West Central Fire Protection District news & events
Tanker truck push-In ceremony
August 2, 2025
The West Central Fire District honored its newest apparatus, a 2025 Freightliner tanker truck, on Saturday with a traditional wet-down and push-in ceremony.
At 10 a.m., West Central Fire Chief Gale Stelzer II, firefighters, and community members gathered at the Arcola Fire Station for a ceremony that began with the new tanker, to be known as Tanker 84, being blessed and wet down, followed by Fire Chief Stelzer, firefighters, and community members pushing the apparatus into its bay for the first time.
According to the fire district, the tradition dates back to the 1800s.
Full coverage of the event can be found on WPTA-TV's web site.
Tanker truck push-In ceremony
Join West Central Fire District at 10AM on August 2, 2025 as we place our community's newest fire truck into service with a traditional push-in ceremony. Click here to read the full press release.
Heartsaver cpr class
West Central Fire District is offering a FREE Heartsaver CPR class on Saturday, July 19, 2025 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM. Class will be held at the fire station at 11321 Aboite Center Road, Fort Wayne. Please reserve you seat in this class: bstelzer@wcfd.us
Trench rescue
West Central Fire District and the Fort Wayne Fire Department SORT team worked together to rescue a construction worker who became trapped underground when the trench he was working in collapsed. To learn more about this special operation watch the following stories:
public classes
West Central Fire District is offering the public two FREE classes
on March 22, 2025:
STOP THE BLEED teaches participants how to help a person with life-threatening bleeding. This class will take place at the Arcola fire station located at 11329 Railroad Street in Arcola. Class starts at 10:00 AM. Space is limited so be sure to reserve your spot by emailing bstelzer@wcfd.us
DIABETES EMERGENCY CARE is a class that will teach participants what to do if a diabetic person experiences a severe high or a severe low blood glucose level. This class will take place at the Aboite fire station located at 11321 Aboite Center Road, Fort Wayne. Class starts at 10:00 AM. Space is limited so please reserve your spot by emailing cperez@wcfd.us
Phase 1 Scoping report
The first phase of scoping is complete and the report can be found here:
WCFD enters scoping phase
The WCFD Board has approved entering into a scoping agreement with BW Development, the developer selected from the responses to the RFP for a new fire station. The scoping agreement can be viewed here.
