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Program Details
The Police Department has a Medication Disposal Program for old, unused medications! Here are the details: Program Details
The City of Oviedo offers a Medication Disposal Program, which allows Oviedo residents to dispose of non-liquid medications. The program is for residential customers only and does not include physician offices, nursing or assisted living facilities, pharmacies, or any other commercial business.
The Medication Disposal Program was developed to offer you an opportunity to properly dispose of prescribed medications. An alarming number of teenagers are discovering that prescription medications are easily available to them from their home medicine storage cabinet and are not aware of the health risks of taking prescribed medications not intended for their use. Now you have a method of disposing of unused medications or perhaps those that are out of date or no longer needed for individual health needs. In addition, following the passing of a family member, we are asked to dispose of those prescribed medications in a safe manner. This program is designed specifically for that purpose as well.
Disposal
You may dispose of any non-liquid medications at:
Oviedo Police Department
Main Lobby
300 Alexandria Boulevard
Oviedo, FL 32765
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Seminole County Sheriff's Office
1255 E. Broadway Street
Oviedo, FL 32765
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A self-deposit of self-serve Medication Disposal Container is located inside the main Police Department Lobby and the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. All narcotics (pain and other medications) may be disposed of at this location. As a reminder, these types of medications may not be disposed of at the Oviedo Fire Administration Office or Fire Stations.
Liquid medications can be disposed of by pouring them into coffee grounds or cat litter and disposing of them in a plastic bag in your garbage.
The City of Oviedo Fire Department encourages you to properly dispose of Hazardous Waste to prevent environmental damage to the stormwater master system, drinking water, and the environment.
Residential Hazardous Waste Disposal Location
Central Transfer Station
1950 SR 419, Longwood 32750
On County Road 419 between State Road 434 and Highway 17-92
Hours of Operation
Monday - Saturday
7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Closed on Sunday
Products Accepted & Not Accepted
Hazardous Waste is identified by the product container information and includes products such as (but not limited to):
Products Accepted Include
- Flammable liquid-gasoline
- Fluorescent lights
- Glues
- Insecticides
- Lawn chemicals
- Mercury
- Motor oil
- Poisons
- Propane tanks
- Solvents
- Televisions
- Thermometers
- Thermostats
Products Not Accepted Include
- Biological material
- Explosives
- Medications
- Radioactive material
Program Details
The City of Oviedo Fire Department offers the Oviedo residents the ability to participate in a Residential Key Box Program. The Residential Key Box Program provides a secure (safe type box) that hangs over the front door in which the key to your home is secured allowing access for Fire Department Personnel in an emergency. The program is intended for the following purposes:
- Patients with serious health conditions that may be unable to provide entry to emergency service personnel.
- Elderly who lives alone and has concerns about the inability to provide entry to emergency service personnel.
The City of Oviedo Fire Department is pleased to be an active participant in the Safe Place Program in the Oviedo community. The Safe Place Program provides access to immediate help and supportive resources for all young people in crisis through a network of sites sustained by qualified agencies, trained volunteers, and businesses.
Oviedo Fire Station "Safe Place" Locations
- Oviedo Fire Station 46 - 725 S. Central Avenue, Oviedo
- Oviedo Fire Station 48 - 1930 County Rd 419, Oviedo
Process
- A youth in crisis walks into a designated Safe Place location (identified by a Safe Place sign or decal) and tells the first available employee that they need Safe Place help.
- The employee will find a quiet, comfortable place for the youth to wait while they call the local Safe Place contact.
- The Safe Place contact will call the location back to identify the volunteer or staff member who will come to meet the young person at the location.
- Ideally, within 20 to 30 minutes, the Safe Place volunteer or staff member will arrive to talk with the youth and transport him or her to the agency for counseling, support, a place to stay or other resources.
- Once at the agency, counselors meet with the youth and provide support, resources, and help. They make sure the youth and their families receive the help and professional referrals they need. (Family members or guardians are called to let them know that their youth is safe.) The yout,h-serving agency helps the youth and the family through a difficult time or crisis through counseling and support services.
