South Fulton’s city council is moving forward with plans to build new headquarters for its police and fire departments. Council members formally approved the design-build process for the new buildings ...

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 ...

The City of Bartow and Polk County leaders have come up with a plan to build and share a joint fire station.

Polk County will pay $6.78 million and Bartow $5.22 million to build the station. The contract calls for a 60-40 split on operational costs and 50% on maintenance.

A Georgia fire chief was shot and killed in Alabama over the weekend after he stopped to help out a driver who struck a deer in Chambers County, police say.

BARTOW, Fla. — Polk Fire Rescue crews responded to a camper fire Monday, finding a body inside the vehicle. According to authorities, crews responded just before 4 p.m. to a camper fire on Pipes ...

A crew member with Polk County Fire Rescue examines the exterior of a camper Monday afternoon following a fire that killed one person near Bartow. A 53-year-old man died Monday afternoon in a camper ...

One person has died following a camper fire in Bartow on Monday, the Polk County Fire Rescue announced.

A Georgia school district was making do without Internet and email services this week as officials investigated the source of a network outage. They did not confirm whether it was caused by ...

Live updates and developments about Hurricane Milton, which made landfall near Sarasota, Florida , after spawning tornadoes.

Catoosa County Fire Department firefighters and equipment are assisting the rescue and disaster relief efforts underway in Coffee County, Georgia in the wake of hurricane Helene.

Firefighter Matthew Smith, age 41, of the Bartow County Fire and Emergency Services, participated in an interior search and rescue practical training exercise on 3/16/2023 at the Bartow County Fire & ...