Florence area residents set up own fire department; fight first blaze
by Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune
A group of residents south of Florence are forming their own volunteer fire department after spending years without a dedicated fire service. The new South Florence Volunteer Fire Department put out its first fire on Jan. 23.
Resident Larry Vincent said he broached the idea of creating a volunteer fire district or department with his neighbors after a neighbor’s house burned on July 18.
No one came immediately to put out the fire after 911 was called, he said.