Most young people hear about Safe Place during school presentations. Each student is presented with a Safe Place information card. This card has the local Safe Place phone number and tells them that Safe Place's help is free and confidential. Teens also hear about the program through word of mouth and public service announcements on radio or TV.
Business Contact Registration Program
What registering will do for your business:
- Allows emergency responders to quickly reach someone who knows the property
- Protects your property after-hours by ensuring someone can respond to alarms, fires or security issues
- Minimizes damage by allowing quicker access and resolution
- Ensures the owner's interests are represented even if they are not present
- Provides peace of mind knowing emergency responders have the right information to act swiftly
This information is secure and kept at the Seminole County Dispatch Center and is only used by emergency responders.
REGISTER YOUR BUSINESS HERE
Fire and Life Safety Tips
Helpful Tips
The City of Oviedo Fire Department has developed these After the Fire Recovery Tips to assist you in returning your property to normal following a fire in your home or business.
Recovering from a fire can be physically and mentally draining. When fire strikes, lives are suddenly changed and often knowing which agencies to contact is the most difficult process. This information is designed to assist you in the recovery process and we encourage you to also work closely with your insurance carrier who has established a list of contractors and vendors that will assist you in your recovery efforts.
Need for Child Proofing Your Home
Did you know thousands of children are injured each year in the home from otherwise preventable accidents?
The City of Oviedo Fire Department has created a Child Proofing the Home Safety Checklist that will assist you in conducting a self-inspection of your home for potential hazards that could cause serious injury to your child. We also have a Child Proofing the Home Display Board located at our Fire Administration Office that will show you the various Child Proofing the Home Products available from local retail stores.
Inspect every room for hazards. Get down on the floor and see the room as a child would see it.
Child Proofing the Home Safety Checklist:
Create and practice a fire escape plan.
· Install smoke detectors/alarms on every floor, inside and outside each bedroom
· Test your smoke alarm and change the battery when you change the clock.
· Install a Class ABC fire extinguisher in the kitchen & garage.
· Install cabinet locks.
· Install double cabinet locks on medication cabinets.
· Install oven/stove knob protectors.
· Install toilet seat locks.
· Install blind cord retractors.
· Install electrical cord retractors.
· Install door guards on interior doors.
· Install door chimes on doors leading to outside and pool area as well.
· Install appliance locks on refrigerators & freezers.
· Install non slip products in bath tubs and showers.
· Install counter top corner protectors on sharp edges.
· Set water heater at 100 degrees or less.
· Inspect crib rails/bed rails to make sure infants/small children can’t fit head between slats.
· Do not leave infants/children unattended when bathing or in swimming pool.
· Inspect all furniture for possible tip over hazard.
· Secure firearms properly with locks in accordance with state law.
· Install telephone near pool area.
· Install pool water alarm.
· Install pool safety fence or barrier.
· Install privacy fence around back yard with a pool or trampoline.
· Do not leave toys around pool area or in pool after use.
· Make sure spa lid is well secured.
· Store pool and spa chemicals safely and locked.
· Provide swimming lessons to children.
· Always supervise swimming activities or use of spa.
· Store hazardous chemicals for lawn, pool, cleaning, automotive, in a secure location away from children and locked.
· Inspect toys often for broken parts or loose materials.
· Learn what plants may be poisonous.
· Keep candles away from the reach of children. Use a glass globe cover.
· Keep portable heaters away from children.
· Make sure fireplace has protective screen and supervise during use.
· Teach children how to dial 911, only for an emergency, and if old enough their name/address, etc.
