On behalf of the Board of Fire Commissioners and our entire staff I would like to welcome you to our web site.  To keep you informed  as much as we can we continually update our site with information about our department and events affecting our community.

Let me tell you a little about Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue.  Formed as a volunteer department in the late 50's, the District provides Fire and Rescue services to the citizens in the Southwest portion of the unincorporated areas of Manatee County, Florida.  Now a career department, we hold an ISO rating of 3 and respond to over 5,000 emergency calls each year.  We protect a seasonal population which ranges between 50,000 to 70,000 in a 25 square mile area.  We now operate four fire stations due to our October 1, 2007 merger with the Whitfield Fire Control District. We encourage you to visit any of our stations and meet our personnel.

Our weather information is updated timely and our website has had overwhelming success, informing our citizens and visitors of valuable storm information.

The mission I have set for our department is: