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The big boost in launches also is bringing more tourists to Brevard County.

Brevard County Fire Rescue Fire District Chief Geanine Dotson has retired after 33 years of dedicated service to the community and its citizens. Chief Dotson has been a trailblazer throughout her career, breaking barriers and setting an example for others to follow.

Brevard County will spend nearly $900,000 to staff some south county beaches with lifeguards all year and not just during certain seasons.

Brevard County Fire Rescue presented Lieutenant James Harris with the 2022 Tim Mills Commemorative Award. Lieutenant James Harris was surprised Tuesday morning when he returned to Station 24 to a room filled with his colleagues and family members.

Proposal follows 10 drownings off Brevards beaches since December in areas that did not have lifeguards on duty at the time of the incidents.

A Monday afternoon blaze sent flames shooting and fireworks erupting as fire shot through Phantom Fireworks store on West New Haven Avenue

The driver, an unidentified 53-year-old West Melbourne man, was killed in the 4:20 p.m. Monday crash, which shut down U.S. 192 for hours.

Firefighters in Brevard County are attempting to contain a fire at a fireworks shop in West Melbourne.

A man died after a fender bender at an intersection sent his vehicle into a fireworks store, setting off an explosion, police say. 

The mandated pay hike for some of Brevard firefighters adds another $1.3 million in associated expenses to the county budget.