By Steven Alford in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times A year’s worth of lifesaving training was rewarded Thursday as 25 cadets graduated from the Del Mar College Fire Academy. Many will go on to earn their Emergency Medical Technician certification and apply to work at fire stations in the Coastal Bend and beyond. Five graduates were [...]
From The Corpus Christi Caller-Times A fire that started from a water heater damaged a home near Robstown Saturday. Firefighters arrived at the 2400 block of County Road 30 about 2:15 p.m., said Chief Michael Clack with the Annaville Fire Department, which responded to the fire. Units with Robstown Fire Department and the Flour Bluff [...]
By Katherine Rosenberg in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Firefighters Saturday had to watch as strong winds helped fire destroy a Cherry Street garage because there was a man with a gun barricaded inside the accompanying home, officials said. Police quickly talked the man into surrendering his weapon — a stolen revolver — and he was [...]
By Steven Alford in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Nearly half a dozen firetrucks were called to a Northside blaze Friday night after an abandoned house caught fire. Emergency vehicles filled Winnebago Street near the Oveal Williams Senior Center about 8:15 p.m. after a shed behind a two-story wooden house caught fire. Neighbor Wilbur Russell said [...]
By Steven Alford in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times See photos here. In the 100 days since being named Corpus Christi’s newest Fire Chief, Robert Rocha has worked with the speed of a five-alarm fire. He secured funding for 30 new firefighter jobs; brought together the Nueces County Fire Chiefs Association and worked amid a more [...]
By Steven Alford, Corpus Christi Caller Times In the 100 days since being named Corpus Christi’s newest Fire Chief, Robert Rocha has worked with the speed of a five-alarm fire. He secured funding for 30 new firefighter jobs; brought together the Nueces County Fire Chiefs Association and worked amid a more than yearlong dispute regarding [...]
By John Allen in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times Corpus Christi firefighters were on the scene of a house fire in the 5300 block of Seguin Drive Thursday morning. Fire crews were called about 9:15 a.m. for smoke coming of the home between Sacky and Sokol drives. Firefighters said most of the smoke and flames were [...]
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