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http://www.firepreventionweek.org/
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Start Date
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10/11/2008 12:01 AM
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10/11/2008 12:02 AM
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http://www.firepreventionweek.org/
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Start Date
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10/10/2008 12:01 AM
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10/10/2008 12:02 AM
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http://www.firepreventionweek.org/
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Start Date
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10/09/2008 12:01 AM
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10/09/2008 12:02 AM
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http://www.firepreventionweek.org/
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Event Location
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Tybee Island Fire Department (Jones at Fifth)
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Start Date
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10/08/2008 07:00 PM
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10/08/2008 09:00 PM
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It is that time of year again, and the Tybee Island Fire Department will be participating in the annual Fire Prevention Week from October 5th through the 11th. On Wednesday October 8, 2008, we would like to invite children from Pre-K through 4th grade to come tour the station and take a trip through the smoke house learning what to do if there were a fire. We will also be holding our annual open house that evening which will have many festivities. At our open house parents and children will get to meet not only the firefighters, but also members of Ocean Rescue and Coast Guard. We look forward to having a day filled with fun and learning here at the station.
Thank You,
Tybee Island Fire Department
**Please call the station at 786-4573 x.117 to set up a time and the number of children that would be attending.
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http://www.firepreventionweek.org/
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Start Date
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10/08/2008 12:01 AM
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10/08/2008 12:02 AM
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http://www.firepreventionweek.org/
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Start Date
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10/07/2008 12:01 AM
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10/07/2008 12:02 AM
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Our mission is to protect the lives and property of the citizens and visitors of Tybee Island by providing the highest levels of service through education, fire prevention, public education, fire suppression, rescue and mitigation of effects and man-made disasters consistent with the resources provided.
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Fire Chief
C.L. Sasser
Phone (912) 786-4573 ext. 128
csasser@cityoftybee.org
Tybee Emergency Management Coordinator
Jimmy Brown
Phone (912) 786-4573 ext. 112
jcbrown@cityoftybee.org
Administrative Assistant
April Moore
Phone (912) 786-4573 ext. 117
amoore@cityoftybee.org
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The Tybee Island Fire Department consists entirely of volunteer firefighters. The criteria to become a volunteer can be obtained by contacting the department at 786-4573 X 117 or by email at firedept@cityoftybee.org
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The Tybee Island Fire Department, formerly named "The Savannah Beach Fire Department", was established in 1936. Prior to 1936 the station was located on Cedarwood Drive in historic Fort Screven. Fort Screven’s Army protected the island from fire.
A. P. "Pop" Solomon, Jr. originally started the first fire department, who was also the owner of the city’s water supply. He built a leaning shed on the side of his residence and housed the city’s first municipal fire engine. It was a 1936 International 500 gpm, open cab, standard shift engine. The City of Tybee kept it in their possession till the 1970’s and sold it. "Pops" would use his own employees from his business if you called the telephone number "60". Mrs. B.L Solomon said a bell was rung manually if the workers and "Pop" were away from the house. He never docked any workers that fought fire even if they were there all day long.
Perry (A.P. Solomon III) and Edmund J. Solomon have all followed in the footsteps of "Pop" by becoming Fire Chiefs. The whole Solomon family has donated many hours to the community. We presently have a 5th generation Solomon, "Seth", carrying on the family tradition.
In the 1940’s the fire station moved to Jones Avenue and 5th Street. The station housed the 1936 International and two rescue type vehicles. After that we had a 1952 Dodge homemade Fire Engine with 500 gpm, 1963 Peter Pirch 750 gpm,1971 Ward LaFrance 750 gpm 1969 American La France was purchased from the City of Savannah which was sold in 1980. In 1978 we purchased a 78 MAC that was guaranteed to fit in the station and it didn’t - that's what led to us to build the new station located next door.
Our new station houses the 78 Mac refurbished in 1993, 85 FMC 1250 gpm and an 88 FMC 1250 gpm. It also houses our Squad 6 and a transportation vehicle. John Perry Solomon was named Fire Chief in 1971 after joining the department in April of 1962. In 1986 our present station was built and dedicated to Chief Solomon by Tybee's Mayor Walter W. Parker for his many years of service and dedication to the City of Tybee Island.
