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MINUTES MATTER: STROKE SURVIVOR THANKS MONROE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND TRAUMA STAR

On Wednesday, Gary Mace, a Tavernier dive shop owner and boat captain, reunited with Monroe County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Francisco Perez Diaz and Trauma Star Flight Nurse Obed Bello at a Neuroscience Symposium at Baptist Hospital of Miami after he s...

MONROE COUNTY RECEIVES THIRD TRAUMA STAR MEDICAL HELICOPTER

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Monroe County Fire Rescue received its third Trauma Star helicopter Thursday as it touched down at the Sheriff’s Office Aviation Division hangar at the Florida Keys Marathon International Airport at 6:30 p.m.

“We are ...

CUDJOE KEY FIRE STATION 11 CELEBRATES ‘TOPPING OFF’ MILESTONE

The contractor for the Monroe County’s Fire Station 11 hosted a “topping off” ceremony on Wednesday at the station grounds on Cudjoe Key. Monroe County Project Management and Monroe County Fire Rescue were in attendance. A to...

SECOND ‘HOT SHOTS’ TRAINING PROGRAM STARTS FOR MONROE COUNTY RESIDENTS

Monroe County Fire Rescue welcomed its second “Hot Shots” class on Monday to Joe London Fire Academy on Grassy Key. Class 19-01 includes 33 qualified men and women starting the process to become a volunteer or career firefighter. Thirt...