City of Largo, Florida

Largo Fire Rescue was formed in the early 1900s and operated as an all-volunteer department until 1921. In 1970, the department became fully career-staffed. Today the department has 133 sworn firefighters and 13 civilian employees. Professionally trained personnel provide fire protection, emergency medical services, hazardous materials response and mitigation, technical rescue operations, fire prevention and inspection, community education, and disaster planning service.

Pinellas County is the fifth most populated county in the state with 921,500 residents and is the most densely populated with 3,289 persons per square mile. Largo Fire Rescue provides fire suppression and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) services to more than 100,000 residents in a service area of approximately 30.5 square miles. Largo Fire Rescue's Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating is a Class 3.

Fire Accreditation:

Largo Fire Rescue received accreditation by the Commission on Fire Accreditation (CFAI) for the third time and is accredited until 2014.

Call Volume and statistics:

In 2008 the Largo Fire Rescue responded to 19,305 emergency calls.

  4,016  Non-Medical Calls ( Including: Structure Fires, Vehicle Fires etc.)

14,527 Medical Calls ( Including: Medical Emergency's, Auto Accidents etc.)

     697 False Alarms ( Including: False Calls, False Alarms, Nothing Found etc.)

       65 HazMat Calls

         These numbers represent more than 52 calls for service every 24 hours.

 To find out more about Largo Fire Rescue, send e-mail to firerescue@largo.com