{"id":58971,"date":"2025-11-14T02:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=58971"},"modified":"2025-11-14T02:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:28:12","slug":"florida-department-of-financial-services-awarded-the-lakeland-fire-department-35625-in-state-funding-to-help-purchase-an-scba-washer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/11\/14\/florida-department-of-financial-services-awarded-the-lakeland-fire-department-35625-in-state-funding-to-help-purchase-an-scba-washer\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Department of Financial Services, awarded the Lakeland Fire Department $35,625 in state funding to help purchase an SCBA washer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LFD was honored to host Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia and his staff at the Lakeland Fire Department yesterday, along with Representative Jennifer Kincart Jonsson and Representative Jennifer Canady.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"857875\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #857875;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/581924311_1169213098634915_5931927234345154639_n-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58972 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/581924311_1169213098634915_5931927234345154639_n-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/581924311_1169213098634915_5931927234345154639_n-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/581924311_1169213098634915_5931927234345154639_n-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/581924311_1169213098634915_5931927234345154639_n-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/581924311_1169213098634915_5931927234345154639_n.webp 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Division of State Fire Marshal, under the Florida Department of Financial Services, awarded the Lakeland Fire Department $35,625 in state funding to help purchase an SCBA washer. This investment improves decontamination practices and aligns with statewide cancer-prevention standards for firefighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And thank you to our own Driver Engineer Paramedic, Clay Gieger, for speaking about his journey as a cancer survivor and how legislation, awareness, and continued support directly impact the safety of firefighters across Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We appreciate the shared commitment to the health and safety of firefighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"7c6b68\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7c6b68;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-id=\"58973\" 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