Ladder Co. 38/Tactical Rescue 38

02/27/2024

Congratulations Lt. Tim Steele on your retirement. Thank you for all your years of dedicated service to the citizens of Lawrence.

02/25/2024

Congratulations to the IHSAA State Champion Lawrence Central Girls Basketball Team!

02/23/2024

Best of luck to the Lawrence Central High School Girls Basketball Team as they compete in the IHSAA State Finals this Saturday night!!

02/16/2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden and unexpected loss of Lt. Andy Ambers on February 13th, 2024. Lt. Ambers was currently assigned to Engine 36 on C-shift. Before being promoted to Lieutenant, he served 15+ years on Ladder 38.

Lt. Ambers served the City of Lawrence and its citizens for 26 years. During those years, he received many awards for his work as a firefighter. He also served as the Lawrence District President for the Local 416 for 8 years.

Lt. Ambers will be missed in the companies, around the firehouse and by those that knew and loved him. His jokes and laughs and stories, we will all hold dear.

Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts during this most difficult time.

02/07/2024

2/7/2024 @ 3:00pm - Tactical 38, along with other units from Lawrence and IFD, were dispatched to NB I-465 at the 40.6 mile marker for and accident with entrapment.

Companies arrived on scene and found 2 semi tractor trailers involved. One semi truck with heavy cab damage and the second with significant damage to the trailer. There was no entrapment, one patient was transported to a Level 1 Trauma Center with serious but non life threatening injuries.

Crews secured the vehicle and turned the scene over to ISP at approximately 3:35pm. ISP will be investigating the crash.

Expect long delays in the area for several hours while clean-up is underway and seek an alternate route.

01/04/2024

Congratulations Chief Bob Wallace on your promotion to the position of Fire Chief of the City of Lawrence Fire Department.

12/27/2023

We welcome you to attend the blessing of the City of Lawrence Baby Box on Thursday, December 28, 2023, at 11am. The event will occur at the Lawrence Fire Station 38, located at 4450 McCoy Street Lawrence, IN 46226.

The first Baby Box surrender occurred in 2017, and since then, 37 infants have been placed in a Baby Box. Nationwide, over 130 surrenders have resulted from calling the National Safe Haven Baby Box hotline. Safe Haven Baby Boxes are currently available in Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, West Virginia, and Mississippi.

This City of Lawrence Fire Department Baby Box marks the 191st location in the nation and the 112th Baby Box in the state of Indiana.

12/23/2023

Ladder Co. 38, Engine Co. 37 and Engine Co. 39 putting in work on this holiday weekend.

12/20/2023

Congratulations on your retirement Chief Batalis! Thank you for all the work and dedication to the city and fire department over your career.

09/27/2023

09/12/2023

Today Impact Rescue turned every Fire Department in Marion County, Indianapolis, 100% Holmatro! The City of Lawrence Fire Department took delivery of a complete set of Holmatro Pentheon tools. They replaced aging tools with the State of the Art Holmatro tools. In Marion County the Departments are City of Lawrence, City of Indianapolis, Pike Township, Wayne Township, Decatur Township, Town of Speedway and the Town of Beech Grove. We also have tools at Indianapolis International Airport, Lilly Pharmaceutical Fire Department, The Indiana State Fire Academy, Indiana Task Force 1 and Advanced Rescue Solutions.

09/12/2023

We have some very exciting news to finally officially release!

You are cordially invited to attend the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of our new station. Feel free to join us on Tuesday, September 26th at 9:30am for the ceremonies of the new Station 38, followed by an open house.

This has been a long time coming and we are all excited to be moving back to our location on McCoy St.

An enormous thank you to all parties involved in making this happen, including our Mayor, Council and Fire Administration. As well as the firefighters of Ladder Co. 38 for all the input and work over the last few years.