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Estero Fire Rescue present a fire extinguisher program to businesses, civic organizations and community subdivisions to promote the...

The Annual Estero Fire Rescue Fill-A-Fire-Truck Toy Drive is underway.  Each year, EFR collects toys for children ages newborn to 17 and...

On Tuesday, August 12, 2008 the Board of Commissioners for Estero Fire Rescue approved changes to the District’s Nuisance Alarm...

This medical information program was designed to help fire rescue personnel with needed medical information on any patient and is in...

Commonly Asked Questions What is ad valorem? A tax based upon the assessed value of property, used interchangeably with “property tax”; derived from a Latin phrase meaning, “according to worth.”   Property taxes are determined by multiplying the rate of taxation expressed in mills (0.001) times the non-exempt value of property or taxable value. What is a mill (also known as millage rate)? A mill, as used with ad valorem taxes, is the rate that expresses the dollars of tax per

Here is a map of the Fire district boundaries:

Phillip Green has been employed with Estero Fire Rescue for four years. He previously served as Fire Marshal and Fire Chief for the City of Fort Walton Beach. Florida.

Commonly Asked Questions What is ad valorem? A tax based upon the assessed value of property, used interchangeably with “property tax”;...

The Early Years The Estero Fire District had its beginnings in 1964. Until that time, Lee County contracted with the City of Ft. Myers to...

Fire Chief On September 10, 2008, the Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously appointed Scott Vanderbrook to the position of Fire Chief.  Chief Vanderbrook has served as Interim Fire Chief since May 2, 2008. Chief Vanderbrook was born and raised in Newark, a small town in upstate New York. He started his fire career as a volunteer firefighter at the age of 18 and belonged to the Deluge Hose Company as part of the Newark Volunteer Fire Department. In 1989, Chief Vanderbrook mo

The organization begins with the Estero community; the people who call the Estero fire district home. They are the ones who ultimately...

In October of 1999, the residents of Estero voiced their desire for Estero Fire Rescue to provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) Services in...