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Whitestown Fire Department reports training surge, new hire and higher EMS revenue in March
Summary
Department reported 1,450 training hours in March, completion of hazmat compliance, a new hire (Kyle Affolder) who entered the academy March 31, 211 EMS trainings, $44,414.51 in March EMS revenue and year-to-date billing of $120,734 (a 17.5% increase over 2024 at this point).
The Whitestown Fire Department told the Fire Board on April 2 that it completed 1,450 hours of training in March, marked the retirement of Division Chief Steve Milstead and started a new hire, Kyle Affolder, in the academy.
Chief (unnamed) reported the department held public-education outreach at the Traders Point spring event and celebrated the retirement of Division Chief Steve Milstead. The department’s new hire, Kyle Affolder, began academy training March 31 and was able to attend hazmat and fire school sessions; staff said Affolder will attend a follow-up academy in Westfield so he can complete EMT training sooner.
Inspections and prevention work for March included 82 annual inspections, 15 reinspections, eight new-building inspections, six certificates of occupancy reviews and 12 plan reviews; the department also performed three alarm and sprinkler tests.
Training highlights included two live-fire evolutions focused on first-arrival assignments and completion of the annual six hours of hazmat compliance for crews. The department’s shift-level training emphasized multi-system trauma scenarios. The chief also said four paramedics completed a drug-assisted advanced airway management protocol.
EMS metrics for March: the department reported 211 EMS training contacts, 70 patient contacts, 68 transports, 663 transport miles and $44,414.51 in monthly EMS revenue. Year-to-date EMS billing stood at $120,734, a 17.5% increase compared with the same point in 2024; the chief noted the department was about 14 runs behind last year (a 2.8% decrease year over year) as of the report.
The department added monitoring of a voice-translation service to its run reports; staff said the service was used for a few runs totaling about 12 minutes of video and nine minutes of audio.
No working fires were recorded for March, the chief said.
Ending
Board members had no follow-up requests on the report during the meeting; no formal board action on the department’s operational report was recorded in the transcript.
