Ormond Beach Professional Firefighters

Earlier today, Q93 responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a vehicle that rolled over and landed in a ditch on I-95. Inside the vehicle was a woman and three children with the oldest being 5 years old. Everyone involved is OKAY but all of their Christmas presents were in the submerged vehicle. Q93 went above and beyond using a ladder to make entry into the submerged vehicle and was able to collect most of the presents from the vehicle. Along with the help of Volusia Sheriffs Office they were able to remove the presents and have them delivered to the family at the hospital ❤️

Another fire, another cat saved! E14, E91, Q93, E3 and E96 responded for a structure fire today on beachside and made a quick knock down. One cat was rescued ❤️

Early this morning around 2am, A-Shift crews Q93, E91, BAT90, SQE13, E92, and E94 responded to a structure fire on Northbrook Dr. Q93 was first on scene and had a good knock down of the fire.
Good work by all of the crews on scene.

Last night our crews rescued two cats in a house fire. Along with Volusia County Fire pulling out one of the cats, great job to everyone on scene.

Yesterday our B shift crews responded to a structure fire at the Rio Robles Apartments. While conducting search E92 quickly pulled out one unconscious victim who was transported to the hospital in critical condition. The fire was quickly extinguished shorty after.

Today we had a great example of what happens when this cold weather comes in. Animals will find any spot to keep warm, including vehicles and fire engines 🚒. Make sure to take a listen when starting your vehicle in the morning!

Yesterday was a busy day for the City. Around 3pm our crews responded to a residential structure fire and quickly extinguished it. Shortly after, we had another fire involving a residential triplex on beachside. Crews were on scene for a few hours battling the second blaze. Assistance from The Volusia County Professional Firefighters Association as well as Daytona Beach Professional Firefighters Local 1162

Our hearts are with our brothers during this time 💔 Thank you for your service to the citizens over this time. Our prayers go out to the Bakaysa’s family.

It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Officer Michael Bakaysa of the Ormond Beach Police Department. Officer Bakaysa, a dedicated and respected member of our force for more than 27 years, tragically passed away after suffering a medical incident during training two weeks ago.

Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of not just a colleague, but a friend, a mentor, and a hero in our community. Officer Bakaysa's commitment to serving and protecting the people of Ormond Beach was unwavering, and his absence leaves a void that cannot be filled.

We extend our deepest sympathies to Officer Bakaysa’s family, friends, and loved ones during this difficult time. Your loss is immeasurable, and we stand with you in grief.

To honor Officer Bakaysa’s legacy, let us come together as a community with compassion and support for one another. For those interested, funeral details will be forthcoming.

Flowin’ big water today. Crews practiced flowing 2 1/2” lines as well as our aerial master stream.

Who do you think would win in a race? 🏆

Just hanging around: Last week four of our firefighters completed Rope Tech. This class and certification allows them to perform technical rope rescue operations. Pictured: DE Nate’s, DE Sawyer, FF Rodriguez and FF Allen.

This past weekend the City hosted its Hometown Heroes Recognition Drive-thru at the Ormond Beach Senior Center. Q93 came out to recognize them ❤️

Recent Promotions: We would like to congratulate two of our newest Captains. Jim Peters and Hunter Ramirez we’re both promoted earlier this year. Captain Peters was promoted in April and is currently working at 91A Shift. Captain Ramirez was promoted in February and is currently working at 92B Shift. Congratulations to both!

We have been quite busy this week. Our crews worked multiple fires within the city and also assisting in Flagler County 🔥

PROMOTIONS: We would like to congratulate two of our newest Driver/Engineers. Earlier this year Denton Sawyer and Nick Nates were both promoted in May after placing for the Driver/Enginner exam. Engineer Sawyer is currently assigned to Engine 92B Shift and Engineer Nates is assigned to Engine 94B Shift. It is well deserved, congratulations!

Roadway has been reopened.

Please avoid Airport Road north of Pine Trail Elementary School. OBPD and FPL are on scene investigating a crash and repairing a telephone pole. Traffic is limited to one lane. Expect Delays. If you need to get to Pine Trail Elementary school please consider coming in from the Tymber Creek Road side of the school.

