Mission: Ensuring the health and safety of our community by delivering exceptional fire and EMS services.
Vision: Community Focused. Excellence Driven.
Vaules: Professionalism, Integrity, Leadership, Accountability, and Respect
Charlotte County Fire & EMS is a full-service career department that provides fire suppression and rescue operations and pre-hospital emergency medical care and transport. Specialty units within our department include special operations (HAZMAT and technical rescue), marine operations, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) and SWAT Medics.
Charlotte County Fire & EMS operates from 18 stations across the 693 square miles of the county, which has a population of nearly 200,000 residents. Our highly trained firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMT), or paramedics work 24-hour shifts beginning at 8 am, followed by 48-hours off duty.
Charlotte County Fire & EMS is a part of Charlotte County Public Safety. Other public safety departments include Emergency Management, Animal Control, and Radio Management.
Charlotte County Fire & EMS Headquarters
26571 Airport Road
Punta Gorda, FL 33982
Phone: 941.833.5600
Fax: 941.833.5630
Email: Fire Administration
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
EMS Medical Record Requests (Ambulance run reports, medical reports or EMS billing)
Public Records Requests (fire reports and other public records requests)