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NWS Severe Weather/Hurricane Guide
Wed. May 30th 2018
Hurricane Season starts June 1. https://www.weather.gov/media/hgx/HurricaneGuide2018.pdf
Fireworks
Wed. Mar 28th 2018
Fireworks are prohibited in the City Limits of Jamaica Beach. This includes along the beachfront as well between the State Park and the West end of Jamaica Beach.
Fires on the Beach
Wed. Mar 28th 2018
Fires must be in an approved container that has a lid (ie. firepit or grill)Open fires on the sand or even in a hole in the sand are forbidden as this may lead to fires in the dunes and the coals may ...
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Beach Safety Tip
Wed. Mar 28th 2018
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Snakes in the dunes. Please keep away from the dunes, especially children and pets. Hibernating season for snakes has ended and there have already been reports of snake sightings on the west end.
Call Volume
Busiest Times
Date
Total
Busiest Year
2018
219
FireHazard
Apr 2019
7
EMSRescue
Apr 2019
21
Service Call
Aug 2019
8
Other
Apr 2018
5
2019
FireHazard
EMSRescue
Service Call
Other
Total
Jan
4
3
2
-
9
Feb
2
9
-
1
12
Mar
2
9
2
-
13
Apr
7
21
1
1
30
May
4
17
-
1
22
Jun
4
21
1
2
28
Jul
5
17
5
-
27
Aug
5
12
8
-
25
Sep
3
8
7
-
18
Oct
1
9
4
1
15
Nov
-
-
-
-
Dec
-
-
-
-
Total
37
126
30
6
199
18.59%
63.32%
15.08%
3.02%
2018
FireHazard
EMSRescue
Service Call
Other
Total
Jan
5
7
4
1
17
Feb
-
7
6
1
14
Mar
4
13
4
1
22
Apr
2
15
1
5
23
May
-
15
1
5
21
Jun
4
15
4
5
28
Jul
5
8
3
1
17
Aug
4
8
3
2
17
Sep
1
8
-
1
10
Oct
1
13
2
-
16
Nov
2
12
1
2
17
Dec
7
5
3
2
17
Total
35
126
32
26
219
15.98%
57.53%
14.61%
11.87%
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