In 1975, the Jollyville volunteer firefighters started out in a small garage on Pond Springs Road in northwest Austin. In the mid-1980s, as the area grew, so did the fire station. The volunteer firefighters moved from their original building, still in use today by a private company, to a new station on Anderson Mill Road. [...]
Firefighters from around the world come to North Texas each year to receive training that may save your life and others. DFW International Airport is one of only a few places that has a specialized program to respond to aircraft disasters. A thick, dark plume of smoke rising into the air is the last thing [...]
A local automotive repair shop in Midland went up in flames this morning. All 6 people inside the shop got out safely. And check this out…moments after the fire erupted and before anyone could even dial 911, by chance a Midland fire truck was passing by the building which allowed them to immediately get to [...]
Arson investigators are looking into a 2-alarm fire that leveled a vacant 2-story residence in the 8100 block of 12th Fairway Lane, in the Atascocita subdivision of Pinehurst, around 5:30 a.m. Oct. 20. According to fire investigator Dean Hensley of the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office Arson Division, an arson dog brought to the scene [...]
More than 100 firefighters from 13 different volunteer fire departments over a three-county area battled a Sunday afternoon blaze at The Retreat at Artesian Lakes, located in north Liberty County between Romayor and Rye. The fire destroyed a log building used reportedly as a dormitory and dance hall. According to the firefighters who were among [...]
They eat together, sleep together, and face danger – together. The unique and powerful nature of the closely knit family of fire fighters can be hard to understand for outsiders, but the sense of community among them propelled Houston Fire Department fire fighters in Kingwood to forgo the annual reward bestowed to local members of [...]
In a city of one-story fire stations, Lubbock station No. 1 stands apart. The 30-year-old building not only houses Lubbock’s only heavy rescue crew, but a famous piece of firefighter lore that has slowly made an exit from many stations across the country: the slide pole. Helping firefighters make a quick exit for more than [...]
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