Name: Tony Vizzari
Age: 41
Personal: Married
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Station: #3, 103 S Newport
Year Joined: 1994
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Hometown: Lutz, FL
Patch: What do you like most about your job?
Vizarri: The fact that it’s different every day.
Patch: What made you interested in this field of work?
Vizarri: My Family. My dad and uncle were firefighters, too.
Patch: What was your most memorable call?
Vizzari: When the plane crashed into the building downtown. [In 2002, a Cessna 172 crashed into the side of the Bank of America building in downtown Tampa.]
Patch: What do you do on your days off?
Vizzari: Landscaping for Vizzari Brothers Lawn Maintenance.
Patch: Speaking in terms of safety, fill in the blank. “I wish more people would…”
Vizzari: … wear their helmets! ["That's a good one," Vizzari's fellow fireman add.]
