FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Chief:
Mike McLeod
Emergency # 911
Non-emergency # 620-347-4600
This building houses the Arma City Fire Department and the Crawford County #2 Fire Department.  At this time there are about 20 volunteers in the department and we are always looking for additional volunteers. We respond to an area approximately 10 miles by 20 miles. This area includes from the Bourbon county line south to 580th Avenue, then from 180th Street East to 270th Street.

We have one city truck called a Class A pumper. The county has 2 pumpers, 2 tankers, 2 grass trucks, 1 service van, and a PU which has a trailer with a gator on it. We run approximately 30 city and 120 county runs per year. This varies each year. Our training consists of monthly trainings, online training, and training with other departments in the county. We have mutual aid agreements with all county departments.
Seven firemen from Wichita who call themselves The FOOLS of Oz led the training of 20 firefighters from around the region on Saturday, November 9th. The training was hosted by the Arma Fire Department and attended by firefighters from Arma, Baker Township, Columbus, Girard and Pittsburg.  Training began Friday evening with two hours of lecture and videos and some prop training.  Firefighters spent Saturday morning training with a series of simulation props.  Following those exercises they went to an old house and practiced in a more realistic setting. Training included getting out of small windows, having to be rescued out of a basement and how to carry an injured fellow firefighter up a flight of stairs as well as experiencing being entangled in wiring. Darren Mullen, a firefighter from Wichita, stated “The tendency is that if you find yourself in a bad situation you panic”.  Firefighters face the dangers of not only heat and smoke but also the challenge of being in a new place where it is dark and can be confusing.