Lieutenant Jerold Maynard, the Public Education Officer for the Apopka Fire Department, won the 2022 Safety Educator Award at the Community Heroes Celebration.
The Apopka Voice has learned that retired Apopka Fire Chief Chuck Carnesale is endorsing Commissioner Kyle Becker in his campaign to become the next Mayor of Apopka.
The APFA, which represents 86 firefighters, engineers, and district chiefs at the Apopka Fire Department, will release the following statement regarding their endorsements.
How many firefighters should staff a fire engine? It's a debate the Apopka City Council had during the budget workshops and hearings, but for The Apopka Voice readers, it was no contest.
It was an eventful year for the Apopka Fire Department. Not only did they receive funding to move forward with Fire Station #6, but they also voted to unionize, and were one of the primary issues at the City Council budget workshops.
The 45th Annual Apopka Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Foliage Sertoma Club of Apopka, brought back a sense of normalcy to the community with over 70 entrants taking the traditional parade route down Park Avenue.
The Apopka Professional Firefighters Association (APFA) has endorsed City Commissioner Kyle Becker in his campaign to become Apopka Mayor in the 2022 election.
Editor's Note: Chuck Carnesale, the former Apopka Fire Chief from 2016-2019, sent The Apopka Voice a letter to the editor clarifying his opinion on the two-person squad trucks used by the AFD during …
Editor's Note: After reading Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson's remarks in The Apopka Voice about the Apopka Fire Department, its two-person staffing fire of apparatus, two-person squads, and the motives of …
By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor During a recent interview with The Apopka Voice, Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson discussed a range of subjects, but none more strongly than the Apopka Fire Department. In …
Women in need of screening who are uninsured or underinsured can schedule a mammogram with AdventHealth at a reduced cost of $30
From AdventHealth and Apopka Fire Department
October is always a …
By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor A fire department is a major component of a city's public safety model. It's also one of the largest items on a municipal budget. In Apopka, members of the city …
From Staff Reports For everything, there is a season... The Apopka Voice is in the middle of a series of articles about the Apopka Fire Department's budget, staffing fire engines, and ISO ratings. …
By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
How many firefighters does it take to staff a fire engine?
It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but in Apopka, it was perhaps the most contentious …
By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
Editor's Note - The Apopka Fire Department and its budget played a key role in the FY2021-22 budget workshops, and again during the vote to approve the …
From Crystal Jacome, Interning Correspondent, and Staff Reports On Saturday, September 11th, 2021, the Apopka community paid tribute to the heroes of September 11th, 2001. Hundreds of residents …
From Staff Reports It was 20 years ago tomorrow, on September 11th, that two commercial airliners slammed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center. Police officers, firefighters, and …
From Staff Reports It was almost 20 years ago, on September 11th, that two commercial airliners slammed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center. Police officers, firefighters, and …
Apopka Budget 2021
By Mickenzie Hannon, Interning Correspondent with The Apopka Voice
The first engine arrives, and two firefighters immediately jump off the fire truck and into action. One …
