Upper Captiva Fire & Rescue District

10/13/2026

You're invited to an Open House lunch 11am-1pm and to come see UCFRD's new chief housing on October 22, 2026 !

10/03/2026

Wake Up North Captiva Island!!!! So our 6'2" chiseled cheek bone, olive skin, model had an emergency so I filled in to model the shirts the district is selling. I apologize you have to look at my ugly mug. The shirts are available in the station, again we have limited quantities and sizes. They are 30$ each. We cannot take orders so please find a way to get them from the island. Now on to the more exciting news we have established an online merchandise website which is live. We will be expanding the site but the shirts are on there along with a few other items. The site is managed by an off-site owner. The prices are different online as they handle all the ordering, delivery, and maintaining the site. They also have a few items we are not selling in the station. We appreciate the support.

We have linked the Merch Website on main page.

https://nnd4jr-3k.myshopify.com/

10/01/2026

Good afternoon and Happy Ghoulish Month!!!! It is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I will be leaving the island tomorrow to pick up the shirts we are selling. For those of you who may not have seen the design please take a gander. We will have various sizes for sale.They are $30 each. We will have short sleeves and long sleeves in the dry fit material. We have a limited supply so when they are sold out they are gone!!! I do have something up my sleeve for future orders so please stay tuned. I will not be taking orders by phone, email or through Facebook. I tried to do this for the July 4th shirts and me being a one man band gets a bit much. Melissa Heberle was a huge help but the order packaging and mailing was left up to me. The point is these will be in house come and get em!!!!

In service,

JJC

09/22/2026

Good morning you stupendous Islanders!!!!! The fire district will have shirts for sale starting October 1st showing our support for Breast Cancer Awareness and Prostate Cancer Awareness. We still have our one of a kind, 250th, July 4th shirts still available. The shirts are on a dry fit material.

July 4th shirts are $25 (sizes limited).
Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer will be $30.

These shirts will be limited in availability and sizes. We did not order any children sizes. We will not be doing any shipping. If you want a shirt you will have to arrange for pick up please.

Please see the designs below. The design may be slightly changed from the shop doing the shirts just depends if they can match exactly what I created with the help of AI. The Breast Cancer will be on pink and Prostate will be on black we will have short and long sleeve. I can not guarantee pre orders but will try and assist with them. Once again we are doing a limited order.

In service

JJC

PS we are working on a website to sell or shirts, hats, patches, stickers and our love for the community. Stay tuned.

09/11/2026

Good Morning 9/11

On this day lives changed 25 years ago. Always Remember, the firefighters, police and EMS who lost their lives that day and every day after from the work they did on the rubble pile. Always Remember, the service members who continued to protect our country then and now. Always Remember, the civilians who assisted the first responders at ground zero.

Always Remember, Never Forget.

In service

JJC

09/07/2026

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

Good Morning you Incredible Islanders!!!!!

We have seen several fires and drownings recently. As always I like to advise homeowners, property managers and renters to please charge golf carts away from homes and use the proper charger along with the proper gauge cord. It is advisable to have a GFI outlet. It is extremely important to have a licensed electrician look over your charging station and outlets. If charging batteries for saws, drills, or fans please follow the manufacturer guidelines. Charge items when home and awake. These are all just suggestions.

Drownings are awful but you can have preventable measures in place but nothing replaces multiple eyes on our loved ones. Having safety fences in place around pools. On our beaches stay vigilant understand the tidal flow and "rip" currents. The flow can change rather quickly. Our beaches are not manned by life guards.

When in doubt call 911.

Everyone please stay safe. We want our island to be an island where you return to for memories of joy and happiness.

Again just suggestions from a concerned chief.

JJC

08/02/2026

Hello, good morning, happy Sunday!!! We have a few extra 250th July shirts available for purchase in the station. I have also purchased an additional 60 shirts that will be ready in a week or so for anyone who may want to buy some additional shirts. They are 25$ each we have various sizes of short sleeve and long sleeve. We do not have any youth sizes available. So if you would like to purchase any shirts you can stop by or email me directly at [email protected] and request a specific size.If we have them I will be happy to mail them to you for an additional fee. It just depends where you are located. The average cost is 10$. So I would ask for an additional 10$ for shipping we were charging 5$ for shipping and well that just didn't cover the cost. Lesson learned. Again thank you everyone for your support. We are looking into a website where our St. Patty's shirt this shirt and maybe a few other specialty shirts will be sold. It is in the works. Melissa Heberle is helping set this up.
Again I just want to say thank you to everyone who has been supportive of the fire district we will host future fundraisers so if you have any interest in donating a raffle item or have suggestions you know how to get in touch with me.

In service,

JJC