Indian River County Emergency Services Department, Station 1, 1500 Old Dixie Highway, Vero Beach, Florida. Firefighting in Vero Beach was organized in 1921 and the Vero Beach Volunteer Fire Department was formed December 17, 1923. In 1980 they formed the South Indian River County Fire District and by a referendum vote in 1991 they became the Indian River County Department of Emergency Services (now IRCES). Station 1 was built in 1981 and renovated in 2015.
