We want to congratulate Chief Smith on his recent appointment by Governor Eric Holcomb as one of the newest members of the States Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education. Chief Smith will serve on the Board until October 2024. Chief Smith has been an advocate and promoted…

Vincennes Township Fire Department would like to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. Did you know that Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires? In 2018, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 1,630 home cooking fires on Thanksgiving day. Unattended cooking is the leading contributing cause…

Executive Leadership Course Chief Smith, Deputy Chief King, and several of the department’s line officers have been attending a new program launched by the State through the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. Several of our officers have been part of the beta testing of this program.

Once again it was a busy October for fire prevention activities at Vincennes Township Fire.

Preparing Makes Sense. The likelihood that you and your family will survive ing a house fire depends as much on having a worksmoke detector and an exit strategy, as on a well – trained fire department. The same is true for surviving a terrorist attack or other emergency. We must…

Vincennes Townships drone program continues to grow. The drone has seen an increase in requests by several agencies since the department brought it online in mid-2018 after completing training with all on-duty members. Operators have been requested for drone deployment to locate individuals most recently it was requested in a…

Vincennes Township added a new piece of equipment to assist its Dive Rescue Team. In early fall members received training in operations of the departments new underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The ROV will allow the departments Dive Rescue Team to improve searches with the new SeaLion-2. The SeaLion-2 is…

October  7-13, 2018 has been set aside for National Fire Prevention Week. But here at Vincennes Township it has become Fire Prevention Month.  

Deputy Chief Eddie King hosted local Boy Scout Troops at Station 7 today. Chief King a long time supporter of the Scouts provided information and training today that will allow the Scouts to achieve their Fire Safety Merit Badge. Topics covered included Home Fire Safety, extinguisher use and safety, types…

Vincennes Townships Drone program was recently requested by two agencies, first was to look for an individual and while the drone was being launched and the drone operator began the search pattern the subject was located by support staff on the ground. Second was for a missing individual in one…