Santa To Ride Fire Truck Through Century On Saturday

December 14, 2018

The Century Station of Escambia Fire Rescue will escort Santa through Century, Byrneville and Poplar Dell  Saturday on “Ladder 5″.

The complete route, as provided by the Century Fire Station, will be:

  • We will leave Century Fire Station on Tedder Road at 9:00 AM.
  • From there we will head down Hwy 29 and make a quick pass by the new Century Park Apartments then West Hwy 4 to the Century Care Center.
  • We will leave Century Care Center heading back to Hwy 29.
  • Then we will travel Hwy 29 to East Pond Street and make the first right onto Jefferson Ave.
  • Zooming down Jefferson Ave. and making left on Front St.
  • Going down Front St. and turning right onto Mayo St.
  • Then Santa will go down Mayo St. and make a right onto Church St.
  • Will travel Church St. and make a left on Jefferson Ave. and fly down Jefferson St to make a left onto Mayo Ln.
  • Going down Mayo Ln. and making a right onto Mayo St. then a right on Hecker Rd.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Claus will then travel along Hecker Rd. and will be making a left onto Jefferson Ave.
  • We will turn down Freedom Rd. and make a loop through Camellia Garden Apartments, then on to East Hwy 4.
  • Flying down East Hwy 4 and making a right onto Old Flomaton Rd.
  • You can catch them along Old Flomaton Rd as they zoom by and turn left onto East Cottage St. then making a right onto Ivey St.
  • Santa and his elves will stop for a short period at the vacant lot beside Century Auto Parts for kids that want a closer look! Pictures can be taken here but the kids will have to stand by the truck, Mr. and Mrs. Claus can’t climb down!
  • Then we will head out West Stateline Rd. then Byrneville area here he comes! We will be traveling down West Stateline Rd / Hwy 4A and make left onto Killam Rd after a quick pass through Poplar Dell Church parking lot.
  • Travelling down Killam Rd. we will make a right onto West Hwy 4.
  • We will travel West Hwy 4 and make a left onto Byrneville Rd. and Santa and his elves will stop for another short break at Byrneville Elementary School. Bring the kids here to catch another closer look! Again pictures can be taken with kids standing by the truck but Mr. and Mrs. Clause can’t climb down!
  • Leaving Byrneville Elementary School you can catch a view of them zooming down Byrneville Rd. all the way to Hwy 29.
  • Then the sleigh will be headed down Hwy 29 back to the Century Fire House on Tedder Rd so Mr. and Mrs. Claus and the reindeer can get back to the North Pole to finish getting ready for Christmas Eve night!

For a map and any schedule updates, click here.

Pictured: Last year’s Century Santa Run. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

One Response to “Santa To Ride Fire Truck Through Century On Saturday”

  1. Calla Ferguson on December 15th, 2018 3:07 pm

    I look forward to this every year. Thank you Mr & Mrs Santa and all your elves!

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive