Update:  Burn Bans for Pulaski, Saline and Perry counites have all been removed. Please remember to only burn legal/natural vegetation like tree and leaf debris. Anything else, like building materials, plastics, rubber, and such is always prohibited.

Stay Safe!

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Pulaski County remains under a Burn Ban at this time. Saline and Perry counties have removed their burn bans effective today. If you do burn anything please do so carefully and stick to only natural vegetation like leaf and tree debris.

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Public Meeting Notice

You are invited to join us for 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 27, 2016 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.
• No commissioner positions on our board of commissioners are up for election this year.
• Meet the men and women that serve your community for fire, medical and rescue responses

We hope to see you there!

About this time each year WPFD crews head out into our fire district to ensure our equipment meets standard operating requirements. We test all of our hoses at high pressure and ensure hydrants operate properly.

Hydrants need to be accessible with no obstructions and overgrowth removed. Caps must be removable from fittings and valves need to be operable, and with reasonable force.

Hoses get a treatment of high pressure for a timed duration.  We pump 200 psi of water to each line and ensure it can hold that pressure for 10 minutes or more.  These hoses come from the factory able to hold 800 psi but regular wear and tear can take a toll.

We make sure everything works as expected and remove/replace anything that doesn’t make the cut.

Congratulations are in order!

The following WPFD members recently completed training for Emergency Medical Responder!

Congrats to:
Henry Kessler (Station #1)
Mike Wilson (Station #2)
Virginia Austin (Station #4)
Brian Woepple (Station #2)
Mary Quaid (Station #4)
Steve Quaid (Station #4)
Blake Gilliam (Station #1) – not pictured
Cliff Spann (Station #3)
Joel DeWitt (Station #3) – not pictured
Ron Bruchwalski (Station #5)

What an idea! I understand many vehicles on the road already have this not-so-new safety feature called a turn signal. What will they think up next, self -driving cars?

Watch the funny video if you have a few seconds.

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Seriously, last night at a minor wreck at an intersection we had one of four lanes of travel partially blocked. Directing safe travel around the wreck was hard because drivers could not communicating to our traffic personnel what direction they wanted to go.