The Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Protection District was formed in 1950 and is located in southwestern Jefferson County, Kentucky. Our district covers 61 square miles, serving the Pleasure Ridge Park, Lake Dreamland, & Valley Station communities including the Rubbertown area with 111 full-time employees and 68 part-time employees staffing 5 full-time fire stations and 2 part-time fire station with EMS capabilities.
In 2023:
8,602 Fire Apparatus Responses (48% Fire & 52% EMS)
19,529 Ambulance Responses (15,235 transports)

We are committed to protecting lives, property, and the environment. We are responsive to the needs of those who live within and visit our community, by providing rapid, professional, emergency services essential to their health, safety, and well-being.

​Our mission is accomplished through prevention, education, emergency medical response and transport, fire suppression, hazard mitigation, specialized rescue services, and other related activities.
​
Members of the Fire District actively participate in the community, serve as role models, and strive to effectively and efficiently employ all of the necessary resources to provide a service deemed excellent by the citizens we serve.

Smoke alarm
​Request

Request

Open Records
​Request

Request

Employee
​Resources

Login

Stations / Fire District

We currently serve a population of 99,259 along with 39,140 households & 1,988 businesses that employ approximately 26,471 employees. Covering 61.24 square miles stretching along Dixie Hwy from West Point to Downtown Louisville. Serving the Pleasure Ridge Park, Valley Station, Lake Dreamland & Rubbertown communities located in southwestern Jefferson County, Kentucky.  We are one of Seven Fire Protection Districts that make up the Jefferson County Fire Service.

Stations

Divisions

The Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Protection District serves the community with 115 Full-time/Part-time Career suppression members, 4 full-time non-suppression members, 3 part-time members, and a Volunteer Auxiliary consisting of 16 members.  We operate out of 8 Fire Stations strategically placed throughout our District to assure the rapid response to our constituents needs, and have a Training Center Facility, Vehicle Maintenance Repair Facility and District Headquarters.

Training
​Bureau

Fire
​Prevention

Maintenance
​Division

Special
​Operations

Auxiliary
Staff

WHAS Crusade FOR CHILDREN

The 70th Annual WHAS Crusade for Children came to a close at 7pm on Sunday, June 6, 2023 with an amazing total of $6,232,176.70!

From buying accessible equipment to running camps, the WHAS Crusade for Children helps millions of kids across Kentucky and Indiana. Every penny of donations to the Crusade go toward helping children with special needs and the agencies, hospitals and schools that serve those children.

Fire departments across Kentucky and Indiana collect money for the Crusade and make up about 60% of the donations each year. Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Protection District led the way for the Kentucky fire departments with $323,557.44 in 2025.

Past totals collected by Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District:
2025 - $323,557.44
​2024 - $241,717.65
2023 - $202,000.00
2022 - $156,175.94
2021 - $151,520.41

Donate

Safe Haven Baby Boxes​

Pleasure Ridge Park Fire District has partnered with Safe Haven Baby Boxes and now have 3 locations in the PRP area. Located at our Station 88 at 8508 Terry Road & Station 90 at 4603 Cane Run Road & Station 86 at 9500 Stonestreet Road

In Memoriam

Deputy Chief Brian Morgan

1974 - 2020