9000 Blk of Pinnacle Valley Road is closed due to a accident involving a broken power pole. No injuries but the road will be closed for an extended period until the hazard is resolved.

What a great training day! Our friends from Philly Tin Helmet Training came to Arkansas for a great weekend of practical skill building and drills. We just completed Day 1 of R.I.T (Rapid Intervention Team) trying to learn valuable rescue skills to save firefighters that are lost, trapped or injured in a structure incident. .

It is also fantastic mutual- aid training with Collegeville Fire, Shannon Hills Fire, Arch Street Fire, Crystal Fire, and Little Rock Fire Department.

We spent the day learning skills and slowly increasing the difficulty of the tasks progressively with full gear and then low light or blackout conditions. Following the classroom portion, we moved to our truck bays for skills practice and eventually down the road for live drills in a donated 2-story residential structure. We worked to move simulated downed firefighters up stairs from a lower floor, move them out of a 2- story window down a ladder, and then through constricted locations like walls with minimal access width.

We will continue Sunday’s training in the donated structure with more blackout drills and smoke scenarios. Then we will have a full fire scenario on the structure at the end of the day.

Some residents in Perry County within the WPFD district coverage area were mistakenly mailed a statement requesting payment for annual Fire Dues in late 2023 (October). Any payments that were made based on these incorrect bills are currently being returned with a letter from WPFD. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Following the recent district annexation of the Perry County area that was approved at the end of 2023, these dues will be assessed by Perry County as a fee (not a tax) on your Real Estate Property Tax Statement going forward in 2024 and beyond. 

Going forward, Perry County residents won’t be getting individual mailed invoices from us in 2024 or going forward due to the consolidated billing effort with Perry County. 

This synchronizes our billing processes in Perry County to match what we do for most residents in Pulaski and Saline Counties of our fire district who live within 5 miles of a fire station.

Under Arkansas Law, the county assessors’ offices are allowed to collect dues on our behalf and they send the funds to us rather than us sending the usual billed invoices you are familiar with.

You should be able to see the amount associated with the Special Improvements area of your Perry County Property Tax Invoice where it should list West Pulaski Fire and our new billing amount of $95 annually (previously $50), as approved by voters in our fire district last summer.