A family of six was displaced Wednesday night when their double-wide mobile home at 5810 State Road 66, west of Payne Road, in Sebring, was destroyed by a fire. ...more

July 31, 2008

More than 150 guests were evacuated from a St. Petersburg hotel this morning because of smoke from an overheating air-conditioning unit, according to fire rescue officials. A fire was reported at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillion Park, 950 Lake Carillon Drive, about 5:20 a.m. Investigators found that the motor of a air-conditioner unit on the roof broke and pumped smoke into the building, said St. Petersburg Fire Rescue Assistant Chief James Wimberly. ...more

July 30, 2008

A Brandon man smashed two windows of his home, spraying glass on a woman as she slept and cutting his right hand and arm, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

July 17, 2008

Stack and Deehan prefer to see high attendance for all classes; see themselves fulfilling a community service. ...more

July 6, 2008

PALM HARBOR -- Six Palm Harbor firefighters can already feel their adrenaline pumping, as they prepare to represent fire and rescue professionals throughout the country. Next month the Palm Harbor Fire Rescue contingent will compete in the World Rescue Organization's Extrication Challenge. The competition will be held in Cardiff, Wales. ...more

July 3, 2008

At 7 a.m., Louis Kopenkoskey's New Port Richey home smells of cinnamon, kneaded dough and sweet things. The 92-year-old Kopenkoskey has been baking since 6 a.m. Most days, he starts even earlier, at 5 a.m. He has many people for whom to bake, including his doctor, bankers, dentist, optometrist and laboratory technicians who have become friends. He doesn't know all their names, sometimes no more than a first or last name, he said, because he's not much for names, but never mind. His car can almost follow the route by itself because Kopenkoskey makes his rounds usually five days a week, week after week. He usually visits the people on his list once a week, he said. ...more

July 2, 2008

AVON PARK — When Mark Sauls first met Brandon Ball, he was just a kid hanging around the Avon Park Firehouse. "I worked with his dad and his grand-dad here," Sauls remembered. Ironically, the Avon Park Firehouse is where both the state fire marshals got their career starts — sort of — even though they are separated in age by several years. ...more

June 29, 2008

Consider that some 10.5 million of America's "tweeners" - children between the ages of eight and 12 - were estimated to have a cell phone by the end of 2006. ...more

June 27, 2008

MILLIONS OF 'TWEENERS' HAVE MOBILE DEVICES ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - A trainee with Hillsborough County Fire Rescue has been jailed on charges of aggravated battery of a pregnant woman and aggravated stalking, according to an arrest report. ...more

June 25, 2008