Services

The District provides for fire suppression and prevention by acquiring and maintaining firefighting and fire protection equipment to prevent or fight fires. The District is also charged with the establishment and maintenance of emergency medical and rescue response services.

The District is charged to employ, train, and equip the personnel to accomplish the duties of the District. Included in this tasking is the responsibility to train, coordinate, and equip volunteer firefighters. The Commission is authorized and has appointed a Fire Chief of the District and has delegated to him the authority of supervision and management of the operations of the District and its employees, along with the maintenance and operations of its facilities and equipment.

For General Information please leave a message at 850-581-2900

For the Fire Chief, please contact Mark Lee at 850-699-8112

For Information about Joining our Volunteer Team, please contact Deputy Chief Brad Williams 850-699-8971

The District is also charged to conduct fire prevention plan reviews for proposed construction projects, building remodels, and development projects in the District. Field inspections are conducted to ensure that buildings meet the latest local and state building and fire codes, including the review of fire and life safety systems and their intended use and installation ensuring the safety of all those in the District. The Commission is authorized and has appointed a Fire Marshall and has designated him to perform the duties of this service.

For Payment of Impact Fee, please contact Commisssioner Charlene Franks at 850-581-0980

For Scheduling Inpsections and Plan Reviews, please contact Fire Marshall Frank Matheny at 850-803-2595

An important aspect of fire prevention certainly involves education. The District provides periodic programs intended to promote and teach fire safety to all ages. The school children in the district receive fire prevention education from pre-k through fifth grade. Community outreach events are held periodically to provide fire education to the citizens and build neighbor relationships that allow faster response and alerting whenever emergency conditions occur.

Website Accessibility Policy

Florosa Fire and Rescue, Station 5 is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Florosa Fire and Rescue, Station 5 has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (850) 581-2900

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Florosa Fire and Rescue, Station 5 has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Florosa Fire and Rescue, Station 5 regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (850) 581-2900.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue