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Recent News

Request For Proposals for Construction Services

Jun 15, 2021

The Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District (District) seeks submittals to a Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualified contractors for construction services regarding the District’s Station No. 2 located at 1911 30th Avenue E., Bradenton, Florida 34208, from a set of...

Drug Free Manatee PSA

Jun 10, 2021

On May 10th, 2021 at approximately 8:30pm, Southern Manatee Fire Rescue partnered with Drug Free Manatee to create a PSA video. Ladder 339, ALS Engine 341, Battalion 3, Alpha 7, and SMFR Training Division created a crash scene where we extricated a driver from a...

Life Saving Award

May 27, 2021

On May 20, 2021 Southern Manatee Fire Rescue awarded the Life Saving Award to Felix Tacoronte. On March 27, 2021 units were dispatched to a pediatric near drowning. The child was reportedly submerged for over one minute. Felix Tacoronte was a bystander at the pool...