LAND O' LAKES - Fido deserves a fighting chance, too. That's why the Suncoast Animal League donated 45 sets of animal resuscitation masks to Pasco County Fire Rescue on Thursday. ...more

August 7, 2009

A new fire station won't hinder recreation at a popular park in rural Hillsborough, an official said. Some residents were alarmed when a surveyor's map appeared to show that the station would be located in the center of Bealsville Park, 5009 Nesmith Road. But county fire rescue Chief Kim Olsen said that's not the county's intentions. ...more

August 4, 2009

A teenager saved his family, their visitors and a dog from a fire that destroyed a Lutz home this morning, officials say. ...more

July 15, 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

Firefighters in three counties are battling at least six brush fires that sparked today in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 26, 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

Items of interest from the Jan. 26 Plant City Commission meeting include: •Fire Rescue Chief George Shiley and his crew displayed the city's newest ambulance outside City Hall prior to the meeting. ...more

February 4, 2009

Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair said he wanted his goodbye news conference to be an "upbeat" affair, but the wrestler in him couldn't leave the ring without a few shots at the opponent who whipped him. ...more

November 13, 2008

TAMPA Local agencies and businesses will host a number of events today to commemorate Sept. 11, which by proclamation of President Bush, is now known as Patriot Day. ...more

September 10, 2008

A lieutenant with St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue suffered second-degree burns to his neck Monday night when he and his crew fought a house fire at 22nd Avenue South. ...more

September 9, 2008