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Jupiter Fire Rescue: deployment, training progress and temporary station on track for October 1 startup
Summary
Jupiter Fire Rescue staff reported deployment of two members to a 12‑day USAR mission in Venezuela, introduced a new Fire Inspector II, described advanced EMS and fire training for the founding class, and said the temporary station is nearly ready with a move-in targeted by end of July or early August.
Jupiter Fire Rescue presented an operational update focused on deployments, personnel, training and station readiness.
Division Chief Rob Ramirez and Captain Kenny Olsen recently deployed with a federal Urban Search and Rescue team to northern Venezuela, where crews worked around the clock on large collapse rescues. Ramirez and Captain Olsen described 12‑day deployments and continuous rescue operations; staff showed a video of field operations and recounted a prolonged 183‑hour rescue that helped extract a survivor from a collapsed eight‑story structure. “They conducted around the clock search and rescue missions of more than 100 collapsed buildings, including a continuous 183 hour rescue,” the chief said during the briefing.
Staff also announced a new Fire Inspector II and plan reviewer, Jason Funk, who brings more than 25 years of fire‑service and plan‑review experience. The department reported Phase 1 of foundational training nearing completion and that the founding class is engaged in demanding hands‑on training—hose operations, forcible entry, advanced airway management and pediatric care—so crews will be operationally ready before October 1.
On facilities, the department said the temporary station’s remaining items are mostly administrative and permitting; the station furnishings and appliances are installed, and the target for occupancy is the end of July or the first week of August so personnel and apparatus are fully prepared for an October 1 service start.
What happens next: staff will continue training, complete final permitting and coordinate ride‑along and transition activities with neighboring agencies.
