From The Marshall News Messenger
Waskom Volunteer Fire Department is hosting SFFMA firefighter training from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday through June 15. The classes are open to members of other departments and are being taught at the Waskom Volunteer Fire Department by experienced area firefighters.
The schedule includes the following classes and the names of the [...]
By Rebecca LaFlure in The Killeen Daily Herald
Photo by Catrina Rawson in The Killeen Daily Herald
Killeen’s fire training center resembled the scene of a devastating blaze Friday morning with plumes of smoke and crushed cars scattered across the facility. Bright red fire trucks stood by as students dressed in fire suits crouched around the inferno, [...]
Story and photo by Jennifer Rios in The San Angelo Standard-Times
The firefighters felt their way along the graffiti-marked blue and yellow lockers at the school after they were dispatched to a call of reported smoke. Everything seemed to go smoothly until their air packs began to run out. Then one of their men “crashed” through [...]
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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 [...]
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This past weekend, Marion Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Joseph Rodriguez was one of the instructors, working Sunday in a steady rain to teach [...]
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