First Responders

Two linemen who spent days restoring power in the Tampa Bay area had the same unfortunate mishap: They lost their wedding rings.Both were heartbroken,…

“Job No. 1 for the FCC [Federal Communication Commission] is public safety,” were FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn’s opening remarks from the podium at...

Hate-crime protections would be extended to law-enforcement officers and other first responders under a measure reintroduced Monday by Sen. Rene Garcia ...

An Orlando police officer with post-traumatic stress disorder from the Pulse nightclub shooting gets his last paycheck today.

A Pulse first responder will receive his final paycheck next Thursday after post-traumatic stress disorder has left him out of work for about a year....

Accidental opioid overdoses by first responders are an alarming phenomenon. Now the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is warning police and firefighters to...

Gerry Realin wishes he had never become a police officer. Realin was part of the Hazmat team that responded to the Pulse night club shooting in Orlando....

The first responders who make up the Tampa Police Department and Tampa Fire Rescue typically spend days and nights fighting crime, helping those in danger…

Gerry Realin spent four hours with the dead inside of Pulse Night Club. He remembers the blood. The smell. The scene was so bad, the eight-member...

For 20-year-old Patience Carter and her two best friends, that Saturday night of dancing at Pulse night club was literally the best night of her life....

More and more it seems we depend on our smart phones to keep in touch with others and even to pay for our purchases and receive information.