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REGION 1: The Panhandle
Blackwater Forestry Center
COUNTIES:
Escambia
Okaloosa
Santa Rosa
CONTACT:
Blackwater Forestry Center
Florida Division of Forestry
NAS Whiting Field, Bldg. #1454, Suite 106
Milton, FL 32570
Telephone: 850/957-6140
Chipola Forestry Center
COUNTIES:
Bay
Calhoun
Gulf
Holmes
Jackson
Walton
Washington
CONTACT:
Bob Rhea, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
715 West 15th Street
Panama City, FL 32401
Telephone: 850/ 872-7393
Cell: 850/526-0709
Fax: 850/872-4879
Email:rhear@doacs.state.fl.us
Tallahassee Forestry Center
COUNTIES:
Franklin
Gadsden
Jefferson
Leon
Liberty
Wakulla
CONTACT:
Todd Schroeder, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
Tallahassee Forestry Center
865 Geddie Road
Tallahassee, FL 32304
Telephone: 850/ 414-1138
Cell: 850/ 519-0666
Email: schroet@doacs.state.fl.us
REGION 2: North Florida
Perry District
COUNTIES:
Dixie
Lafayette
Madison
Taylor
CONTACT:
Perry District office
Perry District Office
Florida Division of Forestry
618 Plantation Road
Perry, FL 32348
Telephone: 850/ 838-2299
Suwannee Forestry Center
COUNTIES:
Baker
Bradford
Columbia
Hamilton
Suwannee
Union
CONTACT:
Nynah Billingsley, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
Suwannee Forestry Center
137 SE Forestry Circle
Lake City, Fl. 32025
Telephone: 386/ 754-1031
Fax: 386/ 758-5725
Email: billinn@doacs.state.fl.us
Jacksonville District
COUNTIES:
Clay
Duval
Nassau
CONTACT:
Annaleasa Winter, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
Jacksonville District Office
7247 Big Oaks Road
Bryceville, FL 32009
Telephone: 904/266-5008
Cell: 904/705-3931
Fax: 904/266-5017
Email: wintera@doacs.state.fl.us
Waccasassa Forestry Center
COUNTIES:
Alachua
Gilchrist
Levy
Marion
Putnam
CONTACT:
Ludie Bond, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
Waccasassa Forestry Center
1600 NE 23rd Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32609
Telephone: 352/955-6458
Cell: 352/258-6084
Fax: 352/955-6459
Email: bondl@doacs.state.fl.us
REGION 3: Central Florida
Bunnell District
COUNTIES:
Flagler
St. Johns
Volusia
CONTACT:
Timber Weller, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
5002 U.S. Highway 1 North
Bunnell, FL 32110
Telephone: 386/447-1533
Cell: 386/ 503-7351
Fax: 386/ 447-1535
Email: wellert@doacs.state.fl.us
Withlacoochee Forestry Center
COUNTIES:
Citrus
Hernando
Lake
Pasco
Sumter
CONTACT:
Don Ruths, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
Withlacoochee Forestry Center
15019 Broad Street
Brooksville , FL 34601
Telephone: 352/ 754-6777 ext. 119
Cell: 352/ 400-1218
Fax: 352/544-2356
Email: ruthsd@doacs.state.fl.us
Orlando District
COUNTIES:
Brevard
Orange
Osceola
Seminole
CONTACT:
Cliff Frazier, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
8431 S. Orange Blossom Trail
Orlando, FL 32809
Telephone: 407/ 856-6518
Fax: 407/ 856-6514
Email: fraziec@doacs.state.fl.us
Lakeland District
COUNTIES:
Hillsborough
Polk
Pinellas
CONTACT:
Bill Delph, Fire Prevention Specialist
Lakeland District Office
5745 South Florida Avenue
Lakeland, FL 33813
Telephone: 863/ 648-3152
Fax: 863/ 648-3169
Email: delphb@doacs.state.fl.us
REGION 4: South Florida
Myakka River District
COUNTIES:
Charlotte
Desoto
Hardee
Manatee
Sarasota
CONTACT:
Patrick M. Mahoney, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
4723 53rd Ave East
Bradenton, FL 34203-4199
Telephone: 941/ 727-6481
Cell: 941/ 737-9056
Fax: 941/ 751-7631
Email: mahonep@doacs.state.fl.us
Okeechobee District
COUNTIES:
Glades
Highlands
Indian River
Martin
Okeechobee
St. Lucie
CONTACT:
Melissa Yunas, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
Stuart Forestry Station
5050 SW 48th Avenue
Palm City, FL 34990
Telephone: 772-219-1248
Cell: 772/ 260-0053
FAX: 772/ 219-1249
Email: yunasm@doacs.state.fl.us
Caloosahatchee Forestry Center
COUNTIES:
Collier
Hendry
Lee
CONTACT:
Caloosahatchee Forestry Center
Caloosahatchee District
10941 Palm Beach Blvd.
Ft. Myers, FL 33905
Telephone: 239/690-3500 ext. 100 or 101
Fax: 941/690-3504
Everglades District
COUNTIES:
Palm Beach
Broward
Miami-Dade
Monroe
CONTACT:
Scott Peterich, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist
Loxahatchee Forestry Station*
600 “D” Road
Loxahatchee, FL 33470
Telephone: 561/ 791-4725
Cell: 954/ 347-8062
Fax: 561/ 791-4725
Email: peteris@doacs.state.fl.us
*Loxahatchee is on Hwy 80/98 in Palm Beach County |
