Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Station 33

Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, Station 33, 850 South Falkenburg Road, Tampa, Florida. Hillsborough County, since the 1950's was protected by a loose community of volunteer fire companies. On January 1, 1964 the Hillsborough County Fire department was established to protect the county's unincorporated areas. In 1973 the county hired it's first firefighter. On January 1, 1997 the fire department and EMS consolidated and became Hillsborough Fire Rescue. By 2013 the department was fully career.  HCFR operate today out of 47 fire stations and 1 rescue station and handle about 140,000 calls each year. Station 33, in Brandon, was where the county HIT (Hazardous Incident Team) began in 1973. Station 33 houses an engine and rescue. HIT moved to Station 9. The building was possibly one built in the early 1970's.