Fla. town launches its own FD after 3-year effort to break from county department

JUPITER, Fla. — At midnight on Oct. 1, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue’s final dispatch calls for Jupiter gave way to the first calls for the newly formed Jupiter Fire Rescue Department.

Jupiter Fire Rescue formally took over as the town’s emergency services provider, more than three years after town leaders voted to establish the department, the Miami Herald reported.

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