DOOR/WINDOW ALARMS
The Oviedo Fire Department and the Wesley Seth Foundation want to make child drowning deaths preventable. Through a generous donation from the Foundation, the Oviedo Fire Department has Door/Window Alarms that our residents can install in their homes to make sure kids do not go unheard if they slip outside. The alarm will immediately activate if a door or window is opened when activated. Florida has the highest drowning rate among children ages 0-9 in the country. Kids are naturally curious about water and if left unattended, can drown in backyard swimming pools, lakes and ponds. If you are interested in getting alarms for your home, please fill out this INTEREST FORM and we will let you know when you can pick them up. Let’s prevent drownings, Oviedo! (Please note there is a limited supply)
The City of Oviedo Fire Department encourages you to practice safety when using Fireworks. Did you know that any Fireworks that explode or launch into the air are illegal in the State of Florida and that the Agriculture Exemption you may sign when purchasing Fireworks from retail sales is not appropriate if you use your Fireworks in the improper zoning area such as a residential neighborhood! Of course, this is information the Fireworks Retail Store fails to share with you at the time of purchase.
- Never allow young children to handle fireworks
- Older children should use them only under close adult supervision
- Never use fireworks while impaired by drugs or alcohol
- Anyone using fireworks or standing nearby should wear protective eyewear
- Never hold lighted fireworks in your hands
- Never light them indoors
- Only use them away from people, houses and flammable material
- Never point or throw fireworks at another person
- Only light one device at a time and maintain a safe distance after lighting
- Never ignite devices in a container
- Do not try to re-light or handle malfunctioning fireworks
- Soak both spent and unused fireworks in water for a few hours before discarding
- Keep a bucket of water nearby to fully extinguish fireworks that don't go off or in case of fire
- Never use illegal fireworks
Illegal Fireworks
The consequences in Florida are usually confiscation of Illegal Fireworks, however, other penalties may be involved if injuries occur. In Oviedo, local retail vendors are prohibited from the sale of Fireworks that either explode or launch into the air.
Practicing Safety
The City of Oviedo Fire Department encourages you to practice the three most important Home Fire Safety Tips to decrease the likelihood of a fire occurring in your home.
Residential home fires present the greatest risk for serious injuries and loss of life in Florida and common household fires occur from cooking, portable heating, fireplace heating, clothes dryer, and lightning! Have you taken the time to discuss Fire Safety Tips among your family members?
3 Best Practice Home Fire Safety Tips
- Develop a Fire Escape Plan and practice it with the entire family
- Maintain a Class ABC Fire Extinguisher in the kitchen and garage
- Maintain working Smoke Detectors/Alarms in the home
The City of Oviedo Fire Department encourages you to practice Home Heating Fire Safety Tips. Although you would not normally consider Florida to experience a large volume of Home Heating related fires, they do in fact occur during the cooler weather months.
We want to provide you with some safety tips for running sources of heat in your home to prevent house fires, which are a common occurrence in the winter months:
When you turn your central heat on after a long period of non-use, you may smell a burning smell. This could be dust that has been collected in the system. If you see smoke, call 9-1-1 immediately and firefighters can check for fire in the roof and walls using heat signature devices.
Space Heater Safety:
- Always keep a space heater at least three (3) feet away from anything that can burn - including clothing, linens, and curtains.
- Place the heater on a solid, flat surface and buy one that has an auto shut-off should it tip over.
- Do not let children or pets play near a space heater.
- Do not overload a circuit by plugging too many space heaters in.
Chimney Safety:
- Make sure there are no blockages in the chimney before lighting a fire. Animals may find your chimney to be a safe, warm place to nest.
- Have your chimney inspected regularly by a professional.
- Make sure the flue is OPEN when you light a fire.
- Keep children and pets away from open flames and have a screen in front of the fireplace.
- Trim branches and trees around your chimney.
- Call 9-1-1 if smoke starts to fill the home.
Never use appliances such as a dryer or oven to heat your home. They are not specified to be used as home heating devices and can start a fire.
Pet Fire Safety Day is observed annually every July 15th. It is a reminder for pet owners to be proactive in preventing injury or death to beloved members of the family.
#PetFireSafetyDay is the hashtag used on social media to promote and raise awareness of this day.
Here are some helpful tips from the American Red Cross on how you can keep your pets from starting fires or being injured/killed by a fire:
Prevent Your Pets from Starting Fires
The National Fire Protection Association estimates that nearly 1,000 home fires each year are accidentally started by homeowners' pets. The American Kennel Club and ADT Security Services have joined forces to provide the following tips:
- Extinguish Open Flames - Pets are generally curious and will investigate cooking appliances, candles, or even a fire in your fireplace. Ensure your pet is not left unattended around an open flame and make sure to thoroughly extinguish any open flame before leaving your home.
