TAMPA, Fla. \- Tampa Fire Rescue (TFR) personnel working the 2024 Gasparilla Parade of Pirates. Paramedics and medical staff responded to a total of 156 medical calls. Of those calls, 36 required transport by ambulance to an area medical facility for additional evaluation, said TFR. “I am grateful for all of our first responders including our dispatchers that worked this demanding event,” said Fire Chief Barbara Tripp. “I am also thankful to our partner agencies, Tampa General Hospital, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, TransCare, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and the American Red Cross for …