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A rash of  fires over the last few days here in Fort Walton area. A fire in an apartment complex on the B, trailer fire on the C and today a commercial on the A. All FWBFD assists with B being the 1st due on their fire. links to some photos from the Daily news  TRAILER FIRE HERE and COMMERCIAL FIRE HERE

"Smoke showing" trailer fire on the C

Yesterday marked the begining of the new 48-96 shift schedule (48 hrs on duty with 96 hrs off duty) and on day 2 C-shift E7 was dispatched to a building fire in a small duplex on Hurlburt Rd. @ 4:30 this morning T-1 BC-1 reported smoke and flames showing. OCW T-1 made quick work of the room and contents fire. E-7 made an assist along with OCW E-3 & MEFD E-11.

R6 makes their way around the house during a 360. DE Westmorland & FF Britt

E-6 crews made quick work of a dwelling fire today a couple of blocks from 6. Thanks to OCW, MEFD, & OIFD for the help!

Daily News story here

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We are sad to announce a great loss to our FD  and FF Association. Don was instrumental in organizing not only FWBFD but most of ALL surrounding FD’s in the panhandle. THANK YOU CHIEF for standing up and making a way…You will be missed!

Don in the beginning of 2601

Mr. Donald Leroy Norviel, II age 67 of DeFuniak Springs passed away Thursday, February 2, 2012 at the family residence. . He was born July 2, 1944 in Highland Park, Michigan the son of Donald Leroy Norviel, Sr. and Anita Evelyn Townsend Norviel. After a tour of duty with the United States Navy, Don became a firefighter, working thirty years with the Fort Walton Beach Fire Department where he served as President of the Fire Fighter’s Union, an organization he helped form in Fort Walton Beach and in other fire departments throughout Northwest Florida. He was an avid Pro-Life Activist, a cause he felt very deeply about. In 2005 after retirement he and his wife moved to the DeFuniak Springs area because of his love of the outdoors. He loved hunting and fishing with his sons-in-law and had a great love for animals, raising horses and donkeys, goats and any other critters that just happened up. Don was a member of Saint Margaret Catholic Church. He is predeceased by his son Clinton Eugene Cox.

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We are regretfully announcing the sudden retirement of current Fire Chief as seen in the Daily News article here. Our highly revered and respected Fire Chief Mike Dutton “retired” after 10 years of faithful service to the Fort Walton Beach FD. Chief Dutton helped to continue in keeping the Fort Walton Beach FD a Dept. of “1st’s” (in many things) as it always has been, mostly by  implementing the 1st Advanced Life Support FD in the county along with the 2 man special Rescue truck in the downtown district. Chief you will be missed.

   In other news The FWB Firefighters regret to announce that, along with Chief Dutton, went the county special operations unit and it’s assetts. FWBFD is no longer in the position to staff and or operate the unit as effectively as under Chief Dutton’s previous leadership. Chief Dutton was instrumental on bringing that unit to the city and participated heavily on it’s operation even on the state level. Again his lack of participation with that vital assett prompted the removal of the unit from our headquarters. It is now stationed @ OCWFCD St-2. FWBFD members are committed to continue to participate in the truck operations county wide and beyond.

A-Shift T-6 & R-6 responded to an occupied dwelling in the early morning of Feb 26th. Unfortunately heavy fire was through the roof upon arrival of FWBFD companies. A story of the fire from the Daily News here Photo care of Daily News. More to come…

Conditions shortly after arrival

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A Shift gets working structure fire first due. E-7 arrived to find heavy involvement of a small house off of Green Acres Rd. Check out the links of the Daily News story here

This is a graphic intense video(use discretion around young viewers) of the resulting horrors of drunk driving. For everyone’s sake this Christmas if you drink please call a cab. We see this all too often…

E-1, E-7, E-3 and others managed a working structure at appx. 300am last shift in OCW E-1′s first due area. E-1 arrived with moderate smoke showing in a 2k sq. ft dwelling. Upon interior investigation a fire was discovered luckily nobody was home at the time and the house was saved. E-7 was able to assist with search and truck work. Good stop by E-1!

A busy couple of shifts for the “A” lately. Last shift on the 1st T-6 & R-6 were dispatched to a cardiac arrest. The pt. was found in full cardiac arrest, unresponsive, by arriving crews and due to paramedic medicine coupled with quick actions by both crews a pulse was recovered and the man was able to make it to the cath lab at FWBMC.

Later that evening at dinner time T-6 was alerted to a structure fire on the far west end of our district(OCW E-3 & MEFD E-11 1st due) and arrived on scene to do some truck work, venting windows, forcing doors, securing utilities, and conducting a search. Luckily everyone got out of the house safely and E-3 made quick knock down of the bedroom fire. Check out the photos on NWF Daily News here

First thing this morning at shift change once again T-6 was alerted for a structure fire in OCW’ss 1st due area behind the autozone on Racetrack road for a working townhouse fire. T-6 arrived and was assigned rapid intervention, ventilation, and search for hidden fire on the 3rd floor. OCW E-1 made a great stop on the fire with help from Eglin FD. Check the story and photos from the NWF Daily News here

The boys from the “A” are challenging the other shifts, surrounding firefighters, and all our friends to a friendly “stache bash”.

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Stachetoberfest