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The Eastpoint Volunteer Fire Department (EVFD) consists of approximately 16 volunteer active duty
members who
provide fire/rescue and emergency medical services to the
residents/visitors of Eastpoint, Florida.
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Eastpoint, just across the Apalachicola Bay from either Apalachicola or St.
George Island, is a commercial fishing town
in the Gulf of Mexico, and is located in
Franklin County, which is approximately 80 miles southwest of Tallahassee,
Florida.
The town is unincorporated, and the community of 2,158 resides in
an area of 7.33 square miles. A place where seafood
docks stretch almost
the entire length of the community and you can dine on the bay while watching
the shrimp and
oyster boats bring in the day's catch. There are over 1,000 homes, small
businesses, a mini-mall, office complexes,
churches, several
gas stations, docks with ramps, hotels/inns, and several restaurants / night clubs.
Eastpoint Volunteer Fire Department's fire district serves a 200 square miles are of central Franklin
County, Florida, and
the primary response area of population is 2,158 and the
secondary response area / mutual aid of population is 6,500.
EVFD's
services provide firefighting, hazardous material response, BLS emergency
medical service, vehicle rescue
(extrication), search and rescue, and support.
EVFD have three fire apparatus. Also,
we provide a mutual aid as needed to
Apalachicola and St. George Island Volunteer Fire
Departments. We have an ISO rating of #. EVFD is a member of
Franklin
County United Firefighters Association.
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