- Remove Stove Knobs - Be sure to remove stove knobs or protect them with covers before leaving the house - a stove or cook top is the number one piece of equipment involved in your pet starting a fire.
- Invest in Flameless Candles - These candles contain a light bulb rather than an open flame, and take the danger out of your pet knocking over a candle. Cats are notorious for starting fires when their tails turn over lit candles.
- Secure Young Pets - keep them confined away from potential fire-starting hazards when you are away from home such as in crates or behind baby gates in secure areas.
Help Firefighters Help Your Pets
- Keep pets near entrances when away from home. Keep collars on pets and leashes at the ready in case firefighters need to rescue your pet. When leaving pets home alone, keep them in areas or rooms near entrances where firefighters can easily find them.
- Affix a pet alert window cling and write down the number of pets inside your house and attach the static cling to a front window. This critical information saves rescuers time when locating your pets. Make sure to keep the number of pets listed on them updated.
Pool Safety
Did you know Florida leads the nation in pool drownings?
The City of Oviedo Fire Department encourages you to practice Pool Safety to prevent injury or loss of life with your swimming pool and/or spa. These pool safety tips from the American Red Cross will help you prevent a tragedy that is far too common in the State of Florida.
Secure Your Pool When Not in Use
- Completely surround your pool with four-sided isolation fencing with a self-closing and self-latching gate that is out of the reach of a child.
- A four-sided isolation fence (separating the pool area from the house and yard) reduces a child’s risk of drowning 83% compared to three-sided property-line fencing.
- For above-ground pools, secure, lock or remove steps, ladders and anything that can be used for access (such as outdoor furniture and toys) whenever the pool is not being actively supervised by an adult.
- Install a secondary barrier, such as:
- Door alarms and locks that are out of the reach of a child on all doors and windows with direct access to the pool or spa area
- Lockable covers
Establish and Enforce Rules and Safe Behaviors
- Do not enter head first unless in a pool that has a safe diving area.
- Stay away from drains and other openings that cause suction.
- Swim with a buddy.
- Only swim when supervised by a water watcher.
- Swim sober.
- Supervise others sober and without distractions, such as reading or talking on or using a cell phone.
Take These Water Safety Steps
- Employ layers of protection including barriers to prevent access to water, life jackets, and close supervision of children to prevent drowning.
- Ensure every member of your family learns to swim so they at least achieve skills of water competency: able to enter the water, get a breath, stay afloat, change position, swim a distance then get out of the water safely.
- Know what to do in a water emergency – including how to help someone in trouble in the water safely, call for emergency help and CPR.
For more information, visit the American Red Cross website.
Did you know?
The City of Oviedo provides swim lessons for persons of all ages! From toddlers to adults, learning to swim is essential. To learn more about swim lessons please visit our Aquatics Page here: Learn to Swim!
Heat Emergencies in Oviedo
The City of Oviedo Fire Department encourages you to be aware of the signs and symptoms of a Heat Related Emergency. A Heat Related Emergency is common during the high-temperature summer months and particularly applies to those working outdoors, the very young, and the elderly, or those with other medical conditions.
Several types of Heat Related Emergencies are possible and can pose an immediate threat to your health including irreversible damage to organs and potentially death. Recognizing these conditions will provide you with an opportunity to take corrective measures to avoid a Heat Related Emergency.
Treatment
Call 911 for all Heat Related Emergencies for an evaluation by a trained EMT or Paramedic. Place the patient(s) in a cooler environment, loosen clothing or remove clothing, apply cool ice packs to the neck, groin, and armpits, apply cool moist towels, and only provide water if the patient is suffering from Heat Cramps or Heat Exhaustion, not Heat Stroke.
