{"id":231871,"date":"2026-04-14T22:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231871\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:08:23","slug":"broward-commissioners-discuss-possibility-of-retaking-fire-department-from-bso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231871\/","title":{"rendered":"Broward commissioners discuss possibility of retaking fire department from BSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 A unanimous vote Tuesday by Broward County commissioners means an assessment will soon land on their desks, one that details future steps and a cost structure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/07\/broward-officials-mull-taking-back-firefighting-from-bso-and-thats-not-all\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/04\/07\/broward-officials-mull-taking-back-firefighting-from-bso-and-thats-not-all\/\">if the county retakes control<\/a> of firefighting duties instead of contracting that work to the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/14\/comisionados-de-broward-evaluan-retomar-control-del-departamento-de-bomberos-de-bso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/14\/comisionados-de-broward-evaluan-retomar-control-del-departamento-de-bomberos-de-bso\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis has nothing to do with Sheriff Tony, who is doing a wonderful job,\u201d said Broward Commissioner Lamar Fisher. \u201cIt\u2019s just to look at the feasibility, and what it would be prudent to look at public safety in its total.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Commissioners have already commissioned a feasibility study to look at launching in-house police departments at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades to replace BSO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fisher said 54% of Broward County\u2019s budget is devoted to BSO for public safety. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s a business decision that we need to look at, right?\u201d he said. \u201cWhen it continues to be 54, 55, 56, 57%, is there ways that we can cut costs and we can have more control at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Attaching the fire rescue component to the ongoing law enforcement feasibility study as a cost-effective mechanism has been met with a favorable response among other county leaders publicly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BSO assumed control of fire rescue in 2003 after it was previously operated by the county.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This new idea would give a layer of transparency since the county can\u2019t dictate how dollars are spent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">By law, the sheriff\u2019s office doesn\u2019t have to disclose that information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBy bringing it under, it obviously provides a different accountability when it comes back to Broward County. We specifically know what those costs would be,\u201d said Fisher. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 A unanimous vote Tuesday by Broward County commissioners means an assessment will soon land&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-231871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231871","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=231871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}