Sunday, February 21st at 1:11 PM, Lafayette, and Greenville Township Fire Protection Districts were dispatched to a structure fire located at 3001 Oak Valley Court North located in the Georgetown Township Fire Protection District. Lafayette and Greenville Districts immediately … [Read more...]

A lot has been accomplished in the first fifteen days that Lafayette Township Fire Protection District began managing the Grenville Township Fire Protection District fire and emergency services. Crews have prepared GVTFPD station two for twenty-four-hour staffing, repairing … [Read more...]

On Friday, January 1st, 2021, Lafayette Township Fire Protection District will begin staffing and managing fire and emergency operations for fire protection in Greenville Township. The Greenville Township Fire Department name will be retained on current buildings and apparatus. … [Read more...]

On Monday, December 7th, around 7:15 PM, a box alarm was dispatched for a structure fire on West Willis Rd. in Georgetown. Calls to the Floyd county 911 dispatch center reported that fire and smoke were coming out the front windows. Georgetown Township Fire Protection District, … [Read more...]

Strong winds and low humidity pose an increased danger for wildland and wood fires all day Thursday. The National Weather Service office in Louisville, Ky, issued A Fire Weather WATCH. The NWS stated, "Strong and gusty southwest winds, critically low relative humidity, and drying … [Read more...]

With more family and work activities at home, fire safety is critical. Working smoke detectors is crucial to alerting occupants of a fire in the home, where minutes count getting out alive. Check your smoke detectors for operation and if they have expired, right now. Most of … [Read more...]

Friday September 11, 2020 Lafayette Twp Fire Protection District was dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Hwy US 150 and Luther Rd around 7:40 AM Friday. Emergency crews arrived on scene a short time later. A truck, hauling a roll-off dumpster, collided with a passenger … [Read more...]

Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 Wednesday morning, the Floyd County EMA received a request to assist Floyd County Police to search for a suspect in a property theft in the area of 6600 St. Mary's Rd.  EMA Director Kent Borrow contacted the Lafayette Twp. Fire Protection District to … [Read more...]

August 4th, 2020 Tuesday morning LTFPD was dispatched to a home in the 7000 block of Scottsville Rd for a person injured on a construction site Tuesday morning. A retaining wall that was being constructed had collapsed injuring two workers. Neither worker was trapped under the … [Read more...]

6-19-2020 Floyds Knobs, In On Friday at 12:22 PM, LTFPD received a dispatch for a vehicle crash in the 6100 block of Scottsville Road. Rescue 1 and Dep. Chief Herthel responded to the scene and found a passenger car had collided with the guardrail. Part of the rail ended on … [Read more...]

6-18-2020 Georgetown, In Thursday at 6:40 PM,  Lafayette Twp. Fire Protection District was dispatched on a box alarm at 9115 Nina Dr in Georgetown, In to assist Georgetown Twp. Fire Protection District on a structure fire. Dep. Chief Herthel, Assistant Chief Miller, Quad 11 … [Read more...]

On Friday, May 22, at 5:22 P.M., LTFPD was dispatched to a man trapped under a lawnmower in the 4400 block of Buck Creek Rd.  LTFPD Rescue 1 responded to the scene. A witness called 911 and tried to lift the mower off the victim; it proved it was too heavy. Rescue 1 arrived on … [Read more...]

The regular business meeting and executive session meeting of the Lafayette Township Fire Protection District that was scheduled in accordance with Indiana code 38-8-11-13 and 5-14-1.5 for Thursday, April 30, 2020, at 7 PM local time will be postponed to a later date to be … [Read more...]