Display of Home Address
The City of Oviedo Fire Department and Police Department encourage you to make sure your home address is properly displayed in order for emergency responders to find your home quickly in case of an emergency. Locating your home quickly can save precious minutes during a fire, medical, or police emergency call for service. Please partner with us and make sure your numerical address is displayed clearly on your home and mailbox. The following information will assist you in assuring the numerical address is properly displayed:
- Numerical address numbers should be located in a highly visible location on the front of the home and on the mailbox. Both locations are helpful to emergency responders.
- Numerical address numbers should be in contrast to the paint on the home and mailbox and at least 5 inches in size.
- Numerical address numbers should be illuminated at night time by exterior lighting (address on the home). Reflective address numbers are helpful.
Contractors
Please note the City of Oviedo does not sponsor or endorse those persons or contractors who canvas the community and offer to place your numerical address painted on the roadside curb. In fact, we do not even utilize this as a means for emergency response as it is not clearly visible to our emergency responders rather we look for the numerical address displayed on the home and mailbox.
The City of Oviedo Fire Emergency Management provides a Home Fire Safety Inspections Checklist to use for each room of your home and offers fire safety tips and suggestions to safeguard your family from the threat of fire.
You can download these forms to help you create your own plan and checklist:
Lightning Awareness Week is observed in June of every year, but it is important to have this important information year-round. Living in Central Florida means you live in the lightning capital of the world. Thunderstorms, especially during the summer, can form quickly and lightning can strike anywhere at any time. The City of Oviedo has many wonderful parks and recreation facilities and we want you and your family to be safe during the storms.
Always remember, if you are within range of the City's Thor Guard Lightning Detection System and you hear the alarms go off, get inside immediately. That means there is lightning within three (3) miles of the detection system.
If you believe your home has been struck by lightning, call 9-1-1 immediately. You may not see smoke or fire, but there could be a fire waiting to happen under the roof line. Our firefighters will come and make sure your home is safe first and foremost.
Lightning Science
Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere or between the atmosphere and the ground. In the initial stages of development, air acts as an insulator between the positive and negative charges in the cloud and between the cloud and the ground; however, when the differences in charges become too great, this insulating capacity of the air breaks down and there is a rapid discharge of electricity that we know as lightning.
Lightning can occur between opposite charges within the thunderstorm cloud (Intra Cloud Lightning) or between opposite charges in the cloud and on the ground (Cloud-To-Ground Lightning). Cloud-to-ground lightning is divided into two different types of flashes depending on the charge in the cloud where the lightning originates.
Lightning Safety Outdoors
If you absolutely cannot get to safety, you can slightly lessen the threat of being struck with the following tips. But don't kid yourself-you are NOT safe outside. Know the weather patterns of the area you plan to visit. Listen to the weather forecast for the outdoor area you plan to visit. The forecast may be very different from the one near your home. If there is a high chance of thunderstorms, stay inside.
- Avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top.
- Stay away from tall, isolated trees or other tall objects. If you are in a forest, stay near a lower stand of trees.
- If you are in a group, spread out to avoid the current traveling between group members.
- If you are camping in an open area, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low area. Remember, a tent offers NO protection from lighting.
- Stay away from water, wet items, such as ropes, and metal objects, such as fences and poles. Water and metal do not attract lightning but they are excellent conductors of electricity. The current from a lightning flash will easily travel for long distances.
Lightning Safety Indoors
Safe shelters are buildings with electricity and plumbing or metal-topped vehicles with the windows closed. Picnic shelters, dugouts and small buildings without plumbing or electricity are not safe. Below are some key safety tips for you, your pets and your home. There are three main ways lightning enters structures: a direct strike, through wires or pipes that extend outside the structure or through the ground. Once in a structure, lightning can travel through the electrical, phone, plumbing, and radio/television reception systems. Lightning can also travel through any metal wires or bars in concrete walls or flooring.
- Stay off corded phones. You can use cellular or cordless phones.
- Don't touch electrical equipment such as computers, TVs, or cords. You can use remote controls safely.
- Avoid plumbing. Do not wash your hands, take a shower, or wash dishes.
- Stay away from exterior windows and doors that might contain metal components leading from outside your home to the inside.
