Station 38 is designed to be the first Zero Net Energy fire station for the County with roof solar panels and is also designed to achieve LEED Gold certification.

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 ...

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

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise considered building an elevated roadway on U.S. Route 27 for the Polk County project in 2018, but concluded it wouldn’t be cost feasible.

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 ...

Lake County did a background check through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, but there was no criminal history shown, including any arrest.

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

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

Shawn Smith, who started with Polk Fire Rescue in 2003, has been interim chief since the resignation of former Chief Hezedean Smith in September.