Busy weekend for Destin Fire Department in 1983
The Destin Fire Department logged multiple calls over the weekend including a car fire on May 15 due to oil on a manifold, a boat fire at Calhoun Avenue with Coast Guard aid, and drownings at Wayside Park and near Silver Dunes. Firefighter Tony Carroll noted unusually close calls recently, with 80 runs in 1983 and 14 in the first half of May.
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Destin
Tony Carroll
Carroll
Calhoun Avenue
U.S. Coast Guard
Choctawhatchee Bay
Okaloosa
Silver Dunes
Highway 98
Christopher Brannon
Texas A&m
Florida Fire Fighters Appreciation Week Declared
The week of May 22 28 is designated Florida Fire Fighters Appreciation Week by the Governor and Cabinet in a resolution from State Fire Marshal Bill Gunter. Gunter noted firefighters risk life and injury saving lives and property and described firefighting as a hazardous profession. Fire personnel will host open houses conduct evacuations host safety discussions and promote smoke detector use. the Muscular Dystrophy Association backs the effort noting last year’s boot campaign raised 325000 for MDA.
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Florida
Bill Gunter
Gunter
MDA
DER to review Destin Water Users septage plan
DER officials said any modification at the Destin Water Users plant to handle septic tank waste requires a permit and must be assessed for capacity. DWU may need piping changes, and a DER inspection will verify readiness and regulatory compliance amid local dumping concerns.
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Jim Chitwood
State Department of Environmental Regulation
Destin
DER
Bob Kriegel
DWU
DEA
Steve Holcomb
Holcomb
DWA
Kriegel
Weeks
POD Elections Set for Destin Community Center
Destin group Stated Preservation of Destin will hold officer elections at 6:45 p.m. Thursday at the Destin Community Center. All members are urged to attend and vote. Prospective members are invited.
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Preservation of
Dredging plan eases Destin shoaling with temporary disposal site
Gov. Bob Graham and cabinet are to approve a 73.7 acre spoil disposal easement on the west side of the jetty to allow overdraft dredging of East Pass. The Corps of Engineers will place dredge material to Norriego Point and elsewhere this summer with bids in June and dredging likely to start by July. The easement lasts until December 1984 or until a long term disposal plan is approved, with alternative solutions sought for beach restoration to the West.
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Vanita Trippe
East Pass
Bob Graham
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Art Wilde
State Department
Wilde
Colvin
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DFD
Jim Weeks
Garnier
Fort Walton Beach
Valparaiso
POD
Kathryn Conover
Lord & Taylor
Ann Taylor
Neiman Marcus
Galleria
Natural Resources
Alton Colvin
Corps
Panama City
Spasilicaiinte
Norriego Point
Captain Jewel Melvin’s Seafood Restaurant
Lass
Classic Cargo
Chateau Village
Bargo
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