- Stay off balconies, porches and out of open garages or carports.
- Do not lie on concrete floors or lean against concrete walls.
- Protect your pets: Dog houses are not safe shelters. Dogs that are chained to trees or on metal runners are particularly vulnerable to lightning strikes.
- Protect your property: Lightning generates electric surges that can damage electronic equipment some distance from the actual strike. Typical surge protectors will not protect equipment from a lightning strike. Do not unplug equipment during a thunderstorm as there is a risk you could be struck.
Lightning Safety and Sports activities
In general, a significant lightning threat extends outward from the base of a thunderstorm cloud about 6 to 10 miles. It’s important to account for the time it will take for everyone to get to safety. Here are some criteria that could be used to stop activities.
- If you see lightning: The ability to see lightning varies depending on the time of day, weather conditions, and obstructions such as trees, mountains, etc. In clear air, and especially at night, lightning can be seen from storms more than 10 miles away provided that obstructions don’t limit the view of the thunderstorm.
- If you hear thunder: Thunder can usually be heard for a distance of about 10 miles provided that there is no background noise. Traffic, wind, and precipitation may limit the ability to hear thunder to less than 10 miles. If you hear thunder, though, it’s a safe bet that the storm is within ten miles.
- If the skies look threatening: Thunderstorms can develop directly overhead and some storms may develop lightning just as they move into an area.
Medical Effects on Lightning Victims
Lightning is primarily an injury to the nervous system, often with brain injury and nerve injury. Serious burns seldom occur. People who do not suffer cardiac arrest at the time of the incident may experience lesser symptoms, which often clear over a few days:
- Muscle soreness
- Headache, nausea, stomach upset and other post-concussion types of symptoms
- Mild confusion, memory slowness or mental clouding
- Dizziness, balance problems
Longer Term Problems
Most survivors experience only some of the symptoms below:
- Problems coding new information and accessing old information
- Problems multitasking
- Slower reaction time
- Distractibility
- Irritability and personality change
- Inattentiveness or forgetfulness
- Headaches which do not resolve with usual OTC meds
- Chronic pain from nerve injury
- Ringing in the ears and dizziness or balance problems
- Difficulty sleeping, sometimes sleeping excessively at first and later only two or three hours at a time
Delayed Symptoms
- Personality changes/self-isolation
- Irritability and embarrassment because they can't remember people, job responsibilities and key information
- Difficulty carrying on a conversation
- Depression
- Chronic pain and headaches
PROTECTING YOUR HOME
Lightning rods (and the accompanying protection system) are designed to protect a house or building from a direct lightning strike and, in particular, a lightning-initiated fire.
Note that lightning protection systems do not prevent lightning from striking the structure, but rather intercept a lightning strike, provide a conductive path for the harmful electrical discharge to follow (the appropriate UL-listed copper or aluminum cable), and disperse the energy safely into the ground (grounding network). These components must be properly connected (bonded) to minimize the chances of any sparks or side flashes.
While lightning rods help protect a structure from a direct lightning strike, a complete lightning protection system is needed to help prevent harmful electrical surges and possible fires caused by lightning entering a structure via wires and pipes. A complete system also includes electrical surge protection devices for incoming power, data, and communication lines; and surge protection devices for vulnerable appliances.
Lightning protection may also be needed for gas piping.
Any lightning protection system should follow the national safety standards and requirements of the Lightning Protection Institute, National Fire Protection Association, and Underwriters Laboratories.
Fire & Life Safety Code Inspection Program
The City of Oviedo Fire Department provides ongoing commercial building Fire and Life Safety inspections to maintain a fire-safe community with a low fire occurrence. This is accomplished through education and an active Fire and Life Safety Code Inspection Program. We attempt to inspect all commercial occupancies throughout the Oviedo community and correct potentially serious Fire and Life Safety Code violations. The occupant is notified of those violations that require immediate corrective actions and those violations that are given a specific time frame for corrective measures. All of this is done to reduce fire loss and the potential for injury or loss of life.
