Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Rhodes Ranch Fire Burns 4000 Acres

ELM VALLEY - JNVFD assisted ECCA VFD with Brush 1, 2 and a tanker in fighting the Rhodes Ranch Fire. We logged in over 90 man hours of mutual aid to ECCA over the course of 3 days.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

3 Jim Ned Firefighters attend Stamford Wildland School

STAMFORD - Three Jim Ned firefighters attended the Stamford Wildland Fire Control School for training in wildland firefighting techniques and fire scene search and rescue.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Abilene Brush Truck Overturns

ABILENE - An Abilene Fire Department brush truck overturns while fighting a grass fire. Watch the KTXS video.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Graham Lake Fire Burns 155 Acres

TUSCOLA - JNVFD responded to a fire in heavy brush off CR 207 just west of Graham Lake about 4:00pm today. Firefighters from Buffalo Gap, Lawn, ECCA, Moro and Winters provided mutual aid on the call. The Texas Forest Service also responded with 2 helicopters and 2 dozier strike teams to help fight the fire. JN firefighters logged in 30 man hours fighting the fire and we ended up having to replace 4 tires on Brush 1..