Engine 92 came by Temple Beth-El to show off their gear and skills today for Community Helper Day at the school.

Congratulations are in order for 2 of our newer firefighters! Firefighter Meadows and Loveless have both completed their Probationary period. For those that do not know, the probationary period is a firefighters first year working at a department, during this first year they are tested and challenged daily so that they will know all that it takes to be a firefighter. These two men have completed that first year and have many great years to come after, congrats!

We can’t imagine what this family is going through 💔 . Our prayers are with the family. If you are able to donate, here is the link:

Help Stella's Family, organized by Jason Hooper On Sunday afternoon, 8 year old Stella was with her family at SeaWorld when she suddenly collapsed … Jason Hooper needs your support for Help Stella's Family

Come on out from 5-8pm at The Rockefeller Gardens Park for the National Night Out!

TUESDAY come hold a gator 🐊 with The Florida Fish and Wildlife, sq**rt a fire 🔥 hose with the Ormond Beach Fire Department and jump on bounce houses FOR FREE!

The Ormond Beach Police Department is hosting the annual National Night Out on OCTOBER 3rd at the Casements 5pm-8pm
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Follow the Ormond Beach Police Department for more fun info!

22 years later… we will continue to remember those who ran towards the nightmare. 343 firefighters lost their lives that day and many more suffered after. We will never forget ❤️ Thank you to the for capturing these moments for us.

Thank you to the Ormond Beach Observer for coming out while we honored those lost ❤️

For the 343: Ormond Beach firefighters climb 110 flights in memory of 9/11 | Observer Local News Eleven local firefighters, wearing over 50 pounds of gear, took on the remembrance challenge on Monday, Sept. 11, on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack.

22 years ago… 343 brave firefighters and many others after, paid the ultimate sacrifice. We will never forget ❤️

C-Shift probationary firefighters focusing on search and smoke behavior 🔥 ☁️

Come on out tomorrow to see us with our brothers and sister with OBPD ❤️

TOMORROW! Thursday come enjoy a free Publix Sub! The Trails Publix is hosting “Pub Sub with the Police”. We will also have the Ormond Beach Fire Department as a special guest! Come eat, chat, and spend time with us!

When: Thursday September 7th 11am-1pm
Where: The Trails Publix (220 N Nova Rd)

🚔🚨🔥🚒 see you there!!!!!

A great day to be by the beach! Our C-shift crews doing some training with our probationary firefighters on beachside. Any chance to train means that everyone is learning!

Sand bag self service areas this week for Ormond Beach citizens:

🚨 Attention Ormond Beach Residents 🚨

Thinking ahead and preparing for the storm? 🌧️⛈️ Grab your sandbags!

📅 Self-Serve Sand Hours:
Monday - Saturday: 9am - 9pm ⏰
Sunday: 1pm - 5:30pm ⏰
📍 Location: Nova Community Center (440 N Nova Rd)

🔸 Show your ID and receive up to 10 complimentary fillable bags.
🔸 Don't forget to bring your shovel!
🔸 Load up and prepare your home for this storm or possible future storms this season! OrmondBeach.org/Idalia for more info.

Storm Update:

This is a very concerning issue. We are experiencing some very significant staffing issues throughout all of Volusia County. The demand for our services has never been higher. Every city in this county has grown at a very high rate over the last decade or two, and very few of them have increased staffing levels of their emergency services to keep up.

Every day we have to explain to our patients why they are waiting so long for an ambulance. EVAC is trying hard to keep up with the demand, and so are we, but sometimes we are spread too thin. All emergency service providers in this county do an incredible job, but over the last few years, we are finding it hard to provide the best care possible. Please voice your concerns over this issue.

*URGENT STAFFING ALERT*

This may look like a fully staffed FIRE STATION with an ALS ambulance, but unfortunately it is not!

The County has once again failed its obligation to staff this ambulance in Ormond by the Sea for its second day in a row and many days prior to this post.

