Sarasota County Fire Department will soon be carrying whole blood. Beginning Feb. 10, 3 EMS captains will be equipped with units of whole blood. "The faster that you get blood replaced that you ...

Lee Whitehurst's passion to become a firefighter was kindled as a teenager. Five decades later, with retirement looming, he ...

Sarasota County officials say an apparent staff cut at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development won't affect its ...

The Sarasota County Fire Department held an open house for Station 8 at 840 Apex Road, part of a series of events held one ...

Residents in NVFD’s coverage area don’t pay annual fire assessment fees like the rest of Sarasota County. The department still relies on the community’s goodwill through donations ...

The program will go live, and the blood product will be on the EMS Captains’ vehicles beginning Monday, Feb. 10.

Please be patient and avoid the area if possible," SPD posted online. An SPD spokesperson said Sarasota County Fire Department and Tampa Electric are also responding, but did not know the exact ...

Sarasota County officials have an April 22 deadline to formulate a new Resilient SRQ action plan to send to federal officials ...

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — In a few weeks ... otherwise bleed out before receiving hospital care. For Sarasota Fire Department's Assistant EMS Chief Brian Nadler, the implementation of this ...