Tag: Boca Grande Fire Department

Bad weekend weather makes for many fire calls

September 11, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT- Labor Day weekend weather was temperamental, including some major storms, which led to several fire calls. On Saturday, Nov. 5 the Boca Grande Fire Department received a call of a...

Accident on Gasparilla Road brings up question: Who thought it was OK to drive on the Bike Path?

August 21, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – On Monday, Aug. 17 at approximately 2:05 p.m. Gasparilla Road and 35th Street was the scene of a vehicle rollover accident. The vehicle, shown above, was headed northbound...

Everything’s squeaky clean at the Boca Grande Fire Department

BY CHIEF C.W. BLOSSER, BOCA GRANDE FIRE DEPARTMENT – On Monday April 6 the Boca Grande Fire Department building and apparatus were decontaminated in an effort to keep the building and the...

Hang tags to be used only for hurricanes, and nothing more

STAFF REPORT – The Boca Grande Fire Department recently announced on their new Smartphone app that hurricane hang tags are to be used strictly for hurricanes. Under no other circumstances...

Beaches closed, Inn closed: Clinic warns, don’t ‘stick your head in the sand,’ COVID-19 could be here

March 20, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – Effective Thursday, March 19 all Lee County and Gasparilla Island beaches are closed due to concerns regarding COVID-19. This went into stringent effect at 6 p.m. on...

What’s that in the sky? Why, it’s a Jungle Penetrator!

February 7, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY MARCY SHORTUSE – If you were wondering why there was so much helicopter activity over the south end of the island this week, it was due to a combined water rescue training for island Lee...

Empty kayak leaves searchers scrambling to recover a victim

January 24, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

STAFF REPORT – Local search-and-rescue personnel were scouring the waters around Gasparilla Island on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 19 for the potential occupants of a kayak found overturned...

Get ready for some mouth-watering BBQ this weekend

January 17, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Bring your appetites and some spending cash this Saturday, Jan. 18 to the barbecue rib luncheon in the Boca Grande Fire Department truck bay to benefit the Boca Grande Firefighters...

Island Sheriff, Fire & EMS

January 10, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News, Police & Fire

■ STAFF REPORT Remember those guys who will do just about anything for anyone, including putting up banners for events, rescuing sea turtles and decorating tall spaces for Christmas? You know who...

Firefighters making a plan to benefit the Firefighter Benevolent Fund

January 3, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News, Police & Fire

■ STAFF REPORT The firefighters at the Boca Grande Fire Department are “firing up the grill” to host a BBQ rib luncheon in the fire truck bay to benefit the Boca Grande Firefighter Association...