Lafayette Township Fire Protection District

Two vehicles caught fire in separate inecidents On Monday August 8th.  The first incident happened around 10:20 A.M. on I 64 West near the one hundred and nineteen mile marker. A vehicle crashed into the back of another vehicle and then caught fire. A secondary accident occurred … [Read more...]

Thursday morning at 9:12 A.M. Lafayette Township Fire Protection District and New Chapel Fire Company were dispatched to I-64 Westbound, around the 122 mile marker, on a RV fire. First units on scene arrived seven minutes later to a bus type RV heavily involved with fire. … [Read more...]

Floyd County government officials announce the launch of the Alert Floyd County Mass Notification System. A emergency alert system that can send text, email or voice call alerts. When residents sign up for the free service they can get immediate weather alerts, unexpected road … [Read more...]

Wednesday afternoon around 3:30 PM, five juveniles were reported missing while wading in a rain swollen Indian River Creek near Greenville, In. Some reports indicated the juveniles entered the creek around noon near 8536 Old Vincennes Road. The only indication they may have been … [Read more...]

Here are the routes and days we will be bringing the fire trucks for the WHAS Crusade For Children. Remember: If we miss you, you can always drop off your donation at the fire house on Scottsville Rd or one of our road blocks at Scottsville Rd and Paoli Pike or Highlander Point. … [Read more...]

Starting today, Wednesday June 1st, we begin our collection for donations for the Sixty-third WHAS Crusade for Children. Every year the citizens of Floyds Knobs make the Lafayette Twp Fire Department the NUMBER ONE donation collectors in Southern Indiana. Beating out bigger … [Read more...]

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FLOYDS KNOBS, IN-   On May 10, 2019 at 7:15 PM Lafayette Township Fire Protection District, along with New Chapel Fire Department, were dispatched to 1919 Plum Hill Way on smoke coming from a ice machine. First arriving units found large amounts smoke coming from an area on the … [Read more...]

At 5:49 Friday morning a box alarm was dispatched for a structure fire at 100 Lafollette Station South. Which is the Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Restaurant. A box alarm is a automatic dispatch of all three upper county fire department to a reported structure fire. With special … [Read more...]

Minutes before 2PM Tuesday, Lafayette Township Fire Protection District was dispatched, along with Georgetown Twp FPD and Greenville Vol. FD, to reports of a structure fire on Maple Grove. The fire was reported by the security company that monitors the home and by a neighbor that … [Read more...]

11:32PM Monday Night, the Lafayette Twp. And Georgetown Twp. Fire Protection Districts were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision with a vehicle on fire. The crash was located I-64 West bound at the 120 Mile Marker. As the first fire units arrived on scene, a passenger vehicle … [Read more...]

Wednesday, we were notified that our website had a page that was in very bad taste. This page was called "Ambulance Drivers". It used vulgarity and made negative statements about the public. We have proudly served our citizens in our communities for over fifty years. This post is … [Read more...]

Late Monday morning, Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department in Washington Co. called for mutual aid on a structure fire they had been fighting since midnight. It was located at 5143 East Mann Road. Georgetown Twp, Greenville Twp, and Lafayette Twp fire departments were called … [Read more...]

Thursday afternoon LTFD A shift, Captain John Miller, Firefighter Ryan Houchen and Firefighter David Ranz, assisted an elderly couple that didn't have properly operating smoke detectors. The crew discovered this when they made a EMS run to the home a few days earlier. They … [Read more...]

Tuesday Afternoon, around 2:45PM, Lafayette Twp Fire Protection District was dispatched by request of the NCFC on a field fire in the 6400 Blk of Grantline Road. Brush 15, the UTV, Chief 1101 and Dep. Chief 1103 responded. Units arrived on the scene to find the area involved with … [Read more...]