On Saturday December 7th, 2019, from 1700 hours to 2100 hours Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District held their annual holiday and awards banquet at the Moose Lodge at 310 44th Avenue East. The food was provided by Sony’s BBQ. Due to winning once again 1st place at the...

On Thursday December 5th, 2019, from 0700 hours to 1430 hours Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District and Sarasota Memorial Hospital conducted a “Hands-only CPR classes” to high school students at Booker High School. This event ran from 0700 to 1430 hours and each class...

  Recently, Firefighter/EMT Rich Gatanis was invited to speak at the 3rd International Firefighters Congress in Bogotá, Colombia in reference to our use of...

Sarasota County Fire Department & Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District Respond to an Anhydrous Ammonia Leak Early this morning at 0558 hours, Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District Hazardous...

On Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 at 0930 hours the Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District and Sarasota County Fire Department participated in a joint “Show & Tell” event for a special boy, Colton...

On Sunday, October 26, 2019 at 1100...

Captain Mike Bloski is among a group that was honored by Congressman Vern Buchanan’s 16th District Congressional Fire and Rescue/EMS Awards ceremony. This award ceremony was held on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, in the evening at the City of Bradenton City Hall...

On Monday, October 7, 2019 at 1130 hours the Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District held a retirement ceremony for FF/EMT Chris Snider. FF/EMT Snider retires after completing 15 years with the District. FF/EMT Chris Snider actual began his career in the fire service...

At 0841 hours on October 4, 2019 Engine 351 was dispatched to a report of person that fell from a roof. Upon arrival Engine 351 found their patient still on the roof. This patient apparently fell from one level of the roof to another. Engine 351 requested assistance...

On October 1, 2019 at 0900 hours, at the Manatee County Public Safety Building, employees from Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District along with employees of Manatee County EMS including the dispatcher from the Emergency Communication Center received the Phoenix Award...

The Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®)—the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years—to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan...

On Thursday 08/22/2019 our department certified three new drivers. Please join us in congratulating Firefighter / Paramedic Young, Firefighter / EMT Zitnick, & Firefighter / EMT Asher on their accomplishments. Our first time drivers program can take up to a year...

Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue District has been selected as Cigna's 2019 Honorable Culture of Well-Being award recipient for the South Florida market! The Well-Being Award application evaluates areas such as leadership, organizational foundations, policy and...

We had a great time this weekend at the 2nd annual SMFR family picnic.  

On June 20, 2019 at a regular scheduled Fire Commissioner meeting, Ms. Debbie Tuckerman swears-in new employee Firefighter/Paramedic Mario Disi. Firefighter/Paramedic Mario Disi was a volunteer with Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District...

Both FF/Paramedic Students Kyle Brady and Ian Segneri practicing advance Paramedic skills from cric othyrotomy to Intraosseous canulation utilizing a the bone drill.

On April 9th at 1800 hours Engine 321 with Lt. Derek Foss, FF/EMT Shawn McMullen, FF/EMT and FF/EMT Richard Asher responded to a report of a vehicle accident. Engine 321 arrived on scene first and found 2 vehicles involved with 3 patients. One of the patients was...

On April 12th at 2021 hours Engine 341 with Lt. Danny Burton, FF/EMT Chris Burghdurf, FF/EMT Tony Lear and Medic 13 with Paramedic Crystal Tucciarone and EMT Scully responded to a report of a child birth/baby born. Engine 341 arrived on scene...

On April 30, 2019, Southern Manatee Fire Rescue was requested via the Regional Security Domestic Taskforce Hazmat Coordinator to provide hazardous materials assistance to Highland County Fire Rescue District. Highland County Fire Rescue and several fire agencies were...

On April 29 2019, at 1512 hours Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District was dispatched to 6341 33rd Street East for a report of a fire within a commercial building. The initial fire apparatus dispatched to this address was Engine 311, Engine 321, Engine 341, Ladder 339,...