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Hurricane Dorian Claims 30 Lives, Rescue Efforts Underway

09/06/2019

Hundreds of volunteers and first responders are arriving with food, water and supplies to provide relief and medical care.

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09/06/2019

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Dive Team Credited for Recovery Doesn`t Actually Exist, Says Fla. Dept.

03/31/2017

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The Key Largo VFD says it has no dive rescue team, but it was silent for two months while media credited such an entity for finding the body of filmmaker Rob Stewart.

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03/31/2017

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Gas Fumes Kill 3 Florida Trench Workers

01/20/2017

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A Key Largo volunteer firefighter who went to their rescue also was overcome by fumes and airlifted to a Miami trauma center in serious condition.

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01/20/2017

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Search for Fake Fla. Fire Chief Continues

10/21/2016

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The U.S. Department of Labor has been receiving calls regarding misconduct by Key Largo Volunteer Fire Department from someone pretending to be Chief Don Bock.

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10/21/2016

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County balks at giving fire-EMS district vehicle money

08/26/2016

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Aug. 26--Monroe County says it has spent tens of millions of dollars on Upper Keys projects in recent years and cannot afford to contribute much more money to a fund that pays for trucks for Key Largo's volunteer fire department. ...

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08/26/2016

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New, Old Services in Key Largo Land Dispute

05/16/2014

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The taxing district that controls Key Largo's fire and ambulance budgets is still battling with the fire company that lost its contract last year over land.

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05/16/2014

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Fla. Flight Medic Faces Hearing Over Missing Drugs

03/07/2014

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While he is not being blamed for the narcotics going missing, he is being punished for waiting too long to report it.

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03/07/2014

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Fla. Town`s EMS, Fire Service Taxes Go Up 10 Percent

09/13/2013

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A board of commissioners in Key Largo have approved a tax rate of 90 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation with an increase of about 10 percent.

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09/13/2013

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Chief Fights Disbanding of Key Largo Fire-Rescue

04/12/2013

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Islamorada's Chief William Wagner said disbanding Key Largo's department would disrupt the harmony that exists among fire-rescue organizations in the Upper Keys.

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04/12/2013

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