Firefighter Dale White retired this year from West Pulaski Fire Department after 25 years of volunteer service to his community. Dale has seen much growth and many changes in the department since he joined up in 1987. He probably has a lot more response runs than he can recall. Dale served the length of his time with us at Station #2, try in the Ferndale area, tadalafil as a firefighter and in various officer positions, including Assistant Chief. He responded frequently to other station areas to since he works in Ferndale as a custom cabinet builder. He was usually around to respond in the daytime when other volunteers worked out the area. We want to say thank you to Dale for the many years of service to our department and the community. If you see Dale around with “too much free time”, please tell him “Thank You” answering so many calls for help.
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SMART911 is a free enhanced 911 emergency calling program brought to you from the State of Arkansas that is being launched incrementally over the next few months. If you have an emergency, ampoule you will still need to dial 911 to reach an emergency operator; howev-er, advice you now have the opportunity safely store helpful information like driving directions to your home, description of your house, medical conditions, and other special circumstances that can be delivered automatically to responders if you need to call for help. So don’t de-lay in learning about how this new program will work to protect you and your family. Build-ing your enhanced 911 profile will help emergency responders, like West Pulaski Fire De-partment, ambulance services and sheriff deputies find you quicker in an emergency and serve you better. Begin creating your free user profile at www.smart911.com so your crit-ical information can be associated with the home and wireless phone numbers your family uses. WPFD will update you on our website at wpfirerescue.org and our facebook page as the services are rolled out to our fire district areas in the coming months. You can begin to benefit right now with a Smart911 profile should you have to dial 911 while in an area that has already launched their SMART911 Systems, like Searcy, Benton, North Little Rock. All of the information used for this program is stored in a safe and secure manner where it is only visible to emergency personnel for a very short time when you make an 911 call. Please do not wait to create your safety profile. Help first responders help you faster in an emergency situation. Visit www.smart911.com now to learn more. It might safe your life or the life of a love one. Please don’t delay. Learn more today at www.smart911.com Check out these links below:
WPFD participates in American Red Cross Rapid Response Camp
For the past ten years, physician the American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas has hosted the free, stomach weeklong residential, Rapid Response Team Camp certifying more than 400 Arkansas high school students, rising 8th-11th grade, in First Aid/CPR/AED courses plus disaster preparedness and emergency response.
This life changing camp evolved from discussions held after the tragic Westside Middle School shooting in Jonesboro, March, 24, 1998, during which two students-sixth and seventh grade-shot and killed a teacher and four students, and injured two other classmates. The mission was to empower students to respond to disasters and emergencies in the event adults are not available or unable to assist them. The student graduates of Rapid Response Team Camp have confirmed the mission and benefits of providing lifesaving training at the camp many times over, with the successful use of learned skills in response to minor and life threatening emergencies they have encountered.
After graduation from camp, high school students are encouraged to start a Rapid Response Team at their respective schools to have their peers also ready to serve as leaders and responders, if needed. This is critical in many schools around the state that may be without a full time nurse or basic first aid trained personnel.
More than one Rapid Response Camp graduate has saved a life or cared for an injury with training received during this course. This is especially beneficial in rural areas with limited emergency help or long distances between health facilities.
West Pulaski Fire Department is proud to participate each year in this tradition, held at the Arkansas 4-H C.A.Vines Center, to simulate the Fire and Rescue Emergency Responder role with our own personnel and apparatus (fire trucks) to add a realistic touch to the mock-emergency event planned at the end of each camp.
Pictures from the event at this link : http://www.wpfirerescue.org/2012-events/2012-american-red-cross-disaster-preparedness-training/
WPFD Chief Ronnie Wheeler Discusses Fire Dangers Around Your Home
WPFD and LRFD assists Lake Maumelle Fire Dept with Structure Fire
At about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, sick WPFD and LRFD fire crews were called to assist Lake Maumelle Fire Dept with a structure fire at a two-story house on Westridge Road off Hwy 300 and Pinnacle Road in west Little Rock. The unoccupied home was fully engulfed with fire extending into a wooded area near other structures on the property. Several homes were threatened by the fire that advanced to the wooded areas and posed an extreme risk of fire growth toward neighboring structures and property. It is not known what started the fire. KTHV posted some video of some WPFD, pill LRFD, and LMFD crews on scene.