Valparaiso Fire Department

10/23/2026

Your Valparaiso Firefighters Take Delivery of New Engine🚨🚒

This new addition to the Fire Dept fleet represents an investment in the safety of our community and the future of Valparaiso Fire Department. Our new engine will help us continue providing dependable, professional fire and emergency services to the citizens and visitors of Valparaiso.

We’re grateful for the continued support of our community and everyone who helped make this addition possible. We look forward to putting this new apparatus to work and serving our community with pride! A huge thank you to the representatives at South Florida Emergency Vehicles and Sutphen Corporation for their hard work and beautiful apparatus!

10/10/2026

Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport is now open. We pray that everyone came through the storm safely and appreciate your patience as our team continues restoring critical systems.

10/10/2026

10/10/2026

🚨🚨 Your Valparaiso Firefighters continue to provide initial hazard mitigation throughout the city along with responding to calls for service. Please stay off the roads while first responders, public works and incoming power companies work to put the city back on line. At this time power will be out for an undetermined amount of time.

Old Glory was taken down in accordance with the storm and has been risen this afternoon.🇺🇸

10/10/2026

🌀 Hurricane Isaias: Points of Distribution (POD)
Okaloosa County will be deploying the first Point of Distribution (POD) for Okaloosa residents at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at Destin-Fort Walton Rigdon Center (formerly NWF Fairgrounds) at 1319 Lewis Turner Blvd, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

POD locations will have bottles of water, tarps and Meals Ready to Eat (MREs)
POD distribution is for Okaloosa County residents in need of these items. POD locations will expand throughout the County as supplies arrive.
Additional information.

•Report storm damage at https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/8ce4fbeca4a34dc58a12d40bdd4866f1
• Up-to-date information can be found at myokaloosa.com/eoc/home.

10/10/2026

🚨🚨ValP FIRE and POLICE along with Public Works are actively clearing roads and assessing damage. Please avoid roads and leisure strolls due to downed power lines and other hazards!

10/10/2026

🚨🚨Avoid Okaloosa Ave between Echo Dr and Highland St due to road wash out!

10/10/2026

🚨🚨Your Valparaiso Firefighters are currently in service and standing by to respond.
If and when sustained winds reach 50MPH, services will be suspended until storm conditions weaken.
Please avoid the roads until they have been cleared and emergency/utility crews have surveyed damage!

10/09/2026