Reedy Creek Fire Department. Station 4 (Lake Buena Vista, Florida)

USA / Florida / Lake Buena Vista / Lake Buena Vista, Florida
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One of the Disney Fire Stations and part of the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) Fire Department. The Disney World property is protected by a full time paid fire department, the departments. They provide fire protection and emergency medical services to the parks and they also respond as mutual aid to the surrounding counties. By the 1990's their were 4 stations, 2 stations were standard type fire stations and 2 were double wide mobile homes. There are about 200 firefighters, who work on 3 platoons, with one platoon on duty at all times. The firefighters are on duty for 24hrs. and then they are off duty for 48hrs.. The department responds to about 10,000 calls a year. One of the daily duties of the firefighters is to inspect each kitchen to insure that it is clean and free of defects that could cause a fire, a kitchen that is found to have a fire hazard is not allowed to open until the hazard is removed. In the first 25 years Walt Disney World has not had a major building fire loss on the property, most of the fire loss comes from automobile fires in the parking lot. One time there was a fire on a monorail that was caused by one of its tires, but that was not one of the protected structures. The Walt Disney World property has one of the most stringent fire codes in America, most of the states' fire codes now follow their lead.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Emergency_Services
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Coordinates:   28°22'44"N   81°31'4"W

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  • Also, Reedy Creek Improvement District Information Services on second floor and Orange County Sheriff Office in separate area on first floor (at Southeast Corner)
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