A Volunteer Fire Department consisting of 4 Stations. They are Three Pine, Planer Mill, Pleasant Hill, and Pine Ridge. We cover approximately 70 square miles and protect a population of 6500. Within the coverage area are over 3000 individual properties. We currently have a staff of 43 volunteer firefighters and Fire District Board of Commissioners made up of 5 community volunteers.
Our coverage area is a large rectangle that surrounds the City of DeRidder on the east, south, and west sides. The Parish line is our northern boundary. The current Chiefs of the Stations are:
Three Pine.... Tony Dobson (acting)
PlanerMill..... Mel Stengel
Pleasant Hill..... Donald Marshall
Pine Ridge..... Mike Perkins
Our Fire Commissioners are Bucky Nugent , Jason Miller , Richard Suire , Tommy Brown , and Travis Jackson.