Youngsters and the young at heart who like the loud sounds and odd smells of the big rigs can Touch A Truck today at Safety Harbor City Park. The 10-year-old event, which attracts hundreds of spectators, will take place from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. today at City Park, 940 Seventh St. S. About 35 trucks will be showcased during the 2008 Touch A Truck. ...more

February 2, 2008

SEMINOLE – Firefighters from the Seminole and Largo fire departments are at the scene of an early morning fire at a vacant house. ...more

January 31, 2008

Arson investigators are looking into a fire that burned more than 300 portable toilets today in Tarpon Springs. ...more

January 30, 2008

PALM HARBOR - A fire that collapsed the roof of a vacant house on Tuesday is under investigation. ...more

January 30, 2008

The Temple Terrace Fire Department will use a federal grant to purchase devices that are attached to a patient's finger to monitor carbon monoxide levels in the bloodstream. ...more

January 23, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - The Temple Terrace Fire Department will use a federal grant to purchase devices that are attached to a patient's finger to monitor carbon monoxide levels in the bloodstream. Temple Terrace's $32,360 Assistance to Firefighters Grant is one of the last to be allocated from a total of $490 million in 2007 Federal Emergency Management Agency grants, including $4.7 million to 39 fire departments in Florida, according to Fire Chief Keith Chapman. ...more

January 22, 2008

SEBRING — An overnight fire destroyed Park Place Truss, located at 454 Park St. in downtown Sebring. ...more

January 17, 2008

When visitors arrive at the city's fire department, there is no special entrance or screening process before they can go straight to the fire chief's office and the other firefighters on duty. ...more

January 15, 2008

TAMPA - Kirsten Simenson's fourth-grade class at FishHawk Creek Elementary School has embarked on a pet project that is just purr-fect for emergency workers who have to resuscitate smoke-filled animals. ...more

January 11, 2008

A new study that suggests unifying the county's fire departments has met with staunch resistance from administrators. ...more

January 5, 2008