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

When emergency crews arrive to a traumatic scene, time is ticking. And for those who are losing blood, every second counts. That's why the Sarasota County Fire Department will soon be carrying whole ...

An SPD spokesperson said Sarasota County Fire Department and Tampa Electric are also responding, but did not know the exact location of the possible leak. That stretch of 4th Street is just ...

The trauma of losing his sister-in-law, Kerri Baker, has followed Sarasota's Assistant EMS Chief Brian Nadler for years.

The Sarasota County Commission decided in a split vote on Tuesday to expand the county’s fire service boundary in Nokomis, after hours of public comment asking them not to. Many residents and ...

Sarasota County Fire Chief David Rathbun argues that the ... They fear that the county's plan could undermine the department's operations, ultimately lead to its closure and end a facility-sharing ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Sarasota Fire and EMS crews will carry whole blood on emergency calls starting Feb. 10, a potentially ...

where he now runs the Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) as chief. Kona is a Sarasota County lifer, a rare breed. The chief traced his mother’s lineage back to some of the first ...

A first responder from the Sarasota County Fire Department calls for the evacuation of a "shooting victim" during an active ...

Standing near the flames were a dozen members of the Sarasota County Fire Department. But they weren’t putting the fire out. They started it. “We set good fires, or else we get bad ones ...