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Dog alerts sleeping woman to blaze in North Richland Hills

By Domingo Ramirez, Jr. in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram A woman escaped a North Richland Hills house fire early Thursday after a dog apparently woke her up, a fire official said, but a North Richland Hills patrol officer was injured. The officer who was not identified was taken to a local hospital for smoke inhalation. [...]

EMS personnel train for aircraft accident

By Aziza Musa in The Amarillo Globe News Victims screamed in pain and cried out for help as emergency personnel rushed to their sides in a training exercise. In a simulated training exercise Wednesday, the city’s emergency personnel trained responses to a full-scale aircraft accident, said Kevin Starbuck, emergency management coordinator for Amarillo and Potter [...]

Six College Station Firefighters Honored in Houston

From KBTX News, Bryan College Station See photo here. Six College Station Fire Department members were honored in Houston Wednesday night for saving an accident victim’s life. The six College Station employees were at the scene of an accident with a cement truck and a dump truck. Despite three feet of concrete and a large [...]

Waco family displaced after late night fire

From KXXV News, Waco A family is out of their home after it was damaged by a fire Wednesday night. The fire started in the 2600 block of Lyle at around 11:10 p.m. Thankfully no one was hurt but the fire managed to cause significant damage to the home. The Red Cross is now helping [...]

Fire crews working house fire near Chapel Hill

By Kerri Compton and Samantha Jordan at KLTV News, Tyler Several fire crews are on the scene of a house fire near Chapel Hill. The fire was reported just after 9:30 am, in the 13,000 block of County Road 2241 off of Old Omen Road. Chapel Hill, Jackson Heights, Whitehouse and Arp Fire Departments are [...]

Hot fire in Murchison: Explosion ignites, spreads to crude oil tank containing 280 barrels of fuel

By Rich Flowers in The Athens Review Lightning touched off a ball of flames at a gas well near Murchison Friday, that caused authorities to temporarily shut down State Highway 31. No one was injured in the fire that kept several departments busy. Murchison Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gerry Huffman said several agencies from Henderson [...]

Jury: Kilgore Fire Department equally at fault

By Glenn Evans in The Longview News Journal Jurors in Longview found the maker of a ladder truck from which two firefighters fatally fell — and the Kilgore Fire Department — equally at fault for the 2009 training exercise deaths. Wrapping up an eight-day wrongful death suit, the panel reviewed the case brought by the [...]