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C-shift downtown crews rescued one of our feline customers today…Daily News ran the story here. No job too big or small for our City Firefighters! FF Dan Corrigan FF Crystal Adams

Last 2 shifts have been busy ones with working dwelling fires on both the B & the A. E-7 & T-6 both assisted OCW on the B fire which was a commercial occupancy fire and the A which was a residential dwelling & just so happened to be during last nights City budget meeting. Check [...]

The City agreed to hold off on cuts to the Battalions & Firefighters and is willing to negotiate some other solutions. Hopefully we can work together to solve this ongoing budget issue. Check the story from the Daily news on Yesterdays meeting and the previous days demonstration to raise awareness of this budget meeting. City [...]

June 1, 2010   Discussion of Budget Policy Issues   Special Meeting Agenda This meeting is a discussion on possible solutions to the current projected 1.7 M budget shortfall. Unfortunatly the FD manning is on the chopping block again. Our station 7 was not enough and now all 3 Battalion Chiefs are up for termination as well as the option [...]

May 25,2010 – According to a new study, Home Structure Fires, from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), home fires account for 92 percent of fire deaths that occur in structures. These fires cause an average of 2,840 civilian deaths each year. “This study strongly underscores the need to aggressively work to reduce the number of [...]

A busy shift yesterday for the C. Three structure fires (among the other standard med calls) within the 24 hr tour kept downtown crews busy, the last call being around 2AM for a matress on fire on Deluna Ave. Check out the Daily News article here!

Okaloosa County Sea Life Found on Beaches Urges Proper Reporting Recently, small, basically clear and somewhat “pointy” sea plankton are washing up along our Gulf front shoreline beaches.  They are naturally occurring and blew in with the Portuguese Man-O-War and By the Wind Sailors.  Plankton are fairly sharp and may prick your finger/hand when picked [...]

Landmark Residential Fire Study Shows How Crew Sizes and Arrival Times Influence Saving Lives and Property check out the link in the side bar to the right…

Also why we must ALWAYS wear proper PPE!

Famous local area landmark destroyed by fire. Panama City Beach FD had a serious job when the restaurant/giant sail ship caught fire yesterday. Read more of the story here!

A busy day for the C. First off E-7 was alerted for a working dwelling fire in OCW first due.  E-7 assisted in extinguishment, E-1 make quick work of a fire in a trailer home. Later that day T-6 was dispatched to an explosion at a  metal recycling facility a couple blocks away from the [...]

Meeting upcoming next week Tuesday May the 4th @ 6PM Important business to discuss please all members make an attempt to attend!

Last A-Shift proved to be a busy one for St-6. A total of 20 calls were answered for 6 & many others for 7 including a working structure during storms throughout the night. At one point there was only 2 local units available for emergencies when T-6 & e-7 were attached to auto accidents and [...]

For all you firefighters and buffs  check this sight out for great audio of fire scenes from all over the counry. Also a fantastic training tool for all firefighters. Firesceneaudio.com

Some more C-shift training using the Barnhills building by the mall and incorporating a boat fire.

Busy day yesterday on the C. Late in the evening the Special Ops team were tasked with playing a part to mitigate a simulated attack in a mall over in Escambia County Check out the local news here for the story. Some of the photos below: Early this morning T-6 was able to assist OCWFD [...]

B-Shift T-6 was able to lend a hand to OCW E-1 early this morning in extinguishing a trailer fire at a auto sales lot. Upon arrival, heavy smoke was showing while E-1 & T-2 made the initial push and knockdown. T-6 assisted EFD E-82 in extinguishing an extension of the fire to a storage shed [...]

Engine 7 was able to assist OCW E-1 & E-3 on a vacant trailer fire last night. Upon OCW arrival a fully involved trailer home was found. Bad location info and access problems were faced early on in the incident. E-7 was able to pull the 2.5 and wye off a high rise pack to [...]

Here are some pictures from a Advanced Vehicle Extrication class that was put on this past Saturday. The class was made possible due to LQK auto in Crestview. Crews from Fort Walton Beach, Ocean City Wright, Niceville, Eglin AFB, Freeport, Ebro, Panama City , South Walton and Orange Beach Alabama attended. The class focused on modern [...]

Downtown units T-6 & R-6 responded to a possible drowning/man in the water face down call, at the landing park on Brooks St. last night. Upon arrival of OCEMS M-9 (one of FWBFD’s very own Medic FF Caleb Eiriksson working the EMS rig as charge medic) on scene they found a man lying on the [...]