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St. Johns County Fire Rescue’s Summer Season Response Statistics
Sep 11th
Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, when St. Johns County provides seasonal lifeguard towers in addition to career response from St. Johns County Fire Rescue (SJCFR), the SJCFR/lifeguard team responded to approximately 7,200 calls for emergency service on County beaches.
Most notably, there were zero drowning accidents. Averaging a response rate of 71 events daily, responses included 180 calls to help swimmers in distress, 156 calls for medical attention, 49 calls for missing persons, 44 calls for traumatic injury, 47 calls for vessel assistance, and 4 calls for assistance to extinguish fire in a vessel. The majority of calls were for marine rescue staff to assist citizens (6,719).
Roughly 18 lifeguard towers cover 42 miles of St. Johns County coastline during the spring/summer beachgoer season. Approximately 50 seasonal personnel, enhanced by career firefighters, are responsible for keeping the beaches safe.
Although lifeguard towers will no longer be staffed as of September 3, mobile truck patrols through the various beach zones will continue until mid-September 2013. Beach patrons are reminded to utilize the 911 system for any emergency occurring on St. Johns County beaches. These emergencies will continue to receive a SJCFR response throughout the year.
Source: St. Johns County
Fire Rescue news
Oct 26th
For Immediate Release
Date: 10/25/2012
Time: 9 a.m.
Incident Type: Structure Fire
Date: 10/25/2012
Time: 9 a.m.
Incident Type: Structure Fire
St. Johns County Fire Rescue (SJCFR) responded to a structure fire early Thursday morning
involving multiple units at the Ocean Villas condominium complex at 850 A1A Beach Blvd. in St. Augustine Beach. Initial arriving crews initiated an aggressive fire attack after finding smoke and flames showing from a single unit. The main body of the fire was knocked down within 20 minutes. Firefighters then extinguished smaller pockets of fire that spread to several adjoining units. A total of 16 SJCFR fire suppression, rescue and command units battled the fire, along with a Ladder truck from the St. Augustine Fire Department.
One adult occupant of the condominium complex was treated by paramedics on scene and transported to Flagler Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No further details regarding the patient’s injuries or condition were available at the time of this release.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, and is the subject of an investigation by SJCFR and the State Fire Marshals Office.
Source: St. Johns County Fire Rescue Department
