Stuart Fire Rescue

STUART POLICE MAKE UNUSUAL BUST

For years, law enforcement has unfairly taken the blame for America's love affair with donuts.

Well, today we have the photographic evidence to clear our name once and for all.
Our undercover surveillance team caught our friends at Stuart Fire Rescue red-handed unloading a fresh donut delivery.

Looks like the shoe is on the other foot now....

Happy National Donut Day to everyone, especially our Fire Rescue partners. Enjoy those donuts... your secret is safe with us.

Newest Members of the Special Response Team – SRT Medics

The City of Stuart, Stuart Police Department, and Stuart Fire Rescue, along with Police Chief Zenelovic and Fire Chief Felicione, are proud to announce the first medics to become part of the Police Department’s Special Response Team.

These specially trained paramedics are now able to make entry into active scenes to assist officers and render aid to officers, victims, or suspects during high-priority incidents. The medics will train alongside the Police Department’s Special Response Team and were required to complete physical aptitude testing, fi****ms qualifications, and selection processes similar to those required of police officers.

This collaboration will allow critical medical services to be rendered without delay, even while a scene remains active. The partnership has been a long and rewarding process, and we are grateful to see it come to fruition.

Congratulations to these dedicated professionals on this important achievement and commitment to serving our community.

Your Stuart Fire Rescue firefighters would like to wish all of the mothers in our department, Stuart Police Department and the entire StuartLife - The City of Stuart, Florida a happy Mother’s Day!

This month two new firefighters joined our team. Both have previous experience in the fire service which helped make for a smooth transition to the City of Stuart. Welcome aboard John Larsen and Shelby Baker!

Today Lieutenant Matt Clough was presented with the Service Above Self award from the Stuart Rotary Club. In addition to his daily responsibilities Lieutenant Clough has been a valuable asset to our department by participating in our new hire orientation program where we mold young firefighters into true professionals. He is also responsible for managing our department wide hose testing program where we test thousands of feet of fire hose annually to ensure that our apparatus are ready to respond to any emergency. Congratulations Lieutenant Clough!

As of this morning the Keetch-Byram Drought Index indicates 86% of our region is under a severe drought. This means that our risk of wildfire is extreme. Residents should take extreme caution when using grills outside as any spark could ignite a fire and no open burning is allowed. While you may think that we don’t get many outside fires in the City, we responded to over 20 outside fires last year and already 5 this year, and that doesn’t count calls where the fire is already extinguished. Your Stuart Firefighters are ready to respond and our latest piece of equipment, a specially outfitted Humvee, has been designed specifically to mitigate wildland/urban interface fires. This was made possible through the excellent relationship that we have with the Florida Forest Service. Our partnership with them allowed us to acquire this piece of apparatus at no cost to the taxpayers of the City of Stuart.

Cold weather shelter to open the evening of January 31 in Martin County.

A cold weather shelter will open in Martin County on Saturday night (January 31). According to the National Weather Service, the weather for those evenings is forecast to be at or below 40 degrees Fahrenheit for four hours or more.

Shelter operating hours
Saturday, January 31, 5:00 p.m. – Monday, February 02, 8:00 a.m.

Monday, February 02, 6:00 p.m. – Tuesday, February 03, 7:30 a.m.

Shelter location
Gertrude Walden Child Care Center
601 SE Lake Street, Stuart, FL

Transportation pickup location & time
LAHIA - 5:30 p.m.
1760 SE Salerno Road, Stuart, FL

Martin County Emergency Management and Martin County Human Services staff would like to recognize the following partners for their support in this effort – Gertrude Walden Child Care Center, LAHIA, Family Promise, House of Hope, Salvation Army, United Way of Martin County, American Red Cross, Martin Interagency Network for Disasters (MIND), and numerous community volunteers.

For information regarding shelter operations, please contact Love and Hope in Action (LAHIA) at 772-781-7002dy

🚨Structure Fire❗️

Early this morning crews were dispatched to a structure fire in the northern end of the City. On arrival crews found a working fire that had already extended into the attic space. The fire was brought under control in approximately 30 minutes however crews remained on scene for several hours extinguishing hot spots. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

Cold weather shelter to open evenings of January 15 and January 18 in Martin County, FL.

A cold weather shelter will open in Martin County Thursday night (January 15) and Sunday night (January 18). According to the National Weather Service, the weather for those evenings is forecast to be at or below 40 degrees Fahrenheit for four hours or more.
Shelter operating hours
Thursday, January 15, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. January 16, 2026
Sunday, January 18, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. January 19, 2026
Shelter location
Gertrude Walden Child Care Center
601 SE Lake Street, Stuart, FL
Transportation pickup location & time
LAHIA - 5:30 p.m.
1760 SE Salerno Road, Stuart, FL

For information regarding shelter operations, please contact Love and Hope in Action (LAHIA) at 772-781-7002