Sugarloaf to get career firefighters

Florida Keys News

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Sugarloaf to get career firefighters

Agreement marks the end of an era of all-volunteer departments in the Keys

BY ADAM LINHARDT Citizen Staff
alinhardt@keysnews.com

A tentative agreement will add two paid Monroe County firefighters to the previously all-volunteer firehouse on Sugarloaf Key, thus ensuring a response from the station on weekdays, officials announced Monday night.

The move -- which could come as soon as July 1 -- would mean the sun has set on the last all-volunteer fire protection force in the Florida Keys, but officials...

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what??????

Submitted on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 9:46am by big pine chick

So the paid guys at the cudjoe station four miles away can't respond??????? This is crazy... Next they will want new fire trucks because the fuel tanks are empty...

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Duh

Submitted on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 1:32pm by FKeys

There are no fire stations on Cudjoe, that is a Sheriff station.

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Sugarloaf

Submitted on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 8:44pm by KeysGuy

County Fire Station 11 is located at the 21mm next to the sheriffs office. Three full time fire fighters are stationed there 24/7. It is only 3.5 miles from the Sugarloaf volunteer station. Sounds like a huge waste of tax payers money. Perhaps they could spend the money on our huge sewer hook up charge instead.