From WFAA News, Dallas Fort Worth A second story apartment fire has forced firefighters to climb on the roof of the Spanish Oak Apartments in Grand Prairie. Residents had evacuated the building when firefighters arrived just after 11 a.m. A fire that started on the second floor is quickly spreading throughout one building. Black smoke [...]
By Kevin Welch in The Amarillo Globe-News The Panhandle Regional Planning Commission board of directors voted Thursday to spend more than $211,000 in homeland security funds to help emergency responders communicate more effectively. The money will purchase equipment for emergency response teams, such as law enforcement officers and firefighters, to communicate over. The equipment includes [...]
By Rich Flowers in The Athens Review The Athens Fire Department will be able to provide certain levels of medical attention under the terms of a First Responder Agreement with East Texas Medical Center. The contract with ETMC Emergency Medical Services was approved by the Athens City Council Monday, and goes into effect Feb. 1. [...]
From KTRK News, Houston A cigarette is being blamed for an apartment fire in west Houston this morning. Firefighters were called to The Aberdeen apartments on Richmond near Woodchase around 10:30pm. Firefighters say the resident of a third floor unit threw a cigarette onto the balcony then went to bed. It rolled into a hole [...]
By Hayley Kappes in The Galveston County Daily News The city’s future fire chief will face a major task once he or she takes the job. League City on Tuesday posted an opening on the city website for the volunteer fire department’s first paid chief. The chief will be charged with devising a long-term strategic [...]
From KVUE News, Austin A quick-moving brush fire came dangerously close to some homes in Kyle Thursday afternoon. It started in a brushy area near Cody Lane. More than five acres were scorched before the fire could be contained. Firefighters say it is important to keep brush and landscaping trimmed close to any structures. They [...]
By Adriana M. Chavez in The El Paso Times A 23-year-old woman suffered severe burns during a fire at an East Side apartment complex this morning. The fire was reported at 2:15 a.m. at the Celena Apartments in the 8500 block of Viscount near Cielo Vista Mall. Thirteen fire crews, including 30 firefighters, responded to [...]
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