Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department

Wed. Jan 20th 2010
Pedestrian killed in LP accident

By ED BALDRIDGE
ed.baldridg e@newssun.com
LAKE PLACID -- A Lake Placid man was struck and fatally injured Sunday whil...

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Wed. Jan 20th 2010
County to see an increase in control burning

Published: January 15, 2010

SEBRING - Residents will be seeing more smoke columns as the dry cold fronts pass.
T...

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Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 195
Lake Placid, FL 33862

Non-Emergency:
863-699-3753

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911

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863-699-3754

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Lake Placid Police Department

Chief Phil Williams 8 North Oak Ave Lake Placid, FL 33852 (863)699-3757

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Sheriff Susan Benton 338 South Orange Street Sebring, FL 33870 (863)402-7200

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Lake Placid Man Killed In Sunday Accident

Sun. Feb 15th 2009

By BRAD DICKERSON Highlands Today Published: February 17, 2009 LAKE PLACID A Lake Placid man died Sunday in a two-vehicle accident at U.S. 27 and Shore Line Drive. Anthony Vangelas, 83, of Lake Placid, was killed after his 2000 Cadillac Deville was struck by a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee, driv...

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U.S. 27 Crash Leaves 4 Hospitalized

Sat. Feb 14th 2009

By JOE SEELIG Highlands Today Published: February 17, 2009 LAKE PLACID - Two adults and two children were hospitalized Saturday night after a minivan and an orange transporter truck collided in front of the Golden Corral restaurant on U.S. 27 in Lake Placid, according to Emergency Medical Servi...

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Fiery wreck on SR 70 injures three

Sat. Feb 7th 2009

LAKE PLACID -- A 64 year-old woman was seriously injured Saturday after allegedly causing a head-on wreck that totaled two vehicles on S.R. 70. The accident occurred near the Placid Lakes Boulevard intersection west of U.S. 27 around 1 p.m. and tied up traffic on the east-west artery for 90 minutes...

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Train Sparks Fire Along Railroad tracks

Mon. Dec 29th 2008

LAKE PLACID -- Firefighters from six different departments kept a series of brush fires along the South Central Florida Express railroad tracks in Lake Placid from damaging any buildings Monday afternoon. The fires stretched from the intersection of Heartland Street and Main Avenue a...

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Lake Placid VFD receives Proclamation from Mayor Katsanis

Sat. Dec 20th 2008

It was an eventful night for the Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department at their annual Holiday Dinner. Much to the department's suprise, Lake Placid councilman Steve Bastardi and county commissioner Don Bates both attended the dinner and spoke of their gratitude and appreciation for the hard w...

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Latest FFI test grades posted

Thu. Dec 18th 2008

It was a regular meeting night down at the station that was filled with great anticipation. One of the five members who took the most recent state exam for the FFI class logged into the Florida State Fire College website and found that the grades were posted and that he passed! With that news...

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Recent Calls

Sun. Mar 1st 2009
Brush Fire with structures in danger

Department arrived to find approxiately 2-3 acres burning out of a 20 acre parcel off Zion street in the highway pa...

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Wed. Feb 25th 2009
Bus crashes into building on Main Street

The Lake Placid VFD responded to a single vehicle accident involving a migrant bus that ran into a building on main street.&n...

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Sun. Feb 22nd 2009
Brush Fire Lake Apthorp Area

Burned approximately 10 acres through an old unmaintained grove and into a small grass pasture. Fire was contained to t...

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2010 Call Volume

January	32
February	28
March	18
April	22
May	15
June	3
July
August
September
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Total	118

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