Each fall and winter season, WPFD responds to several emergency calls and home fires involving fireplaces, chimneys and home heaters. The use of combustible fuel inside a home is a traditional and effective way to battle freezing temperatures. Not only does a fireplace or wood stove feel great on a chilly night, it also take some of the pressure of your home heating system by reducing the dependence on costly electric or propane/natural gas heating units; However, using an alternative heating source comes with some big responsibilities to ensure that they are properly maintained and operating in a safe manner. Keeping your fireplace, wood stove, pellet stove, and chimney/stovepipe clean is of the highest importance. Failure to get your homes fire fueled heat system inspected and cleaned each year can lead to prevent potential leaks of fire, smoke, and harmful gases from the exhaust system (vent or chimney) into the home or attic causing dangerous conditions. Don’t risk fire, loss of your home, or death from carbon-monoxide leaks. Get your system inspected and cleaned to ensure your home is ready for a full cold season of safe heating!
You are invited to join us for the West Pulaski Fire Department’s Annual Public Meeting. Members of the public that reside in our fire district are invited and encouraged to attend.
When: October 24, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Where: 27021 Kanis Road
Little Rock, Arkansas 72223
Ferndale Extension Club Building
Learn more about your volunteer your fire department as we discuss the business operations over the past fiscal year and share a few stories of our community service and mission.
Commissioner positions 1 & 2 on our board of commissioners are up for election this year.
Come meet your volunteer firefighters, hear updates from our elected board members and participate in your volunteer fire service.
At the West Pulaski Fire Department Station 6 located at 3006 Brush Mountain Trail, Paron, Arkansas 72122, on October 16, 2024.
Pulaski County Residents Meeting – 7:00PM
Answer questions regarding the proposed annexation of portions of Pulaski County that are served by Station #6 which includes: T2N R15W S4, T2N R15W S5, T2N R15W S6, T2N R15W S7, T2N R15W S8, T2N R15W S17, T2N R15W S18, T2N R15W S19, T2N R15W S30, T2N R15W S31, T3N R15W S31 within 5 air miles of a West Pulaski Fire Department Station, T3N R15W S2 within 5 air miles of a West Pulaski Fire Department Station, T2N R16W S36 within 5 air miles of a West Pulaski Fire Department Station, T3N R15W S2 within 5 air miles of a West Pulaski Fire Department Station,
into the West Pulaski Fire Protection District #23
We have responded for decades with borrowed boats or reliance on other ferry services to transport to our incident calls on this large body of water in the central and northeast part of our fire district. After years of hoping and planning we can beam with pride at this awesome boat (new to us) that will serve that water, shore and dock areas for many years to come.
Our crews at Station 3 and 5 have spent almost a year refurbishing this boat to serve our fire-rescue platform on Lake Maumelle. Starting with the donated hull re-allocated to us last summer through an Arkansas Forestry Division program for federal surplus equipment, we set a course forward to get all of the equipment operational and make necessary upgrades where possible. It took quite a bit more than paint and graphics but the effort was worth it.
Oh…So…Many…Hours were given to reworking, mechanical, wiring, lighting (emergency and work), communications, navigation, and search equipment that all required refurbishment. Even when we were so very close, the original outboard propulsion that was working then gave up the ghost on our launch day just before the eclipse back in April.
Our sad story from the dock to the shop got more difficult when we found it harder to find parts to restore the motors further or add the reliability needed for an emergency service boat to function in critical responses. We reached out and our community and some amazingly gracious donors came forward to help us meet our mission to replace the old 2-Stroke outboard motors with modern 4-stroke Suzuki units that had even more horsepower.
Thank you to those anonymous donors that made those motors happen and to Reji Short and his team at Trader Bill’s in Hot Springs to mount and upgrade the gauges and more to get us working better than ever.
We launched our Fireboat 2 on Tuesday and began our break-in period to trial all of our systems. We plan to get the fire pump mounted and working soon. This has been a big desire for some time on a very active lake in our area. Look for us out on Lake Maumelle and say Hi! We hope for many years of quick and reliable service on Lake Maumelle when emergencies happen.
Note: This is our second full functioning fireboat since our Fireboat 1 was placed in service in our district in 2012 near our Station 5 at the Little Maumelle/Arkansas River serving those water, shore and dock areas.
