Round Rock Fire Chief Larry Hodge announced Tuesday he will retire, effective Feb. 26, 2011, concluding a 40-year career in the fire service. Hodge will be 65 on Feb. 4, 2011.
“I came to Round Rock to finish this phase of my career with an outstanding fire department in an outstanding city and Round Rock has [...]
From Jessica Vess at KVUE News, Austin
See photos of ceremony here.
An Austin firefighter received full honors Tuesday morning more than 90 years after his death. Austin Firefighter James T. Glass was buried in North Austin at the Walnut Creek Baptist Cemetery in 1917. He never had a headstone marking his grave site. It was [...]
From The Longview News-Journal
Photo from KTYX News, Tyler Longview
Good Shepherd officials have identified Casey Steenland as the woman who died earlier this morning at Champion EMS after being exposed to carbon monoxide. Officials released the 33-year-old woman’s name during a 2 p.m. press conference in White Oak. Steenland was pronounced dead this morning from carbon [...]
By Janelle Stecklein in The Amarillo Globe-News
Photo by Stephen Spillman in The Amarillo Globe-News
Other photos here.
When an American Airlines passenger jet was in trouble last month, it took moments for members of the Amarillo Fire Department’s Aircraft Rescue Firefighting unit to mobilize.
From their station near the intersection of the two runways at Rick Husband Amarillo [...]
By Denice Hernandez in The Bryan College Station Eagle
See this photo and other by Stuart Villanueva here.
Maria Isabel Espinoza Holina showed off her bruised shoulders with a beaming smile Thursday. “This place is tough, but good,” the Costa Rica native said about the Texas Engineering Extension Service’s 44th annual Spanish Fire School.
Holina, 51, isn’t used [...]
By Deanna Boyd in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
See this photo and other by Bud Force here.
See video of rescue here.
The fate of Irish Painted Lady seemed certain. On Thursday, the 17-year-old mare, her 3-month-old colt and five other horses became trapped when heavy storms flooded the Rio Grande, sending water rushing into their pasture in [...]
Update: Fallen fighter to be laid to rest this weekend
From KHOU News, Houston
A fallen firefighter will be laid to rest this weekend. Captain Thomas Araguz died while fighting a massive fire over the weekend at an egg farm near Boling in Wharton County. Two other firefighters suffered minor burns in the blaze.
Public visitation for Araguz [...]
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