Florida Slammed by Hurricane Michael

The category 4 storm is believed to be the strongest hurricane on record to hit the Florida Panhandle. At approximately 1:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (17:30 Universal Time) on October 10, 2018, Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida.…

Firefighter Mural – Oakland Park Fire Station, Florida

The City of Oakland Park launched a ‘Call to Artists’ regarding a mural project at the Oakland Park Fire Rescue Station #87. I was very excited when I was awarded the project! I was curious to learn about firefighters and…

Cape Canaveral Fire Rescue Services To Benefit from Opticom GPS System Emergency Pre-emption Solution

System provides priority to emergency vehicles at intersection for improvements in operational safety and response times. Global Traffic Technologies, LLC (GTT) has contracted with the City of Cape Canaveral in Florida for the implementation of its latest-generation GPS-enabled Opticom™ pre-emption…

Hurricane Hermine was the first storm to strike Florida in more than a decade

For the first time in a decade, a hurricane is poised to strike Florida. At 12:25 p.m. local time (16:25 Universal Time) on September 1, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of…