Westville Vol. Fire Department

05/22/2026

Our thoughts and prayers are with Deputy Samuelson, his family, and the Laporte County Sheriff's Department.

05/14/2026

Last night at approximately 10:20 pm Westville fire units were dispatched to the 100 block of Tulip drive in Westville for a reported structure fire. Units arrived on scene to find the rear of a residence engulfed in flames, units rapidly extinguished the fire saving the home from further fire devastation. We would like to thank the following surrounding departments for their assistance. Your help is always greatly appreciated…

Coolspring Township
Noble Township
Scipio Township
Laporte county EMS
Laporte county Sheriffs Department
Westville Police Department

03/10/2026

With the chance of storms and nasty weather tomorrow if you hear the sirens it’s a true emergency

12/25/2025

WVFD would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas. Take time to enjoy family and friends today and of course play with all the toys that Santa brought

12/19/2025

Congratulations Terri on a well deserved retirement!

12/06/2025

If you get a chance, drive past Prairie Meadow Park during the holiday season, our members were out putting the lights up today. They will be on every night after dark

11/28/2025

11/11/2025

WVFD would like to thank all of the Veterans in our community that fought to give us the amazing lives that we have

11/03/2025

*FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE*
Non-Inhabited Structure Fire Response

At approximately 2:15 PM today, the Westville Fire Department and Liberty Township Fire Department were dispatched to a report of a working detached garage fire on 625 East in Porter County.

Upon arrival, first-in crews found an approximate 32x20 detached garage fully involved in fire. Firefighters deployed multiple handlines and brought the fire under control after approximately 18 minutes of suppression efforts.

Mutual aid was provided by:

Liberty Township Fire Department with an Engine, Tanker, Squad, and Incident Command.
Washington Township Fire Department with an Engine, Tanker, and Forward Operations.
Pines Fire Department with an Engine and two Tankers.
Chesterton Fire Department with a Tanker.

The Porter County Fire Investigation Team responded to the scene and completed the initial investigation.

The Westville Fire Department extends its appreciation to all assisting agencies, as well as Porter County Central Dispatch, the Porter County Sheriff’s Department, and Porter EMS.

No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The Westville Fire Department would also like to thank the community for its ongoing support and cooperation.

10/07/2025

**FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE**

Today shortly after 2pm, we responded to reports of a fully engulfed vehicle fire on 421 in the North bound lanes and New Durham Mall Ave.

Chief 2001, Engine 2042 with a crew of two, Tanker 2052 with a crew of two responded and extinguished the fire shortly after arrival.

421 North bound lanes were shut down for approximately 45 minutes. We would like to thank La Porte County Emergency Medical Service Westville Indiana Police Department La Porte County Sheriff's Office and John's Garage for assisting on scene for traffic control and clean up.

Your Westville Volunteer Fire Department is currently accepting applications, any interested parties can stop at the station on Monday nights after 5pm to pick up an application.

09/03/2025

Allen John closure