OPERATIONS

Sarasota County Fire Department is a metro sized department with over 530 professionals providing Fire and EMS emergency services. Personnel operate from 25 county-owned fire stations (4 having shared agreements with other agencies).

Apparatus includes 24 Advanced Life Support (ALS) Rescues, 22 ALS Engines, 1 Basic Life Support (BLS) Engine, 3 Ladder trucks, 2 Tankers, 1 Squad and 5 Brush trucks. SCFD has access to the services of two Sarasota Sheriff’s Office Bell 407 helicopters (Air 1 and Air 2) which can be fitted with a 210-gallon water bucket for wildland fire suppression.

The Operations Section is led by Deputy Fire Chief Michael