From KVUE News, Austin Several Central Texas fire departments will train together on a live fire Wednesday. The fire departments in Pflugerville, Austin, Round Rock and Hutto will participate. They’ll meet at the Pflugerville training field to review strategy and tactics, resource deployment, communications, teamwork and efficient fire line safety. Fire officials also want to [...]
By Kelly Gooch in The Tyler Morning Telegraph Jesse Foster is not used to being in the United States, let alone Texas. The Canadian, 22, typically spends this time of year in his hometown of Salmon Arm, British Columbia, snowboarding or other outdoor activities. But Foster will spend the next three months walking in the [...]
By Claudia GrisalesThe Austin American-Statesman Mark Brandon Dominguez was an aspiring firefighter whose main objective was to protect others. So when family and friends learned that the 17-year-old Akins High School student went out shortly after midnight Sunday to investigate an attempted burglary at his South Austin home, it came as no surprise to those [...]
By Cassie Gregory in The Cleveland Advocate If you ask most little boys — and a growing number of girls — what they want to be when they grow up, they are more than likely to give you the following answer: A firefighter! A lot of grown men and women would give the same answer, [...]
By Emily Guevara in The Tyler Morning Telegraph Seven students celebrated a milestone for themselves and Tyler Junior College on Thursday. The first class of the TJC Fire Academy graduated during a ceremony at the college’s West Campus on Thursday. The graduates were: Justin “Boot” Brantley, Cody Eastep, Ryan Gaar, Phillip Johnson, Nathan Ledkins, Adam [...]
By Craig Civale at WFAA News, Dallas Fort Worth See photos here. See video here. Arlington firefighters are using condemned homes to train for real-life scenarios. The Willows Condominiums are being demolished, but before they are brought down, firefighters have been using them to practice techniques. News 8 caught up with crews who were cutting [...]
By Kassia Micek in The Courier of Montgomery County Wanting to set a good example for his sons, a Conroe firefighter decided to go back to school to earn his college degree. In doing so, Marco Guillen, 31, of Spring, became Lone Star College-Montgomery’s first student to graduate with an associate’s degree in fire science [...]
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