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WPFD @ ARKANSAS EMS WEEK

Arkansas EMS Week was celebrated today in a parade of lights. WPFD, search an EMS provider, sovaldi sale 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).

Duracell: Power Those Who Protect Us

WPFD today joined forces with more than 23, tadalafil 000 other volunteer ?re departments across the country in the Power Those Who Protect Us battery donation program created by Duracell, pill in partnership with the National Volunteer Fire Council.  The program helps build greater awareness around the challenges volunteer ?re?ghters face on a daily basis and the need to help support  them.
Most ?re departments in the U.S. are staffed by volunteer ?re?ghters who rely on approximately 20 percent of their funding to come from local fundraising and donations.* The Power Those Who Protect Us battery donation program lets consumers give back to local volunteer ?re?ghters, like those at WPFD, who devote countless hours of their free time to protecting our community. When consumers purchase specially marked CopperTop battery packs, Duracell will make a battery donation to volunteer ?re departments to help power communication devices and life-saving equipment.
By going to www.duracell.com, donations can also be earmarked to local  fire departments by zip code. “With the majority of ?re departments in the U.S. being staffed by volunteer ?re?ghters, many of which, like us, lack enough funding for basic equipment needs,” said Chief Ronnie Wheeler. “We’re asking everyone to help make a difference and purchase specially marked Duracell batteries so our stations can receive much needed support to power our communication devices. From personal alert system devices, thermal imaging cameras and personnel location equipment, to radios and ?ashlights – batteries help power these critical tools.”
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Lesley Rogers Receives Professional Award For WPFD Volunteerism

Our own Lesley Rogers was recently honored with the Lawyer Community Legacy Award for her excellence in volunteer public service. Lesley serves as a dedicated volunteer firefighter and Certified First Responder with the West Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department at Station #2 in the Ferndale area. She does this  in addition to her regular day job as a constituent advisor for the Arkansas State Senate.  Lesley has been serving her community since joining WPFD in 2007.   Lesley was very proud to receive this award presented by Arkansas Bar Association President Jim Julian while surrounded by her West Pulaski family. Read more about Lesley’s recognition at this link… Lesley Rogers Award

Learn Hands-Only CPR Right Now!

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.