Fishers Fire District News Today

Two candidates are on the ballot for a hotly contested seat on the Fishers fire board.

"I ran out into the dining room and saw her hunched over blue."

Taxpayers upset over tax hikes formed coalition pushing for additional representation on the fire commission

State audit finds the fire district violated its own policies, misled taxpayers, and failed to effectively manage realistic budgets over 4 years.

State audit finds the fire district violated its own policies, misled taxpayers, and failed to effectively manage realistic budgets over 4 years.

MPNnow VICTOR -- While there are multiple ways of tracking progress for the Fishers Fire Department, the most notable metric in seeing how far the department has come is from the volume of calls, according to Joel Richter.  "We ran about 120 alarms, requests for service of any kind when I was chief. And now its over 1,000," Richter said. First formed on June 21, 1921, the fire department is celebrating 100 years of service this year -- and according to Richter, whos been a member for 45 yea...