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The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Jacksonville, Florida, as well as all unincorporated areas of Duval County. According to a list of the thirty largest fire departments in the United States, based on staff size, JFRD is number eighteen.
Bendigo Fire Station (1898–99) [11] Eastern Hill Fire Station, Melbourne, now the Fire Services Museum of Victoria [12] Carlton Fire Station. Hawthorn Fire Station. Brunswick Fire Station and Flats. Former Fire Station. Richmond Fire Station (1893) Richmond Metropolitan Fire Station (1905–10) St Arnaud Fire Station.
The Jacksonville Fire Museum is part of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department's Fire Prevention Division. The museum is home to artifacts detailing the history of the fire service not only in Jacksonville, but the entire state of Florida. Exhibits include photos from and a diorama of the Great Fire of 1901, a fully restored 1902 LaFrance ...
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, began to grow in the late 18th century as Cow Ford, settled by British colonists. Its major development occurred in the late nineteenth century, when it became a winter vacation destination for tourists from the North and Midwest. Its development was halted or slowed by the Great Fire of 1901, the Florida Land ...
The Great Fire of 1901 was a conflagration that occurred in Jacksonville, Florida, on May 3, 1901. It was one of the worst disasters in Florida history and the third largest urban fire in the U.S., next to the Great Chicago Fire , and the 1906 San Francisco fire .
The Hotel Roosevelt fire on December 29, 1963, [1] was the worst fire that Jacksonville, Florida, had seen since the Great Fire of 1901, [2] and it contributed to the worst one-day death toll in the city's history: 22 people died, mostly from carbon monoxide poisoning. [3][4] At the time, the Hotel Roosevelt was one of two luxury hotels in the ...
1857. Operated by. City of Jacksonville. Visitors. 1 million. Status. Open all year. James Weldon Johnson Park is a 1.54-acre (6,200 m 2) public park in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Originally a village green, it was the first and is the oldest park in the city.
Firehouse Restaurant Group, Inc., doing business as Firehouse Subs, is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in Jacksonville, Florida that specializes in submarine sandwiches. It was founded in 1994 by former firefighter brothers Chris and Robin Sorensen. [3][4] It is a subsidiary of Restaurant Brands International, which also owns the ...