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Cooking Oil Closes Section of SR207

Cooking Oil Closes Section of SR207

Christopher Kimball for Fire Service NewsSt. Augustine, FL – A tank of cooking oil that fell from a truck at the intersection of SR207 and Wildwood Drive in St. Augustine on Wednesday shortly before 10:00am, left the road covered in close to 100 gallons of oil according to fire department officials.
Witness say the tank fell [...]

July 29th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,Local News | Read More »

Fill The Buoy Fundraiser

Fill The Buoy Fundraiser

Christopher Kimball for Fire Service NewsSt. Augustine Beach, FL – Will you be heading to Publix on Anastasia Island this weekend? The life guards that stand guard on St. Johns County Beaches will be. They will spend Saturday and Sunday, the 31st and 1st, from 8am to 8pm at Publix on the island talking to [...]

July 29th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,Community News | Read More »

Firefighters Respond To Reported Structure Fire

Firefighters Respond To Reported Structure Fire

Christopher Kimball for Fire Service NewsSt. Augustine, Flo. – St. Johns County firefighters and an engine from St. Augustine Fire Department responded to a home at 109 Porpoise Drive around shortly after 10:00 pm on Monday July 26, 2010 for a report of smoke coming from the structure.
Firefighters from Squad 5 and Rescue 5 were [...]

July 26th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,Local News | Read More »

Fire Destroys Hastings Home

Fire Destroys Hastings Home

Christopher Kimball for Fire Service NewsHastings, FL – Fire destroyed a home on Ashland Avenue in Hastings shortly after noon on Saturday July 24, 2010. The fire ripped through the front of the home, gutting it completely and leaving nothing but charred timbers standing where the front wall used to be.
Firefighters from St. Johns County [...]

July 24th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,SJCFR News | Read More »

St. Augustine Wal Mart Evacuated

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Christopher Kimball for Fire Service NewsSt. Augustine, Fl – An employee of Wal Mart on US 1 South in St. Augustine smelled smoke in the pharmacy, bringing fire units to the store with a full structure fire assignment. The building was evacuated and everyone was moved to the end of the parking lot nearest US [...]

July 21st, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,Local News | Read More »

St. Augustine Duplex Damaged In Early Morning Fire

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Christopher Kimball for Fire Service NewsSt. Augustine, FL – An early morning fire that started in a duplex at 53 Grant Street shortly before 9:00am on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 has fire officials searching for answers. The fire appears to have started in the rear unit and spread into the attic of the building.
Firefighters from [...]

July 21st, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,Local News | Read More »

Car Collides With St. Augustine Fire Station

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Christopher Kimball for Fire Service News St. Augustine, FL – Just before 4:00 am on Sunday, July 18, 2010, firefighters at St. Augustine Fire Departments Station 2 on Anastasia Island, were awakened by the sounds of a car accident outside their station.
When firefighters went outside to investigate, they found that a car had struck the [...]

July 19th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,Local News,SAFD News | Read More »

Kitchen Fire Damages Madison Road Home

Firefighters work at a fire on Madison Road on Sunday morning.

Christopher Kimball for Fire Service NewsSt. Augustine, FL – Shortly before 10:00 am on Sunday, July 18, 2010, firefighters from St. Johns County Station 6 responded to a home in the 6400 block of Madison Road for a reported residential structure fire.
Firefighters arrived finding light smoke coming from the home and made the decision [...]

July 18th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News | Read More »

911 Tapes Released; Wildwood Accident A System Failure?

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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 [...]

July 14th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News | Read More »

St. Johns Sheriff’s Office Wins 2010 Camaro

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NEWS RELEASE:
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 [...]

July 13th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,Law Enforcement News | Read More »

Chlorine Leak Brings Response From S.H.O.T. in St. Augustine Beach

SHOT 16 and Engine 16

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 [...]

July 12th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News,Local News | Read More »

Truck Crashes In Front Of Fire Station In St. Augustine Shores

Fire fighters prepare the driver of a Chevy truck that crashed in front of thier station, for transport to Flagler.

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 [...]

July 11th, 2010 | Posted in Breaking News | Read More »

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