As we move forward into a new year, we're taking a look back at the Tampa Fire Rescue and the challenges its faced with tight resources and a growing population.
Some of Tampa’s top influencers got a chance to hear from Tampa's fire chief firsthand about public safety challenges being created by Tampa’s rapid growth.
county and tampa bay area is going to be the flooding, right? we re talking about a storm surge as you noted, jake, anywhere between 4 and 7 feet. right now the tide is falling, but this time tomorrow we expect to take into account of course all this rain which is starting to fall. we re talking anywhere between 4 to 8 inches of it. we ve also got to figure in high tide, and then we ve got the storm surge going to make its iowa in here. the concern is the flooding, hurricane shelters and we re told those can hold up to 20,000 people. let s stay with the tampa area right now and bring in the tampa fire rescue chief. chief tripp forecasters are predicting up to a few feet of the storm surge, a few feet above that. you re born and raised in tampa. how concerned are you? how are you preparing? we re definitely concerned. we did do an evacuation zone for those low-lying areas and making
You've probably noticed just how busy Tampa has gotten over the years from development to traffic to businesses popping up. Firefighters are asking the city for help themselves, saying they need upgraded and new equipment to keep up with the growth.