2-Alarm Fire in a Commercial Building
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,...
Southern Manatee Fire Rescue District Graduate Paramedic Sam Collins Inducted into the National Technical Honor Society
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
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
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,...
Training on the old Sarasota Bradenton Airport tower
Southern Manatee is currently training on the old Sarasota Bradenton Airport tower. Crews are advancing lines to upper floors and simulating recuing trapped victims. Crews also are completing self preservation drills by breaching walls if trapped in the fire floor....