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 ...

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's population — estimated last year around 850,000 — is expected to top 900,000 in the next five years and one million in the next 15, according to medium-growth modeling by the University ...

Today, its last remaining wild population exists only where Bissett and Riefler found it: on a sandy slope at the edge of the Lake Marion Creek Wildlife Management Area in Polk County.

Richland, Washington airport faces water connection investigation by port and city after fire hydrant inspections reveal unauthorized hookups.

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 ...

Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard severity zones are expected to take effect in July for Ventura County property owners.

If you're just trying to park and can't find a space, you might be tempted to park close to a fire hydrant. However, where exactly you can park may vary.

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