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This afternoon, 18 new recruits graduated from the JFRD Training Academy and received their first assignments as Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department firefighters. Recruit class 226, which began on August 10th, celebrated its graduation at Florida State College at Jacksonville’s Kent Campus.

With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department is expecting crews to be busy. Trick-or-treaters will fill neighborhoods early, while college students and young adults head to other festivities later into the night.

A Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department firefighter and his family are safe after being on board one of the trains involved in Wednesday’s high-speed rail collision in central Spain.

An off-duty Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department firefighter spent part of his day off Saturday swimming out to rescue three young boaters clinging to their capsized boat off Big Talbot Island.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department has deployed multiple teams to support communities in the Florida Panhandle ahead of Hurricane Isaias. The deployment includes an over 40-member Type III Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team, three members of the Northeast Florida All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT), and one member assigned to the State of Florida’s USAR Incident Support Team.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) is marking Fire Prevention week, October 4th-10th, with “Before the Sirens”, a weeklong campaign focused on simple steps residents can take at home before an emergency happens.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department officially opened its new Fire Station 48 today, replacing the department’s original 1,700-square-foot facility with a 9,500-square-foot station built to serve Jacksonville’s growing maritime and industrial footprint near the Blount Island Marine Terminal.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department is proud to announce that its Coordinated Opioid Recovery (CORE) Program has been recognized as one of the top 10 performing CORE networks in the state for Fiscal Year 2025-26, earning a $64,000 award from Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) to help supplement its ongoing efforts supporting individuals suffering from opioid use disorder.

Seven Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) firefighters packed up their gear and loaded boats last night, headed for San Antonio, Texas, where floodwater is rising fast, and families are in danger.

Mayor Donna Deegan presented a proclamation to Fire Chief Percy Golden II today at Fire Station 2, the oldest continuously operating fire station in the city, commemorating 140 years of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

This afternoon, twenty-six new recruits graduated from the JFRD Training Academy and received their first assignments as Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department firefighters. Recruit Class 126, which began training on April 7, 2026, celebrated its graduation at the Church of Eleven22 on Commerce Center Drive.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department recognized firefighters, officers, units, and members of the public Friday, June 26, during its 2025 Awards Ceremony, honoring acts of bravery, lifesaving medical response, and sustained community service performed over the past year.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department announced today that the burn ban issued under Jacksonville Municipal Code Section 420.202(e) has been lifted, effective immediately. Director/Fire Chief Percy Golden II made the decision following consultation with the National Weather Service, Florida Forest Service, and the Emergency Preparedness Division.

One year ago today, Jacksonville launched a new kind of emergency response for stroke care. On June 3, 2025, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) placed MS1, its Mobile Stroke Treatment Unit, into service in partnership with UF Health, bringing advanced stroke care directly to patients when every second matters.

Today marks the first day of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, and the City of Jacksonville Emergency Preparedness Division is urging residents to take proactive steps now to protect themselves and be JaxReady.