first responders

Not surprisingly, first responders and health care workers have filed the most workers’ compensation indemnity claims related to COVID-19.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried Friday hosted a virtual roundtable with frontline health care workers to talk about Florida’s response to the…

Hillsborough County will soon begin testing all first responders and medical staff at nursing home facilities for COVID-19.  The county expects to receive…

Hundreds of first responders across the state are in quarantine after being exposed to people who may have the coronavirus. And some have tested positive…

The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay is teaming with the advertising agency ChappellRoberts on a new initiative called “First to Respond, Last to Ask for Help.”…

The Florida legislature is moving forward with a bill that aims to make first responders more efficient.

Special mental health training could soon be available to first responders of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

With houses flattened in Mexico Beach from the storm surge and 155 mph winds of Hurricane Michael, and cellphone towers, power lines and roads destroyed...

49 people were killed in the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016. But an investigation from Health News Florida's Abe Aboraya and Pro Publica finds some…

49 people were killed in the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016. But an investigation from Health News Florida's Abe Aboraya and Pro Publica finds some…

The Orlando Fire Department had been working on a plan to respond to a mass shooting. It had even purchased vests filled with tourniquets and special...

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal has rolled out new training materials for employers of the state’s first responders. It’s to...