For Black History Month, we celebrate Polk County Fire Rescue Chief Dr. Hezedean Smith, the agency's first Black chief.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

No injuries in Polk County house fire No residents or animals were home at the time of the house fire in Mentor, Minnesota.

Firefighters battling a section of the Rowena Fire showed that it’s not just people who may need help as the fire continues to burn between Mosier and The Dalles.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A deputy fired his weapon at a “documented gang member” after the suspect crashed his vehicle into multiple law enforcement vehicles, injuring one deputy before the man ...

Polk County Fire Rescue responded to a fatal recreational vehicle fire in Lakeland on Saturday.

Polk County Fire Rescue will open its 45th station, Moore Road Fire Station 25, in Lakeland on May 23. The $5.97 million station will house an engine company and a tanker truck, serving the area ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Fire crews are working to keep wildfires under control across Polk County amid a countywide burn ban.

A house fire in Polk County was swiftly contained this morning after emergency crews responded to the scene around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning.

The two firefighters join hundreds of first responders battling flames in Polk County, North Carolina.

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Polk County officials said one out of three active wildfires in the “Black Cove Fire Complex” is contained. On Monday, March 31, officials said overnight ...

East Side fire, Northeast Guilford fire, and Fire District 28 help protect homes from raging Polk County fires.