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Tontitown Fire Department

The Tontitown Area Fire Department (TAFD) is an all-volunteer fire department serving a response area of 40 square miles that includes the cities of Tontitown and Elm Springs. The primary source of funding for TAFD is derived from annual membership dues paid by the citizens residing in the TAFD coverage area. Membership dues are supplemented with fundraisers undertaken by the fire fighters themselves.

The TAFD is structured just as a paid professional fire department. At present, there are 24 volunteer fire fighters who unselfishly devote their personal time and resources to train and drill, maintain equipment, fight fires, assist with medical emergencies, and raise money for the TAFD. Of the 24 volunteer fire fighters, 9 are certified EMTs, 1 is a certified paramedic, and 11 are designated first responders. TAFD has "mutual aid" agreements with all other area fire departments, including the Springdale Fire Department.

As a result of many years of hard work and planning, the Tontitown Area Fire Department has built a fleet of fire trucks and amassed the fire fighting equipment necessary, so that most residents in the TAFD coverage area are able to secure an Insurance Service Office of Arkansas (ISO) rating of 6 or 6n. With the addition of a new combination rescue/pumper truck in 2003, the fleet of trucks now includes two pumper engines, one water tanker, two brush-fire trucks, and two rescue units, that afford the capacity to haul a total of 5750 gallons of water to fire incidents.





While the main goal of the TAFD is to protect lives and property, the relentless effort to improve training and upgrade equipment is recognized by the ISO, and has resulted in a current ISO rating as low as 6. As ISO ratings get lower, homeowners’ insurance premiums drop, affording the citizens of the TAFD coverage area significant savings in annual insurance costs. In 1979, ISO rated the TAFD coverage area at 10. Today’s rating, as low as 6, has saved many property owners hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in insurance premiums. With recent equipment upgrades and judicial use of matching-grant funding, an ISO rating of 5 is certainly within reach. Most insurance companies require that citizens in the TAFD coverage area be members in order to obtain the lowest rates. The annual home-owner's dues of $35 is a wise investment, as well as an act of community support.

In the event of an emergency please call 911.
Use TAFD business phone number for all other calls.

Contact Information:
Tontitown Area Fire Department (TAFD)
P.O. Box 42
Tontitown, AR 72770
Business Phone: 479-361-2185
Fax: 479-361-5966
mzulpo@aol.com

Membership Information

  • Residential and Business Memberships: One time $100 initial membership fee which includes the annual dues for that year
    AND
  • Residences: $35 annual dues
  • Businesses: $50 for buildings 10,000 square feet and less. Businesses over 10,000 square feet are charged $50 plus a half-cent ($0.005) for each square foot above 10,000 square feet.

To become a member, call the TAFD business phone at (479)-361-2185.

Non-Member Call Rates:

  • TAFD will respond to all emergency calls in the designated coverage area regardless of membership status.
  • Service calls to non-member properties will be billed $400 for the first hour of service and $200 for each hour thereafter.

Be sure to support your local volunteer fire fighters!

Interested in Becoming a TAFD Volunteer Fire Fighter?

Residents of the coverage area interested in joining the TAFD should contact Chief Mike Zulpo at the fire station business phone number – (479) 361-2185, or email him at mzulpo@aol.com.

Calendar of Events
Monthly Board Meetings will be held on the 1st Tuesday of each month.