Tag: Boca Grande Fire Department

Silver King, Megalodon and Sept. 11 memories here

September 4, 2025
Garland Pollard
Editorial

Next Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, our own Boca Grande Fire Department will celebrate its new Silver King engine and Megalodon tender by having a “push in” ceremony to commemorate this new...

Hurricane prep, special passes at Emergency Meet

The Boca Grande Fire Department hosted a meeting of the island’s Emergency Operations group Wednesday morning, Aug. 27 to plan for potential storm events. “We just want to be on the same page...

Last Chance to Register for Fire Department 5K Before Price Goes Up

Nov. 15 date set The Boca Grande Fire Department is putting on The Grande Firehouse 5K on Saturday, Nov. 15. The run will begin at 6:30 a.m. at the Boca Grande Community Center and end on...

Hurricane tips to protect homes, help responders

September is the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season; here are ways to prepare for storms that will not only make homeowners’ lives easier, but also ease the burden for first responders. The...

Boca Grande Firefighter wins first for comedy

August 14, 2025
Staff Report
Community

Last Tuesday, Aug. 5, Boca Grande Fire Department’s Daniel Martinez won first place at Visani’s 1st Comic Standing in Port Charlotte. Pictured from left, Daniela Kirvin, Peter Kirvin, Jason...

One injured in boat fire at Turtle Bay Saturday

Saturday, July 26 around 9:30 a.m., a coordinated Marine Emergency Response Team (MERT) activation was launched for a vessel fire in Turtle Bay, an estuary at the south end of Cape Haze near the...

Island emergency group meets to prepare for storms

The island Emergency Operations group met at the Boca Grande Fire Department on Thursday morning, July 24 to go through updates and procedures for peak hurricane season. Since Hurricane Ian,...

Boca Grande Fire Department: Meet the rest of the fleet

July 17, 2025
Anna Ridilla
Police & Fire

The second newest addition to the BGFD fleet, after the new Silver King (see story here) is the 3,000-gallon tanker shown above. This was purchased by the department to supplement fire hydrants,...

New Silver King at the Fire Department

This week, there were two Silver King engines at the Boca Grande Fire Department, the old one, waiting transport off island, and the new one that will replace it. The new Silver King will join...

DeSantis vetoes Boca Grande Fire District Ladder Truck

A $1.5 million appropriations request for a Boca Grande Fire Control District ladder truck replacement was vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, June 30. “We are disappointed,” said Chief...