Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department

Fire Station 75 on Firestone Road houses a new Critical Care rescue unit and will help multiple overloaded stations.

City officials broke ground Tuesday on Lenox Avenue to replace the smaller, older Station 22 on Jammes Road.

Members of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department discovered that the grave of Henry J. Bradley had no headstone. So they got him one.

Jacksonville city and fire officials broke ground Wednesday on Fire Station 47 on Gold Star Family Parkway near the Jacksonville National Cemetery.

Fire Station 65 will serve the Atlantic Boulevard and Arlington Road area, backing up busy stations to the north, south, east and west and cutting response times to the neighborhoods around it, fire officials said.

City leaders broke ground Monday on the next new fire station in Jacksonville — Station 64 at Harts Road and Dunn Avenue.

Twenty-five members of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department have died in the line of duty since 1885. They were remembered Wednesday at the annual Fallen Firefighter Memorial Day event Downtown.

The Critical Care Rescue Units give paramedics more advanced options for treating patients in need. Each of the two new units cost $350,000.

The city broke ground Wednesday on Fire Station 75 at Wilson Boulevard and Firestone Road. More stations are in the works.

The firefighter says a chief gave him a choice: cut his hair or go home with no overtime. He chose to go home.