This is causing systemic wide disruptions to our emergency service model.

Advanced Life Support ambulances, and in many cases Basic Life Support ambulances, are not being dispatched and have a 20-30 minute delay to get on scene.

This is also having a trickle down affect of taking ALS fire engines out of service, reducing your fire and ems coverage.

Your DUAL CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS have offered solutions!!!!

These include staffing this ambulance and additional units, increasing our staffing to 4 on ALS fire trucks to supplement the BLS ambulances(which carry no ALS equipment), and other options.

The County would rather ignore our recommendations, have extended response times, work their ems employees until their breaking point, and blame it on “paramedic shortages”.

Kudos to our ems crews doing the best job they can with the working conditions they have.

The most troubling thing is…..this issue has been going on for over 5 years without any resolve.

People SUFFERING is not the answer.
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Yesterday our crews responded and extinguished a structure fire off of Fleming Ave. L11 and SQE13 assisted as well as DBFD.

We are still raising money for the Wilson family by selling the Ethan Memorial Challenge Coins. Thank you everyone who has donated so far ❤️. 100% of the proceeds go to Ashley and Coast to help them cover their expenses during this time. We miss you and love you brother ❤️. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1421904700/ethan-wilson-memorial-challenge-coin

This issue has been on going for some time now and this instance could have been a lot worse. We are running more and more calls where our paramedics are having to ride on BLS ambulances (an ambulance with only EMT’s). Our top priority on every call is the citizen/patient that we run on, which means if no ALS (an ambulance with a paramedic) ambulance is not available then we will send one of our FF/Paramedics with a BLS ambulance every time because the citizen always comes first. The issue that comes after is that we are now understaffed on our firetrucks, usually bringing our trucks down to two firefighters. NFPA; the organization that we follow recommends ALL fire apparatus be staffed with a MINIMUM of FOUR firefighters at all times. We normally have 3 firefighter on our trucks majority of the time so when we send a FF/Paramedic to ride on a BLS unit we have to drop down to two. Which leads to us not being able to respond to other calls within the city. While we can’t fix VCEMS’s issue of understaffed ambulances and overworked personnel, something we can do is increase our staffing to 4 firefighters at every station. This will help when we do have to send a firefighter to ride in we will still have 3 firefighters on a truck and can allow our truck to stay in service to still run calls and protect the citizens in our city. Our cities increasing population and call demand is noticeable and our staffing has not reflected the increase we have seen, we hope that we can follow suit as other departments and be able to properly staff our trucks.

Quint 93 showing off some of our equipment to our friends at the Care Bear Cottage.

Crews practicing removing a victim out of a second story window. Deputy Chief Quartier dropping in for some reps as well, leading from the front.

The Basics. C-Shift crews going over some of the basic skills of flowing a hose line with our newest firefighter.

Daytona Beach News-Journal

Please consider getting the vaccination to protect from the recent Hepatitis A outbreak.

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 | From July 23 to Aug. 17, Volusia accumulated the most cases of any Florida county. The 34 new cases of hepatitis A, bringing the total to 208 cases since the start of the year.

If you or your friends & family are in the area, please share this post!

Last ping 12:56am 15 miles off shore at 28.619400 - 88.2117330 headed North from Port Canaveral

𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙅𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 904-714-7558.

Coast Guard crews are searching for Brian McCluney and Justin Walker. They were last seen departing the Christopher Columbus boat ramp in Port Canaveral Friday in a 24-foot center console. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sector Jacksonville Command Center at 904-714-7558.

More details here: https://lnks.gd/2/_3nX-T

Ormond Beach Fire Fighter’s are attending the same Health Department Hepatitis A informational sessions with our Police Department, and can chose to be vaccinated as well.

Earlier today the City of Ormond Beach arranged for the Health Department to come speak to us about the Hepatitis-A epidemic in Volusia County. Afterwards Captain Chris Roos elected to get vaccinated at Florida Health Care (Thank you Delvonda Willingham for being gentle with me). Do some research and find out if this vaccination is right for you and your family.