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Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Lufkin Fire Department crew deployed to Smith County ahead of severe weather
LUFKIN, Texas (KETK) – The Lufkin Fire Department has dispatched a crew to Smith County in order to assist the area during potential severe weather on Sunday night. Interactive Radar Lufkin Fire Department battalion chief Jarman, drive-operator Crisp and firefighters Linam and Faulk have been assigned to Smith County with a type 1 fire engine by the request the Texas Division of Emergency Management's TIFMAS program. The Lufkin crew be prepositioned in Smith County in order to respond to any severe weather damage along with other crews from Marble Falls, Travis County, San Antonio and Wilson County. 'These crews will be assisting to protect the citizens of Texas,' The Lufkin Fire Department said. 'Please keep these men and the others in your thoughts and prayers along with the citizens they will be serving.' Check out KETK's Interactive Radar to keep track of any severe weather moving through East Texas. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Longview firefighters helping battle fires across Texas
LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) – Longview firefighters have been helping to put out fires all across Texas this past month. LIST: East Texas counties issue burn bans Members of the Longview Fire Department who were in Lubbock helping to extinguish the wildfires in West Texas have returned home while a new group has been sent to Amarillo to help put out the fires still burning near there. Longview firefighters returned from Lubbock on March, 11 after being dispatched to West Texas as part of the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) Longview also sent a crew to Amarillo on that same day to help put out the Windmill Fire in Perryton fire which has burned over 23,000 acres of land. The crew is currently positioned in Plainview and are expected to remain their for the next two weeks. 'The Longview Fire Department would like to thank the community for all the support and prayers that have been given to our crews at home and away fighting fires,' the department said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
