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Dallas Fire-Rescue scooped the 2009 Award for Excellence for its wellness-fitness program at Fire-Rescue International Friday. The department created a comprehensive program to increase the awareness of its personnel about their health and wellbeing through a series of medical evaluations and physical fitness assessments.
Since it began the mandatory program, the department has documented at least [...]
Written on August 31, 2009 | Posted in
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Fire officials say A wildfire that continues to burn south of Ozona at this hour is about 85-percent contained. Crockett County firefighters are gaining headway on a wildfire that started on Saturday, about 42 miles south of Ozona.
As of this afternoon it is reported to be 85-percent contained. The fire is threatening a number of [...]
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As of Sunday night, the Texas Forest Service reported that two major grass fires, in Shackelford and Coleman counties, were out.
“We monitored both fires today by aircraft,” said Lewis Kearney, a spokesman for TFS. “But they were released Sunday evening.”
Recent rainfall did not stop the blazes from burning significant acreage and threatening homes and property.
“It [...]
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Bell Helicopter said members of its security and firefighters union ratified a three-year contract over the weekend that includes a pay raise and signing bonus. Bell said the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America Local 256’s members gave a “near-unanimous vote” for the contract.
The union represents about 60 guards and firefighters at Bell facilities [...]
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The investigation continues into a grass fire near Abernathy that started on Sunday.
The fire burned about 110 acres Sunday, just west of Abernathy near CR 5100. 40 firefighters from Abernathy, Shallowater and New Deal helped fight the blaze.
There were no reports of injures. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
From KCBD News, Lubbock
Written on August 31, 2009 | Posted in
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Longview Fire Department paramedics arrived minutes after receiving the call. A man was lying semi-conscious in a parking lot near the intersection of Green and Humble streets. The paramedics sprang from the firetruck to check on the man. An ambulance arrived a couple of minutes later.
The situation illustrates why the department has had a policy [...]
Written on August 31, 2009 | Posted in
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At least two people were displaced Friday from a blaze that destroyed most of a home with a dog inside, but no human injuries were reported, fire officials said. Firefighters arrived shortly before noon in the 5300 block of Southchase Lane, finding smoke and flames enveloping a two-story house in southwest League City.
“The roof collapsed [...]
Written on August 31, 2009 | Posted in
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