Lamar Arkansas Volunteer Fire Department

12/10/2020

It’s that time of the year. Santa will be making his rounds Saturday the 19th at 9 AM. Santa will be on top of the fire truck handing out candy all over Lamar. Listen for the siren and bring the kids out for candy. We do try to not stop on Hwy 64 for the Safety of the kids and Santa

10/31/2020

We are also giving away free hot dogs to trick or treaters while supplies last

10/31/2020

Bring your little ghost and goblins by the Lamar Fire Dept tonight. We will be handing out candy from 5:30 till 8

07/09/2020

Public information

We wanted to clear the air about some false information posted on FB earlier today.
There was a post that 2 Lamar Firefighters had tested positive for Covid-19. We do have 3 firefighters that have possibly been exposed. They have been taken out of service and will not respond until clear test results have returned. All the precautions have been taken to continue to serve the community in a safe manner.

Thank you
Chief Jimmy Ogden

01/31/2020

Free CPR Class Info

The Lamar Fire Dept. is hosting the free CPR class taught by Chief Jimmy Ogden, and Captain Mike Bean. The Class is offered to the public free but, we ask that you do not take this free class if it is a work requirement (fee based classes can be scheduled for that).
The class will be American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR. It is a 4 hour class and is somewhat strenuous. There is a written test at the end of the class. Per American Heart Association an email is required to receive the card and take the class. We will have 2 classes of 10 people. One from 8-12 noon and one from 1 PM-5 PM on Saturday February 22. Located at Lamar Fire Department
Sign up sheets are available at city hall as first come first serve. There will be 5 alternate spots available for cancellations. If you sign up and cannot make it, please notify us soon as possible so we can fill this spot.
One of the instructors will call the number you provide on the sign up sheet the day before to confirm you are attending. If we are unable to make contact with you we will move on to an alternate.

Questions or cancellations call Chief Jimmy Ogden 479-746-1815

12/21/2019

Remember Santa will be in town today. We will leave the Fire Station at 9 making our way all over town handing out candy. We will be out till approximately 1 pm. Bring the kids out. Merry Christmas

12/16/2019

Reminder
Santa Clause will be making his annual appearance on the fire truck around Lamar this Saturday handing candy out 12-21-19. We will begin at 9 AM and leave the fire station driving around Lamar. Just listen for the siren and Christmas Music. We do ask that you try not to stop us on highway 64 due to the danger to the children. We try to make every street in town but, sometimes we miss one. If we do just catch us on the next street. Thank you and Merry Christmas from the Lamar Fire Department

12/02/2019

12/02/2019

Have you ever wanted to give back to your community? Have you ever wanted to help people in need?
The Lamar Volunteer Fire Department is needing volunteers to help replace the aging workforce. Being a part of the fire department you will receive life saving training and become part of a family of firefighters. The fire department responds to anything from medical calls to fires. The lack of volunteers is at an all time low nationwide. This is not just a local problem. Your local fire departments survival and success means lower insurance rates for homeowners. Many people depend on us for help including your local ambulances. They depend on the local fire department to arrive ahead of them and provide basic life support. Your local fire department is also responsible for extraction of trapped people from vehicle accidents. Being a part of the fire department is not an easy task. Unknown to most of the community a lot of time is spent on training, calls, vehicle maintenance and etc. Most all fire departments perform all there own maintenance on vehicles and building to try and save money. Unfortunately all fire departments survive on extremely small budgets.

On the plus side some of the benefits to being on the Lamer Volunteer Fire Department. You will receive CPR training, Emergency Medical responder training(optional), Lots of firefighter training, State retirement after 20 years (as of now approx 200$ per month for 20 years), Accident/life insurance that covers you at the fire department and when your on personal time also. We continue to try to add benefits as we can financially. You do have to make most meeting and training and 75% of general fire calls inside our district. We do ask you live inside the Lamar Fire District or very close to it anyways.
We currently have 12 firefighters with 3 set to retire in the next couple of years. A full crew is 25 firefighters. So as you can see we are operating at 50%. All of the fire depa rtment members has full time jobs also so trying to respond to everything is a tough job on its own sometimes.

If you have any questions or interest in more information don’t hesitate to call me.

Chief
Jimmy Ogden
479-746-1815