# Pasco County Fire Rescue

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 km$^2$) of Pasco County serving a population of over 600,000 citizens.
Pasco County Fire Rescue has 30 stations placed around Pasco County. Their headquarters, located in Land o' Lakes holds the administration, staff chief, 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 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, UTV 14, LMTV 14, Utility 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 | | | | | Utility 33, Medical 33 | |
| 34 | 38316 County Road 575, Lacoochee | Engine 34 | Rescue 34 | Brush 34 | | Tanker 34 | Utility 34, UTV 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 | | |