action when they see an adult suddenly collapse.

WPFD encourages you to visit to www.handsonlycpr.org to learn the incredible things that people can do with their hands. You will learn that you can be empowered to perform Hands-Only CPR to help save a life.You’ll learn that Hands-Only CPR is a two-step technique that involves calling 911 and pushing hard and fast in the center of the chest until help arrives. It is that simple.

Each year in the U.S., nearly 300,000 people who suffer cardiac arrest at homes, at work or in public locations receive treatment (CPR) from EMS providers like West Pulaski Fire Department. If you can provide CPR to an adult who has collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest before we can arrive, you can more than double that person’s chance of survival. Studies of real emergencies that have occurred in homes, at work or in public locations, show that Hands-Only CPR, can be as effective as conventional CPR. Without immediate, effective CPR from a bystander, a person’s chance of surviving sudden cardiac arrest decreases 7 percent to 10 percent per minute.