The Lake Carmel Fire Department was founded in 1945 to provide fire protection to Lake Carmel and Kent. For over 50 years dedicated LCFD volunteers have provided residents of Kent / Lake Carmel with the best possible emergency medical care and fire protection in a professional and expedient manner.

Our department answered a total of 760 calls (514 ambulance, 246 fire) in 2004 with well trained and dedicated volunteers. We hope to continue to enhance the emergency services we provide to the community and continue our lifesaving services into the next millennium; But we need your help.

We desperately need more volunteers. Our bylaws have changed, which now allow Emergency Medical Technicians to join without doing fire fighting basic training. We hope this will help address the growing need for ambulance service in our community. With the growing population in Kent/Lake Carmel , our Station 2, which is located on Farmers Mills Rd, is in need of more volunteers.