{"id":201728,"date":"2026-03-22T21:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201728\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T21:23:08","slug":"florida-deputy-dies-after-assisting-with-wildfire-evacuations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201728\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida deputy dies after assisting with wildfire evacuations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVideo above: Firefighters save cat from condo fire in Fort PierceA sheriff\u2019s office located on Florida\u2019s panhandle is mourning the loss of one of its own.The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday morning that Deputy Steven Bruner died shortly after his shift ended after suffering a medical emergency.Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 NewsDuring his shift, the sheriff\u2019s office said Deputy Bruner worked tirelessly Saturday assisting with evacuations from the Baker Road wildfire.According to the Florida Forest Service, as of Saturday night, the Baker Road wildfire had burned at least 500 acres and was 40% contained in the northwest corner of the county.\u201cTo know Bruner was to love him. He was the kind of person who would step up to help anyone without a second thought. Selfless, dedicated, and truly one of a kind,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a Facebook post on Sunday morning. Our agency, along with many others, will deeply feel his loss. Rest easy, Deputy Bruner. We have it from here.\u201dGet the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Calhoun County is one of several counties in Florida with an outdoor burn ban, which does not allow people to do any burning outside.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Video above: Firefighters save cat from condo fire in Fort Pierce<\/p>\n

A sheriff\u2019s office located on Florida\u2019s panhandle is mourning the loss of one of its own.<\/p>\n

The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday morning that Deputy Steven Bruner died shortly after his shift ended after suffering a medical emergency.<\/p>\n

Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

During his shift, the sheriff\u2019s office said Deputy Bruner worked tirelessly Saturday assisting with evacuations from the Baker Road wildfire.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDeputy Steven Bruner of the Calhoun County Sheriff\u2019s Office passed away shortly after his shift, during which he helped with evacuations from a wildfire in Florida\u2019s panhandle.<\/p>\n

According to the Florida Forest Service, as of Saturday night, the Baker Road wildfire had burned at least 500 acres and was 40% contained in the northwest corner of the county.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo know Bruner was to love him. He was the kind of person who would step up to help anyone without a second thought. Selfless, dedicated, and truly one of a kind,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said in a Facebook post on Sunday morning. Our agency, along with many others, will deeply feel his loss. Rest easy, Deputy Bruner. We have it from here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Calhoun County is one of several counties in Florida with an outdoor burn ban, which does not allow people to do any burning outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video above: Firefighters save cat from condo fire in Fort PierceA sheriff\u2019s office located on Florida\u2019s panhandle is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[93025,93026,7903,93023,28,34967,93022,30,29,22396,18742,93027,660,6695,2631,8631,16857,93024,189],"class_list":["post-201728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-baker-road-wildfire","tag-calhoun-county-sheriff","tag-county","tag-deputy-steven-bruner","tag-florida","tag-florida-deputy","tag-florida-deputy-dies-after-assisting-with-wildfire-evacuations","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-kind","tag-loss","tag-newsduring","tag-office","tag-saturday","tag-sheriff","tag-shift","tag-sunday-morning","tag-wildfire-evacuation","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}