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Beach LifeGuards
The Ocean Rescue Lifeguards are under the general direction of the Tybee Island Fire Department. Please obey all signs and lifeguard instructions while visiting our beaches - for your own safety and for the safety of others!
Signs with beach rules are posted at each walkway and entrance to the beach area.
Lifeguard season runs from April to October with lifeguards on duty from 9-5 weekdays and 10-6 on the weekends. The Lifeguards observe the beach from 10 different sites along the beach.
In addition to safety and rescue efforts on the beach, the lifeguard trailer on the south beach, at the end of Tybrisa, also houses fat-tired wheelchairs to provide beach access for those in need; the lifeguards can also assist in escorting those who need assistance to and from beach locations. To learn more about beach accessibility efforts, check out the accessibility section on our Parks & Recreation page.
Applications for employment can be obtained at the Tybee Island City Hall located at 403 Butler Avenue. For more information contact 786-4573 X117.
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Marine Rescue Squadron
The Marine Rescue Squadron is a group of Volunteers banded together at various coastal areas, which on short notice from local authorities will organize and using private vessels, and unique knowledge of our local waters will search for boaters in distress.
There are ten (10) squadrons whose coverage areas overlap to cover a great part of Georgia and South Carolina.
1‑A Tybee
1‑B Bluffton
2‑A Coffee Bluff
2‑B Hardeeville
3‑A Thunderbolt
4‑A Rincon
4‑B Beaufort
5‑A Port Wentworth
6‑A Sylvania
7‑A Richmond Hill
The Marine Rescue Squadrons of America is incorporated and has bi‑monthly meetings as a national organization, with representatives from all of the squadrons.
1-A Tybee: Where It All Began
For many years a small group of men had responded to the plea of Police Chief David McCutchen to search for a family member of someone who had just called. Their "Loved One" had gone fishing or camping and had not returned on time.
During the Christmas holidays of 1958, six (6) boys set out from the Tybee Fish Camp in two boats for Doc's Drop, Little Tybee. Four boys were in one boat with all camping equipment, food and water, the other two boys in a skiff with a 2 1/2 horse powered motor. The larger boat's propeller became entangled in marsh grass. The little boat passed them and said that they would meet them at the camp site. When the sea weed was cleared from the larger boat's motor they proceeded to the camp site and could not find the small boat. The next day they searched all day and returned to the Tybee Fish Camp and notified their parents. The Coast Guard was notified but they refused to search for the missing boat. The Coast Guard said they could not get into the area with their 40 foot craft.
During a 35 degree drizzling rain on Saturday night, the islands off Little Tybee were searched by David McCutchen, Jimmy Logan and Perry Solomon. On Sunday about near Blue Hole, while gas tanks were being refilled, Mr. Jimmy Logan Sr. yelled out for Little Jimmy. He got a response and saw a garment waving. With difficulty the boys were reached and after being warmed up with warm drinks and blankets they headed for home.
The Fathers of this Island Resort realized that the large boats of the Coast Guard were often useless and an organized group of small boats were badly needed. The first "Marine Rescue Squadron of America" was chartered with Captain Perry Solomon as its Skipper.
Since that date, ten (10) Squadrons have been organized to the mission of the rescue of small craft and personnel in their area of operations.
The present squadron is very active in the community. In addition to Search and Rescue Missions, the squadron also:
*Puts on fund‑raisers for needy people in the community
*Sponsors a Children's Fishing Tournament
*Cooks a ton of BBQ to raise funds for operating expenses
*Supports Scouting
*Supports most all of the other volunteer organizations on the island
Hugo: A Defining Moment
When hurricane Hugo devastated Charleston, S.C. all of the squadrons were used the following day in a relief effort to this flooded city. The Tybee M.R.S. responded with over 20 pickup trucks and crews that literally cleared a section of town the size of Tybee to allow for relief traffic. The Tybee crews cut hundreds of downed trees and drug them aside to facilitate emergency vehicles and minimal traffic to begin work efforts in the area. Called late in the evening and asked to be on station and "self supporting" at daylight the next morning, Tybee showed its true spirit and colors. After an emergency meeting was called the island was systematically covered and every business on the island donated ice, food, clothes, and anything that might come in handy for the people of Charleston, and all of this was given away to needy people, some of whom cried when they found out we were from Tybee Island, Georgia.
In 2009 the national organization will hold its 50th annual convention on Tybee, “where it all began”.
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