If you believe you may have discovered a potentially dangerous Fire or Life Safety Code violation in a commercial building, please contact our Fire Prevention Division at 407-971-5618 or 407-971-5611. We appreciate your participation in keeping Oviedo a Fire Safe Community!
Safe Haven for Newborns
The City of Oviedo Fire Department is pleased to be part of a state-wide program with A Safe Haven for Newborns-Gloria M. Silverio Foundation, which was created in response to the abandonment of newborn infants in the State of Florida.
In 2000, a law was passed by the Florida Legislature and amended in 2008, 383.50 Treatment of Surrendered Newborn Infant. The law allows for a mother/father to bring their newborn infant up to 7 days of age to any 24-hour staffed Fire or EMS Station or Hospital as a "Safe Haven" and remain completely anonymous! No questions were asked, and no law enforcement was notified! This law was created with the sole purpose of saving newborn infants' lives in danger of abandonment.
The Safe Haven for Newborns-Gloria M. Silverio Foundation was created in response to the abandonment of newborn infants and provides assistance to mothers/fathers, Fire and EMS, Hospitals, Media and all others for the management of the law and program. Visit A Safe Haven for Newborns website which provides a toll-free multi-lingual crisis hotline 877-767-BABY (2229) that is staffed 24/7 and also provides training materials, re-certification credit for paramedics, EMTs, nurses, media assistance, speaking engagements, operational procedures, step by step guide, signs and decals for buildings, decals for apparatus, and much more.
Oviedo Safe Haven Locations
The City of Oviedo Fire Department has 2 Fire Station locations that are marked with the Safe Haven Sign and are located at:
- Oviedo Fire Station 46 - 735 S. Central Avenue Oviedo, FL 32765
- Oviedo Fire Station 48 - 1930 County Rd 419, Oviedo, FL 32766
Contact Information for A Safe HAVEN for Newborns
For more information please visit:
A Safe Haven for Newborns
Phone: 877-767-BABY (2229)
305-882-1304, ext. 103
Email Safe Haven for Newborns
A Safe Haven for Newborns website
Disposal of Medical Syringes
The City of Oviedo Fire Department in cooperation with Seminole County Environmental Services, provides free Sharp Containers for those residential customers who need to dispose of medical syringes. The Sharp Container Program offers a free Sharp Container available for pickup at any of our Fire Station locations or Fire Administration Office. You must be a resident of Seminole County, and reside within the city limits of Oviedo, or any other Seminole County city, to qualify for the program.
Simply visit any Oviedo Fire Department Stations to acquire your free container and/or bring your filled container for disposal, Hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 7 days a week. If the Fire Station is not occupied at the time of your visit, you may visit the other Fire Station or come back at a later time.
About the Program
The City of Oviedo Fire Department offers a free Smoke Detector and Alarm Program to Oviedo residents who are financially unable to maintain a working smoke alarm in their homes. Smoke Detector/Alarms offer an "early" warning that a potentially serious fire has occurred in the home and affords you and your family precious moments to successfully escape a fire. Contact our Fire Rescue Administration Office at 407-971-5611 to see if you qualify for the program.
Scheduling an Inspection
If you wish to schedule a free inspection or change batteries in your Smoke Detector/Alarm that is too high, you may contact Seminole County Non-Emergency Dispatch at 407-665-5100 to schedule an appointment. An adult must be present in the home at the time of inspection and service.
Financial Donation
If you desire to make a financial contribution to our "free" Smoke Detector/Alarm Program, you may do so by making your donation to the:
City of Oviedo Fire Department Donation Account
Oviedo Fire Department
400 Alexandria Boulevard
Oviedo, FL 32765
Fire Safety Techniques
Make your home Fire Safe by practicing these Fire Safety Techniques:
- Maintain a working Smoke Detector/Alarm on each floor of the home.
- Add additional Smoke Detectors/Alarms in each bedroom.
- Test your Smoke Detector/Alarm monthly.
- Change Your Clock - Change Your Battery! Change the battery in your Smoke Detector/Alarm twice each year when you adjust your clocks with the seasonal time change.
Visit any Oviedo Fire Station for additional Fire Safety information.