DeSoto County Fire and Rescue, Station 3

 

DeSoto County Fire Rescue, Station 3, 8120 SW Highway 72, Arcadia, Florida. DeSoto County Fire Rescue was formed through the merger of DeSoto County Fire, Arcadia City Fire and the ambulance service run by the Sheriff's Office, in the early 1980's. DCFR, a mostly career department, operates out of three stations, Station 3 houses two engines, a ladder truck, tender, brush. utility and rescue. Station 3 was opened in early 2011.

Up the Stairs, Into the Fire

Up the Stairs, Into the Fire

Ground Zero, New York City

June 2006

Chincoteague Ponies

Chincoteague Ponies

Assateague Island, Virginia

September 2026

J & B Cold Cuts

J & B Cold Cuts (closed)

3571 Main Street

Chincoteague Island, Virginia

September 2026

Beach Birds

Beach Birds

1. Ruddy Turnstone 2. Sanderling

3. Herring Gull 4. Laughing Gull

Assateague Beach National Seashore, Virginia

August 2026

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Station 33

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Station 33, 850 South Falkenburg Road, Tampa, Florida. Hillsborough County, since the 1950's was protected by a loose community of volunteer fire companies. On January 1, 1964 the Hillsborough County Fire department was established to protect the county's unincorporated areas. In 1973 the county hired it's first firefighter. On January 1, 1997 the fire department and EMS consolidated and became Hillsborough Fire Rescue. By 2013 the department was fully career.  HCFR operate today out of 47 fire stations and 1 rescue station and handle about 140,000 calls each year. Station 33, in Brandon, was where the county HIT (Hazardous Incident Team) began in 1973. Station 33 houses an engine and rescue. HIT moved to Station 9. The building was possibly one built in the early 1970's.

Venus

Venus

from my backyard

August 2026