Title : Old Orchard Beach Fire Department
URL : http://www.oldorchardbeachfd.org/
Added the (YYYY-MM-DD) : 2008-02-11
In the category : Maine Firefighters
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Old Orchard Beach Fire Department
old orchard beach fire department protecting maine's premier beach community since 1883 the beginning old orchard beach has a rich history dating back to 1603 when explorer martin pring entered saco bay and made a landing. he and his party were no doubt the first englishmen to set foot upon these shores. much of the history of maine had it's beginnings here. the first court was held in 1636, the first saw mill in maine was built on the saco river in1653. old orchard beach got it's name from an apple orchard planted here by one of the early settlers named richard rogers, it remained for 150 years hence the name old orchard. in the beginning old orchard beach was part of saco, but on february 20,1883 the town of old orchard beach was officially born. the town of old orchard beach old orchard beach is located approximately 20 miles south of portland, maine bordered on the east by the atlantic ocean, south and west by the city of saco and north by the town of scarborough. old orchard beach is approximately 7 square miles in area, bordering the atlantic ocean with a little over 3 miles of sandy beach reaching from saco to scarborough. we have a class c school system and the high school has under 400 students. our year round population is around 9,000 (1995 guesstimate) which swells during the summer months to over 75,000. &nbs the fire department the fire department consists of 12 career fire fighters, who are members of the local 2247 i.a.f.f., of which 9 are paramedics and 3 are emts. we work a 42 hour work week(24 on 48 off - 24 on 96 off). each shift is made up of three career fire / rescue personnel at least two are ff / paramedics the third is a ff / emt, fourth is a part time emt, who works a 12 or 24 hour shift. we are supplemented, in fire fighting, by a force of 30 call fire fighters. old orchard beach fire department 136 saco avenue old orchard beach, maine 04064 telephone 207-934-4911 &nbs fax 207-934-1750 chief's welcome mission statement career fire fighters call force part time emts 2003 career fire fighters explorer fire fighters fire prevention & education fire prevention kids pages trucks patch trading mid-winter fest 1976 career fire fighters a step back in time the first few years the great conflagration of 1907 large fire of 2004 burn permit information &nbs web page by: erin stone-ff/emt-p &nbs &nbs
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