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Recent News

Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District Graduate Paramedic Sam Collins Inducted into the National Technical Honor Society

Apr 16, 2019

On April 11th, Firefighter/EMT/Graduate Paramedic Sam Collins was inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. Firefighter/EMT/Graduate Paramedic Sam Collins was nominated by the Lead Instructor of the Paramedic program for having and maintaining a high GPA...

Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District Recognizes three (3) Paramedic Preceptors from Sarasota County Fire Department

Mar 26, 2019

On March 14th, Captain Robert Thayer, FF/EMT David Wernet and FF/EMT Sam Collins graduated from Suncoast Technical College after completing the Paramedic Class. They completed over 1100 hours of classroom training, clinical rotation at Sarasota Memorial Hospital...

Hazmat Exercise at the Florida Railroad Museum

Mar 25, 2019

On March 20, 2019, SMFR crews participated with the Manatee County Emergency Management and 20 other public safety agencies in the 2019 First In Exercise at the Florida Railroad Museum. SMFR crews along with the Parrish Fire Rescue, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue,...