Suncoast Professional
Fire Fighters & Paramedics
International Association of Fire Fighters
Congratulations to Charlotte County's FF Sawyer Titus and North Port's Lt Tyler Giuliano and FF/PM Mark Pardo for participating in OBT 3.
One Bad Tour 3
Congratulations to Aaron Wright recently promoted to FF 1st Class.
City of Badenton Fire
Congratulations to FF Zach Gilbert for 5 years of service to BFD.
City of Bradenton Fire
Special Operations Team members Capt. Jamie Mann, Lt. Russ Nelson, Lt. David Brooks, Lt. Bryan Rees, Lt. Brandon Kelly, Lt. Maxx Jakimer, FF Kyle Kosianowski and FF Nicholas Jones competed in the Central Florida Rope Rescue Challenge.
Sarasota County Fire
Congratulations to FF/Medic Cierra Price for promoting to Fire Inspector.
North River Fire Rescue
Congratulations to Sean Lucas for his 25 years of service to SMFD.
Southern Manatee Fire
Congratulations to Lt. Chris Kendrick, Andrew Verwey, Tony Bagiardi, Kyle Vulgamore, Brian Hutchinson, Joe Rice and Ryan Dewitt for receiving the Phoenix Award.
Charlotte County Fire & EMS
Congratulations to Chantell Zandi recently promoted to FF/Engineer.
North River Fire District
Congratulations to Michael Davila recently promoted to FF/Engineer.
North River Fire District
Congratulations to Engineer Joshua Eriksen for 22 years of service to BFD.
City of Bradenton Fire
Congratulations to EMT Tom Ferrett for 16 years of service with BFD.
City of Bradenton Fire
Congratulations to Lt. John Mantone for 29 years of service with BFD.
City of Bradenton Fire
Congratulations to Engineer Lou Chiocchio for 24 years of service with BFD.
City of Bradenton Fire
Congratulations to Paramedic Maksim Martinson graduating from the fire academy at MTC. pictured with Deputy Chief Carr, Chief Fair, and Training Lt. Betencourt who attended the graduation.
Charlotte County Fire & EMS
Congratulations to Lt. Mark Pietraniec for 20 years of service to SCFD.
Sarasota County Fire
Congratulations to Dimitriy Semenov, Jeffrey Watkins, Colin Zargham , Brandon Bivin on their promotion to Engineer.
North Port Fire Rescue
Congratulations to Chief Ben Rigney recipient of the 2024 First Responders Leadership Award.
West Manatee Fire Rescue
Congratulations to Mark Kushto for 21 years of service at BFD.
City of Bradenton Fire
Congratulations to everyone that received Phoenix awards throughout the year.
North Port Fire Rescue
Chief, Dr. Kyle Bradshaw, was the Keynote speaker at the 50th Annual Conference for the Florida Public Employer Labor Relations Association (FPELRA). Chief Bradshaw spoke to an audience of more than 150 leaders in government on how to master the art of leveraging foundational principles to actively involve your workforce, leading to the creation of highly effective teams.