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WMFR planning annual vacation rental inspections
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WMFR planning annual vacation rental inspections

Apr 25, 2023 – Joe Hendricks
January 24, 2023
By Rodney Kwiatkowski

Fireside chats: Vacation rentals

Our community is changing. That’s a given, but communities are always changing, and change isn’t necessarily a bad thing. When it comes to changing communities, the fire district’s goal is to adapt t…
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October 31, 2022
By Rodney Kwiatkowski

Fireside Chats: Chatting about our annual open house

In 1871, from October 8th through the 10th the city of Chicago was ravaged by a fire that destroyed 3.3 square miles. For perspective, the whole of Anna Maria Island is 3.96 square miles. When the gr…
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October 18, 2022
By Rodney Kwiatkowski

Fireside Chats: Talking fire & life safety with WMFR

In early 1933, United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) gave the first of many of his uplifting Fireside Chats. FDR used the growing medium of radio as a direct conduit to have “conver…
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June 28, 2022
By SUN contributor

Fire district to reallocate taxpayer funds

MANATEE COUNTY – Property owners who are confused by a six-page letter arriving from West Manatee Fire Rescue District staff are not alone. The letter, legally required to be mailed to every prope…
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March 14, 2022
By SUN contributor
Bringing awareness to a silent killer

Bringing awareness to a silent killer

HOLMES BEACH – “Do you hear that silence? That is the sound of drowning,” West Manatee Fire Rescue Fire Marshal Rodney Kwiatkowski said, opening a discussion on the threats posed by not remaining vig…
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February 21, 2022
By SUN contributor

WMFR honors outstanding staff members

BRADENTON – West Manatee Fire Rescue’s staff and commissioners celebrated excellence in the district with their annual awards ceremony. The ceremony, held Feb. 15 at the district’s administration…
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September 12, 2021
By SUN contributor
WMFR budget passes final vote

WMFR budget passes final vote

BRADENTON – The West Manatee Fire Rescue District has put its financial ducks in a row in time for the coming fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. WMFR commissioners met Sept. 7 for the district’s final…
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May 24, 2021
By SUN contributor
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Commissioners vote to increase fire assessment rates

BRADENTON – Property owners in the West Manatee Fire Rescue District in western Manatee County will notice an increase in the fire assessment rate when TRIM notices go out later this year, but it won…
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May 2, 2021
By SUN contributor
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WMFR board may raise 2021-22 assessment rates

BRADENTON – Rates may be increasing for residents and business owners in the West Manatee Fire Rescue District, but if they do increase, it will only be by 4% for the 2021-22 fiscal year. Commissi…
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April 26, 2021
By SUN contributor

WMFR staff celebrates four promotions

BRADENTON – There was a festive atmosphere among the crowd gathered for West Manatee Fire Rescue District’s April board meeting as commissioners and staff celebrated the promotions of four firefighte…
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