Withlacoochee Regional Search & Rescue Squad

Tonight, our Deputy Chief/Vice President/Co-founder and Captain of Ocala Fire Rescue, Joe Talley, and our friend Florida Highway Patrol Auxiliary Trooper Lieutenant Michael D. Reilly, also known as Doc Trooper, alongside other members of Ocala Fire Rescue Station 4 B Shift Members, an Ocala Police Officer, and members of an Ocala City Utility Crew, all received a Life Saving Award from HCA Hospital of Ocala and the Mayor's Coin of the City of Ocala. Congratulations to all of them.

On Friday November 14th, Chief Matychak along with his wife and his son traveled to Bradford/Hartford Connecticut to pick up a 2010 Chevy 4500 Duramax Ambulance donated by Best Friend s for Life Animal Rescue, President Anthony Bagliore. We will converting this Ambulance into a Mobile Field Command Post. We will post plenty of before and after pictures of the project.