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The History of the Antonia Fire Protection District:
On November
28, 1952 a group of concerned community folks met to discuss forming a fire department in Antonia, Missouri. A motion
was made to call the organization "The Antonia Community Volunteer Fire Association" and a decission was made to
sell fire tags to raise money. By July of 1953 through donations, fundraisers and the sale of fire tags this group
of volunteers was able to raise enough funds to purchase our first fire engine. In October of 1953 construction started on
a 28' X 34' firehouse. On December 24, 1953 the association took delivery of it's first fire truck and offically
became a fire department.
By 1972 it was evident that the all volunteer fire department could no longer survive
on donations, fundraisers and the sale of fire tags. With a vote of the people the Antonia Fire Protection District was established
and funds were now generated by a levy of property taxes.
Today the Antonia Fire Protection District provides
fire prevention, fire suppression and rescue service to thirty-six square miles of Jefferson County. We furnish service to
all or part of the rapidly growing communities of Antonia, Barnhart, Imperial, Otto, and Seckman area residents who reside
within the district boundaries. The district operates three fire stations with a staff of twenty paid personnel and twenty
volunteers.
Our Future
The future will require the district to fund and hire additional paid staff to meet the growing needs of the community and
to provide a better level of protection to our citizens. We will also continually need to maintain, update and replace out
dated equipment, apparatus and facilities to ensure our success. Our goal is to continually expand our capabilities to have
a safer community with lower insurance rates.
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