Port Everglades
Port Everglades covers an area of 2,380 acres and is the 12th largest container port in the United States. The seaport includes 12 cruise terminals serving 16 cruise lines that launch more than 3,000 cruises each year.
Fire Rescue
Assistant Chief Lee Bennett
1901 Eller Drive
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
(954) 522-1528 (Fire non-emergency)
(954) 765-4191 (Rescue non-emergency)
BSO Fire Rescue Station 6 provides specialized firefighting and emergency response capabilities geared to the unique environment of Port Everglades. The Seaport Command has developed a multi-agency communication capability between the airport, seaport and the United States Coast Guard.
Station 6 operates two engines, an ALS (Advanced Life Support) rescue unit and a specialized "chem-truck" that can deploy water, firefighting foam or dry chemical extinguishing agents onto a fire.
Law Enforcement
Chief Dan Cummings [ bio ]
- Lt. Caren Pollaccia, Executive Officer
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
(954) 765-4511 (non-emergency)
Since 1991, BSO has provided law enforcement services for Port Everglades. Specialized resources such as the Harbor Patrol, Investigations Unit, Bomb Detection and K-9 Unit allow the agency to provide full service to the visitors and businesses that travel into or conduct commerce here. Acting as the Port's Facility Security Officer (FSO), the Broward Sheriff's Office manages the Security Operations Center Port Identification Office, issuing and monitoring over 22,000 permanent ID Cards and 15,000 temporary cards yearly.
Employee(s) of the Month

Last April, Dep. Kurt Douglass was patrolling the Port Everglades jurisdictional boundaries and had a LoJack alert on a John Deere front end loader that had been stolen in Miami earlier in the day. He was able to track the signal to Berth 31 and determined that the item was already loaded in a container on the ship. Further investigation revealed numerous containers in the hull of the ship. The container was located and opened and two front end loaders were found; both stolen. The total value of the recovered items was $320,000. For his diligence and investigative skills, Deputy Douglass was presented with a commendation by T.M. Roland from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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