Fire Service News had the opportunity to attend the Town of White Springs H.O.P.E. Summer Youth Enrichment Program today at the Stephen Foster State Park. Participating in the days events was units from the Florida Army National Guard and the White Springs Police Dept.
The HOPE program is a summer program designed for children between the [...]
St. Augustine, FL – A small fire that broke out in a guest room at the historic Casa Monica Hotel on Cordova Street in Saint Augustine sent a bridal party and guests attending a reception in the building out into the street shortly after 8:00 pm on Saturday, July 03, 2010.
The fire broke out in [...]
Orange Park, FL – Fire Service News Clay County correspondent Chris Dilley reported that units from Clay County Fire Rescue responded to a fire in the upper floor of a residence in the Tanglewood area of Orange Park shortly after 10:00pm on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010.
As fire fighters arrived, they were met with heavy [...]
Fire Service News had the opportunity to photograph a true piece of Americana recently. The1911 American LaFrance Fire Truck was originally purchased by the Daytona Beach Fire Dept, where it was kept in service for many years.
In 1956 it was purchased by Kenneth & Philip LaRue of LaRue House Movers, Inc for $650. It was [...]
Justin Estes stands in front of the blood mobile greeting fellow fire fighters.
St. Augustine, FL – Fire fighters from St. Johns County Fire Rescue turned out in force over the last two days to support fellow fire fighter/Paramedic Justin Estes and donate blood on behalf of Justin’s 3 year old niece, Elizabeth, who was recently [...]
A dirt bike lays in the road on Wildwood Drive after a Ford pickup struck it, killing the rider.
St. Augustine, FL – An 18 year old Saint Augustine girl, Shea Burchfield, was killed shortly before 3:00pm while riding her 50cc Honda dirt bike along Wildwood Drive when she was struck by a Ford pickup driven [...]
St. Augustine Fire Fighters responded to Ripley's Museum when smoke was discovered on the second floor of the building on Friday around noon.
St. Augustine, FL – Smoke filled the second floor of the popular Historic City attraction, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum, when fire fighters from St. Augustine Fire Department arrived on Friday shortly [...]
Fire fighters prepare the driver of a Chevy truck that crashed in front of their station, for transport to Flagler.
St. Augustine, Fl – Fire fighters at Station 11 got a surprise on Sunday July 11, 2010 around 12:30 pm, when a Chevy 2500HD crashed through a large palm tree and into the grass in front [...]
SHOT 16 and Engine 16
St. Augustine Beach, FL – What started as a hazardous materials response at the Captains Quarters Condos on Dondenville Road in St. Augustine Beach, turned into a minor incident with a completely different outcome than expected this afternoon.
Fire fighters from Station 6 responded to the Captains Quarters Condos at 1 Dondenville [...]
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Members of the St. Johns Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit traveled to Orlando last Friday to attend the Florida Law Enforcement Challenge Awards Ceremony, and returned home as winners of a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Police Cruiser.
The Florida Law Enforcement Challenge is a competition between similar size and types of law enforcement agencies, which [...]
Saint Augustine, Fl – Shortly before 2 am on Tuesday July 13, 2010, fire units from St. Augustine and St. Johns Fire Rescue were called to The Reef Restaurant on A1A just north of Vilano Beach by an automatic fire alarm.
Crew arrived on scene and found fire and smoke showing from the exterior of the [...]
Christopher Kimball for Fire Service News
St. Augustine, FL – The 911 tapes containing more than 11 minutes of calls leading up to the moment of the accident on Wildwood Drive that killed Shea Burchfield that Thursday afternoon were released by the St. Johns county Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday afternoon.
With multiple callers reporting the maroon and [...]
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