Pasco County Fire Rescue

Pasco County Fire Rescue

File:Pasco County Fire Rescue logo.png
Operational area
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Pasco County
Agency overview
Established	1974 (1974)
Annual calls	93,642 (2023)
Employees	815 total 755 sworn
Annual budget	$110,967,392 (2024)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Anthony Perez
EMS level	ALS
IAFF	4420
Motto	"Committed to Excellence"
Facilities and equipment
Battalions	6
Stations	30
Engines	26
Platforms	1
Ladders	5
Squads	1
Ambulances	36
Tenders	13
HAZMAT	1
Wildland	14
Light and air	2
Website
Official website
IAFF website

Pasco County Fire Rescue (PCFR) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to Pasco County, Florida. The department is responsible for covering 764 square miles (1,980 km²) of Pasco County serving a population of over 600,000 citizens.

Pasco County Fire Rescue has 30 "strategically located" stations placed around Pasco County. Their headquarters, located in Land o' Lakes holds the administration, staff chiefs, public information, community risk reduction, and ambulance billing departments. The ambulance billing department oversees all ambulance billing for Pasco County, Citrus County, and Hernando County fire rescue. Pasco County Fire Rescue also has a mobile integrated health program to help those after an overdose. The program can help patients with medical and dental needs, mental health and therapy, transportation to medical appointments, withdrawal management, counseling, and shelter/housing. The agency has two arson investigators and three fire investigators that determine the origin and cause of fires throughout unincorporated Pasco County. Pasco County Fire Rescue conducts all fire inspections within unincorporated Pasco County.

History

Pasco County Emergency Services was the initial name of the department, which was later renamed to Pasco County Fire Rescue in 1974 when it became a career fire department. In 1977, the Hudson Volunteer Fire Department was integrated into Pasco County Fire Rescue, followed by the Highway 52 Volunteer Fire Department in 1988. Then in 2002, the Magnolia Valley Volunteer Fire Department merged into a Pasco County Fire Rescue Station. Pasco County Fire Rescue established their union "IAFF 4420" short for International Association of Fire Fighters on January 5, 2005, with 88 members, in 2024 the union now has more than 700 members. In September 2020, Pasco County Fire Rescue ended up taking over all fire service responsibilities for the city of Zephyrhills. All Zephyrhills stations were then formed into PCFR stations.

Stations and apparatus

Pasco County Fire Rescue on-scene decontamination apparatus (Decon 1)

Pasco County Fire Rescue performing a on-scene decontamination of a firefighter

Photo of Pasco County Fire Rescue – Station 9 located at 11425 Silver Palm Blvd in Land O' Lakes

Pasco County Fire Rescue has a total of 30 fire rescue stations throughout the county. In 2017, Pasco County Fire Rescue formed a committee to research a way to have an on-scene fire decontamination process to help reduce harmful carcinogens that pose a cancer risk. Then in 2020, Pasco County Fire Rescue launched its first of its kind, on-scene decontamination apparatus called Decon 1 that fights against harmful carcinogens and holds 160 sets of gear with a complete variety of sizes. As of 2024, the agency has two decon units to cover Pasco County. The department has two volunteer fire stations within the county, both Station 35 in Port Richey, and Station 33 in Dade City. In February of 2024, Pasco County Fire Rescue upgraded the volunteer fire Station 28 in Land o' Lakes, into a full-time career fire station due to high demand of calls in the area. The training center located directly behind fire station 21 holds the two Ambulance buses that are used for mass casualty incidents. The Ambulance buses were previously school buses that were later repurposed. The headquarters located in Land o' Lakes, holds the staff chief, public information officer, fire prevention, and community paramedic units.

Station No.	Fire rescue station address	Engine company	Rescue units	Brush units	Ladder company	Tanker units	Specialized units	Battalion units
9	11425 Silver Palm Blvd, Land O' Lakes		Rescue 9, Rescue 609		Ladder 9		Hazmat 9, Decon 1, Rehab 1, Shift Commander 1
10	7918 Rhodes Road, Hudson	Engine 10	Rescue 10, Rescue 610	Brush 10		Tanker 10	UTV 10
11	6700 Rielly Court, Port Richey	Engine 11	Rescue 11, Rescue 211				EMS 1
12	4602 Mile Stretch Drive, Holiday	Engine 12	Rescue 12, Rescue 212	Brush 12
13	27329 Dayflower Boulevard, Zephyrhills	Engine 13	Rescue 13	Brush 13		Tanker 13		Battalion 3
14	7800 River Ridge Boulevard, New Port Richey	Engine 14	Rescue 14	Brush 14		Tanker 14	Mule 14, LMTV 14
15	11538 Trinity Boulevard, New Port Richey	Engine 15	Rescue 15	Brush 15		Tanker 15
16	35801 State Road 54, Zephyrhills	Engine 16	Rescue 16, Rescue 616
17	2951 Seven Springs Boulevard, New Port Richey	Engine 17	Rescue 17	Brush 17				Battalion 2
18	39731 Bay Avenue, Crystal Springs	Engine 18	Rescue 18	Brush 18		Tanker 18
19	5025 Cross Bayou Boulevard, New Port Richey	Engine 19	Rescue 19, Rescue 219		Ladder 19
20	15900 Little Ranch Road, Spring Hill	Engine 20	Rescue 20	Brush 20		Tanker 20
21	10417 Frierson Lake Drive, Hudson	Engine 21	Rescue 21			Tanker 21		Battalion 1
22	9930 Land O' Lakes Boulevard, Land O' Lakes	Engine 22	Rescue 22	Brush 22		Tanker 22
23	21300 State Road 54, Lutz	Engine 23	Rescue 23
24	14317 4th Street, Dade City	Engine 24	Rescue 24				Air Truck 2	Battalion 4
25	38410 6th Avenue, Zephyrhills	Engine 25	Rescue 25					Battalion 6
26	28229 Aronwood Boulevard, Wesley Chapel	Engine 26	Rescue 26, Rescue 226
27	12221 Curley Street, San Antonio	Engine 27	Rescue 27	Brush 27		Tanker 27
28	21709 Hale Road, Land O' Lakes	Engine 28	Rescue 617				EMS 3, Utility 28
29	6907 Dairy Road, Zephyrhills	Engine 29	Rescue 29				Mini Pumper 29
30	7951 Massachusetts Avenue, New Port Richey	Engine 30	Rescue 30, Rescue 230				Air Truck 1, Truck 1
32	38223 Centennial Road, Dade City		Rescue 32	Brush 32	Ladder 32	Tanker 32
33	29129 Johnson Road, Dade City	Engine 33					Utilly 33, Medical 33
34	38316 County Road 575, Lacoochee	Engine 34	Rescue 34	Brush 34		Tanker 34	Utility 34
35	9506 Crabtree Drive, Port Richey	Engine 35					Utility 35
36	34516 Blanton Road, Dade City	Engine 36	Rescue 36	Brush 36		Tanker 36
37	18015 State Road 54, Lutz		Rescue 37	Brush 37	Ladder 37		Heavy Rescue 1
38	7541 Paramount Drive, Wesley Chapel		Rescue 38		Ladder 38		Investigator 1, EMS 2, Decon 2
39	11630 County Line Road, Hudson	Engine 39	Rescue 39			Tanker 39