Family members crowded the U.S. Coast Guard station on Tuesday to welcome back the crew of the Resolute from a two-month training session. The mission included drills testing navigation, seamanship and firefighting. In addition to 17 days of specialized training at Mayport, the crew conducted counternarcotics patrols with the Honduran navy. ...more

March 11, 2009

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

Schwarzkopf Elementary kindergartners were impressed when firefighter Gary Guy donned his full uniform and helmet, but the ladders on the retired 1973 firetruck he brought with him drew the most "wows." Guy was one of the guest speakers and surrogate teachers who flooded Hillsborough County schools today, taking part in a homegrown tradition to open new vistas for students. ...more

November 19, 2008

LUTZ Schwarzkopf Elementary kindergartners were impressed when firefighter Gary Guy donned his full uniform and helmet, but the ladders on the 1973 fire truck he brought with him drew the most "wows." ...more

November 19, 2008

Travelers at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport this morning may notice some additional activity in the form of a full-scale emergency preparedness exercise scheduled to kick off at 9 a.m and end by noon. ...more

November 13, 2008

A home and a Volkswagen van caught fire Friday night in St. Petersburg, according to St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue. ...more

September 5, 2008

TAMPA - Three people fatally shot by Jorge Orlando Bello Garcia in his northwest Tampa rental home Saturday morning were childhood friends who knew one another from the time they were 10 or 11, a friend said Monday. ...more

June 9, 2008

SEBRING — Although flames reached 10 to 15 feet and embers flew up to 100 yards Tuesday afternoon, firefighters kept a brush fire from causing major damage near Hammock Road. Two homes had minor soffit damage and cracked glass from the heat, and one car was destroyed between Heron and Barn Owl streets and Scrub Jay and Cardinal avenues. The fire, which burned five acres, was fully contained late Tuesday afternoon, according to Florida Division of Forestry Senior Forester Dale Armstrong. ...more

May 27, 2008

Three were decisive at the start. Two fire bosses voted not to renew the fire chief's contract. ...more

January 25, 2008