Tampa Fire Rescue

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.”…

Hurricane season may be about three months away, but the city of Tampa already has a plan to help residents after a storm.A special tag is being mailed to…

Some 911 calls from cell phones are not getting through to Tampa Police and Fire Rescue dispatchers.Police officials say they don't know how widespread…

Despite requests by critics of the department for a female chief, there will soon be a new man heading up Tampa Fire Rescue.Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn…

A Tampa firefighter who recently won a federal lawsuit against the city is speaking out about workplace harassment.Tanja Vidovic was awarded $245,000 in…

The first responders who make up the Tampa Police Department and Tampa Fire Rescue typically spend days and nights fighting crime, helping those in danger…

Fire officials say a woman jumped with one of her children from the balcony of their second story apartment to escape a fire near the University of South…

A 32-year-old woman and her dog are recovering after they were found unresponsive in a Tampa condo building with high levels of carbon monoxide.Media…

Fire officials in Tampa say a man is in custody, accused with trying to keep them from entering a burning apartment. The man was hospitalized under the…

Officials say a fire caused extensive damage to a Tampa retail store.According to several media outlets, the blaze happened Monday night at the Big and…

This Sunday will mark 15 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks.Surrounded by law enforcement, paramedics and firefighters at the Tampa…

You would think after playing defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for nine years, and then 11 more as a Tampa firefighter, John Cannon might have…