 Later in November 1894, the Flagler Alerts, an all-volunteer fire department, was established as the first fire department in the city.Although Flagler intended the West Palm Beach area to be the southern terminus of his railroad, the track began extending farther southward to Miami after two severe freezes in the winter of 1894–95.The Weather Bureau office, then located in Jupiter, recorded temperatures of on December 29, 1894, and February 9, 1895, respectively.