- City of Fort Myers, Florida Fire Rescue The City of Fort Myers Fire Department was founded in 1901. In the following nine decades of service, we have pioneered advances in the fire service in our region while keeping the level of service to our citizens as our first and foremost objective. In 1963, the Department's staff converted from volunteer to paid status. In 1972 the City of Fort Myers was ...www.cyberstreet.com/firedept