ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — After more than a year of negations, Pasco County Fire Rescue and Zephyrhills Fire have announced their approval to merge. 

  • Zephyrhills Fire to merge with Pasco Fire rescue
  • Pasco commission, city of Zephyrhills approved the merger
  • Zephyrhills Fire's 24 firefighters will continue to serve the area

This comes after approvals from both the City of Zephyrhills and the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners.

Zephyrhills Fire's 24 firefighters, two stations, and apparatus will be merged with Pasco County Fire Rescue to provide citizens with service.

Both the Zephyrhills Fire Cadet and Volunteer programs will also be merged, allowing those citizens to be involved with Pasco County Fire Rescue.

The merger is slated to be implemented by September 27, 2020.