{"id":260195,"date":"2026-05-06T04:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260195\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T04:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:47:08","slug":"jupiter-advances-plan-to-form-its-own-fire-rescue-department-separating-from-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260195\/","title":{"rendered":"Jupiter advances plan to form its own fire rescue department, separating from county"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 The Town of Jupiter is moving forward with plans to create its own fire rescue department, separating from Palm Beach County.<\/p>\n<p>In a 4\u20131 vote Tuesday night, town leaders approved the next step in the process, which includes determining costs and how residents would be charged for service.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/florida\/voting-rights-groups-sue-state-over-floridas-new-congressional-map-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Voting rights groups sue state over Florida\u2019s new congressional map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials are considering options such as property taxes or a per-property fee, with a final decision expected next month.<\/p>\n<p>Town leaders say the change could save about $10 million annually.<\/p>\n<p>Residents will be notified and given an opportunity to weigh in before a final vote is held in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The Town of Jupiter is moving forward with plans to create its own fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-260195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}