Pasco County firefighters say they have contained a multi-acre brush fire near the Seven Oaks subdivision off State Road 54 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

March 7, 2009

One of the lowest moments of President Bush's second term was his congratulatory slap-on-the-back of former FEMA head Michael Brown - "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" - amid the government's chaotic response to Hurricane Katrina. Many people at the time thought it too bad that Craig Fugate was not in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ...more

March 6, 2009

Many house fires get out of control because there's no one home to put it out or call for help. ...more

March 6, 2009

Firefighters are at an auto body shop on North Florida Avenue after receiving reports of flames showing through the roof. Four Hillsborough County Fire Rescue units have been called to the one-alarm fire near Fowler and North Florida avenues. ...more

March 5, 2009

President Barack Obama announced Wednesday his intention to nominate Florida's disaster management chief, Craig Fugate, to head the much-criticized Federal Emergency Management Agency. ...more

March 5, 2009

HCRD MEN'S SOFTBALL (thru 02-27-09) ...more

March 3, 2009

St. Petersburg firefighter Tanya Pritchard clipped a red rope to the harness around her torso, extra carabiners dangling at the ready. ...more

February 27, 2009

Firefighters from two counties are battling an approximately 20-acre brush fire in the 1600 block of Livingston Avenue near Interstate 275. ...more

February 27, 2009

A 7-year-old child is being airlifted to Tampa General Hospital this morning after being struck by a car in Dover, rescue officials said. ...more

February 27, 2009

The smell of smoke is overpowering in some parts of the Tampa Bay area this morning. Three brush fires that burned a total of more than 1,000 acres Thursday in Polk County are under control, but firefighters are monitoring them for hot spots, authorities say. They say any change in wind conditions could cause the flames to flare up again. ...more

February 27, 2009