UPDATE: Orange County Government lifted this enacted burn ban on March 23, 2018. Orange County, Fla. – A burn ban, which prohibits the ignition and burning of open fires, is now active in Orange County. Under Orange County’s Fire Prevention and Protection ordinance, burn bans automatically activate county-wide when the Keetch-Buram Drought Index (KBDI),...
Orlando, Florida – Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond announced that his Official Records Department has set up a free property fraud alert program for Orange County residents. According to the FBI, property and mortgage fraud is the fastest growing white-collar crime. The property fraud alert system helps to protect a person’s property from fraud...
WHO: Orange County Fire Rescue and the Orlando Fire Department, led by Orlando Fire Department Engineer Jon Clayton and Orange County Fire Rescue Engineer Steve Kibler, who lost his five-month old son Camden Kibler (pictured above) to cancer in 2008. Camden only lived 160 days, but he leaves a positive, lasting legacy. WHAT: In...
Who: Orange County Government, Aspire Health Partners What: Orange County Government and Aspire Health Partners will offer additional community outreach and education sessions in March that will assist families and individuals battling opioid-related addictions. These follow sessions held previously in February, which came at the direction of Orange County Sheriff Jerry L. Demings and...
Orange County, Fla. – Orange County Government has been awarded a $2 million federal grant to expand life-saving training to local first responders, EMS providers and key stakeholders whose assistance may be needed during a suspected opioid/heroin overdose. The grant will also help to fund Naloxone (Narcan) distribution to law enforcement personnel, making this...
Orange County, Fla. – Join Orange County’s Environmental Protection Division to learn the results of a study that provides recommendations on how trees can be better integrated into the County’s stormwater management programs to help reduce flooding, improve water quality in surface waters like lakes and rivers, and provide other environmental benefits. A community...
Orange County, Fla. – Orange County Transportation Planning Division has initiated a Preliminary Design Study for Sunbridge Parkway from south of Aerospace Parkway/Dowden Road to the Orange/Osceola County line. The purpose of this study is to assess current and future travel demand in the area and identify roadway improvements along this corridor. We invite...
Orange County, Aspire Health Partners Launch Emergency Community Outreach Efforts Who: Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Orange County Government, Aspire Health Partners What: Since the beginning of the year, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has responded to over 156 cases of suspected heroin-related overdoses, with a total of nine deaths. Most of these cases have...
WHAT: Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, District 1 Commissioner Betsy VanderLey and Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings will attend the grand opening of the Deputy Scott Pine Community Park in West Orange County. The 19.5-acre park was created in memory of Orange County Deputy Scott Pine, who lost his life while responding to a...
