From the National Fire Protection Association comes this important guidance: In a fire, seconds count. Seconds can mean the difference between residents of our community escaping safely from a fire or having their lives end in tragedy. That’s why this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme: “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out!” is so important. It reinforces why everyone needs to have an escape plan. Here’s this year’s key campaign…
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A surprise visit from Tampa Electric lights the way to a family’s new beginning
When Rachel, Wayne and Ali, their kindergartner, lost their home to a fire in 2015, they didn’t lose Tampa Electric as the electric provider proud to have them among our more than 730,000 customers. With workers rebuilding their house, the Tampa family spent months in an apartment. The fire could’ve been far worse – they were thankful that it wasn’t. But their temporary residence simply wasn’t the same thing as…
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For an “Unsung Hero,” they sure are singing his praises at TECO and the Propeller Club of Tampa
Lars Amundsen isn’t a firefighter – you could say he just plays one in real life. Technically he’s a stevedore operations supervisor with Tampa Electric. But on a frigid night earlier this year, a blaze at Big Bend Power Station tested the courage under pressure and commitment to safety of Amundsen and about 10 of the men he works alongside. “It started with a motor on a conveyor belt,” he…
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