Pasco Fire Rescue officials are investigating a blaze that occurred late Thursday night and displaced four residents. ...more

August 1, 2009

Florida's legislators are pushing to outlaw the practice of collecting fees for public safety services at traffic crashes. ...more

March 20, 2009

Their job is to put out fires. But there have been times during the past four years that members of the Seffner-Mango Volunteer Fire Rescue Association felt like lighting a fire beneath Hillsborough County officials to get their permanent fire station constructed sooner. ...more

February 7, 2009

Their job is to put out fires. But there have been times during the past four years that members of the Seffner-Mango Volunteer Fire Rescue Association felt like lighting a fire beneath Hillsborough County officials to get their permanent fire station constructed sooner. The volunteers have been operating out of a 1,300-square-foot house on Kingsway and Cactus roads for four years while waiting for the county to construct a permanent fire station at 105 Cactus Road. Now, with a groundbreaking scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, the crew of Fire Station No. 18 is finally seeing some progress. ...more

February 6, 2009

Devastated. That's the word Valdora Ward uses to describe her reaction to finding that her home of 31 years had been burglarized on Saturday. ...more

December 16, 2008

While Davis Islands is far from Whoville, it appears the Grinch still knows how to find the neighborhood. ...more

December 4, 2008

The gleaming 1973 fire engine caught 5-year-old Baylor Collins' attention, especially the ladders along the top. He plays with a miniature version in his house, he said, but lost the ladders. ...more

November 26, 2008

The gleaming 1973 fire engine caught 5-year-old Baylor Collins' attention, especially the ladders along the top. He plays with a miniature version in his house, he said, but lost the ladders. ...more

November 26, 2008

Sprinklers helped save the day for more than 40 Tampa apartments in the past few days, Tampa firefighters say. ...more

November 7, 2008

PLANT CITY The annual open house at Plant City Fire Rescue Station 1, 604 E. Alexander St., will be held Oct. 4 in conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week. ...more

September 25, 2008