By Michele Marcotte in The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
Last April, to help recruit more members, the Woden Volunteer Fire Department initiated a new program that enables local teenagers to learn about the basics of being a firefighter, while also introducing them to fundraising, money management and business operations of the department.
They called it the Junior Firefighter [...]
By Faith Huffman in The Sulphur Springs News Telegram
When Adam and Philip Caudle finish the last round of testing this week, they’ll become the third generation of firefighting Caudles. In fact, some might say, fire-fighting is in their blood, or perhaps there’s something in their names — both men are named after firefighting relatives.
Their father, [...]
The Austin Community College fire academy has moved its training facilities to Southeast Austin. Wednesday morning, ACC hosted a dedication for the opening. The new training site is on the same training grounds of the Austin Fire Department.
Until now, ACC fire academy cadets used refurbished buildings in Taylor for training. Now, all of the training [...]
When the Guadalupe County Firefighters Association started a certification training program for volunteer firefighters at its training field in McQueeney, a young Marion firefighter named Joseph Rodriguez was one of the students.
This past weekend, Marion Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Joseph Rodriguez was one of the instructors, working Sunday in a steady rain to teach [...]
Ascending 100 feet into the air with nothing but a ladder to guide them and heavy weight on their backs to drag them down, Port Neches firefighters spent the day Wednesday training for the time when a real blaze calls for their attention.
Before the city’s firefighters can rescue residents from a hazardous fire, they must [...]
Given the task at hand and the amount of time allotted to achieve it, Del Rio Fire Department officials are calling its 100 percent pass rate on emergency medical certification tests a proud moment. All 15 of the department’s recruit firefighters passed the national basic emergency medical technician test after a mere two-and-a-half months of [...]
On July 28, Sandifer’s LP Gas Co. and the Railroad Commission of Texas’ Alternative Fuels Division put on a free propane training class for Lumberton Fire and Rescue members. The commission is the agency in charge of propane safety in Texas. Thomas Petru, the commission’s director of propane training, taught the class.
“Using and handling propane [...]
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