Roadside Rescue Brings Honor To Tampa Firefighter

TAMPA - In November, Dan Lombard and Ernest Garcia Sr. were fans at a Jesuit High School football game. They didn't know each other and had no idea their lives were about to intersect in a powerful way. As Lombard, a driver engineer for the Tampa Fire Department, left the game, he saw a car run through a stop sign. Lombard, off duty, followed the car as it pulled off to the side of the road. That's when Lombard saw that the driver, Garcia, was having a seizure. ...more

January 17, 2008

Man Drowns In St. Petersburg Lake

ST. PETERSBURG - A man drowned in front of his mother in a lake near Walter Fuller Park this afternoon, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said. ...more

January 8, 2008

Heart-Saving Shocks Delayed

Just because you're in the hospital doesn't mean you'll quickly get treated if your heart stops beating. About one-third of patients don't get a potentially lifesaving shock within the recommended two minutes, a new study found. ...more

January 3, 2008

Plant City Buys 2 Advanced CPR Devices

Some of the inherent uncertainties when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation have been reduced for the Plant City Fire Rescue teams with the purchase of high-tech compression devices called AutoPulse. ...more

September 24, 2007

City Purchases CPR Device