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Authorities charge 2 men in Texas church fire

Men also suspected in string of similar blazes
AP via Statesman
Two men who once attended church together were charged Sunday with burning down a church in East Texas, and they are suspected in a string of similar blazes, authorities said.
Jason Robert Bourque, 19, and Daniel George McAllister, 21, face one count each of felony arson for [...]

Travis County FFs Training Across the Street from Plane Crash First on Scene

On Thursday morning, just minutes before a single-engine plane would plunge into the Echelon I building, the Travis County Hazardous Materials Team gathered in the parking lot of Dave and Buster’s at the intersection of U.S. 183 and MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1). Jeremy Schwartz : Austin Statesman
It was the first time the team, made up [...]

Genuinely Useful Politics/Technology Crossmatch

I’m easily amused. Bright shiny things WILL get my attention. I look at a bunch of different websites everyday, mostly hoping to glean something from them that I can take and make use of here on Texas-Fire. OpenCongress is one such site.
If your fire station is anything like mine, then occasionally the [...]

Fort Worth firefighter killed, two hurt in New Mexico crash

A Fort Worth firefighter was killed and two other firefighters were injured this weekend in a one-vehicle rollover wreck on a New Mexico highway. David Eaves, 40, an 11-year veteran of the department, was headed to a ski trip in Monarch, Colo., said Tim Hardeman, a Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman.
The wreck happened shortly [...]

Wanna Feel Small ? Get Your Perspective On….

Me and some buddies across a few departments have a few difficult decisions to make in the next few days. The movements of fate dropped this into my inbox just a moment ago. The decisions seem far less important now. Thank you to Paul Menard.