1st Female Firefighter In Dallas Retiring After 34 Years
A young woman made Dallas history in 1977 becoming the first female firefighter. This week, Sherrie Wilson will retire after more than three decades of service.
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A young woman made Dallas history in 1977 becoming the first female firefighter. This week, Sherrie Wilson will retire after more than three decades of service.
The drought and extreme North Texas heat has caused a water crisis for the local American Red Cross. Now the agency is the one asking for assistance from the public to help replenish their water supply for firefighters and police.
Burns has been chief for five years. His time at the top of the department has been somewhat controversial.
Firefighters in Dallas were on the move early Thursday morning as several house fires popped up across one part of the city, near Fair Park.
An amusement park ride malfunction left a couple stranded 100 feet above the ground in Dallas for three hours on Monday night.
Four Dallas firefighters were injured Wednesday morning, after a roof collapsed at a burning home. The rescuers were taken to Parkland Hospital for treatment and are expected to be okay.
An elderly woman is hospitalized after a fire broke out at a Dallas high-rise nursing home. Just before 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, smoke was reported on the fourth floor of the Dickinson Nursing Home, near Baylor Medical Center.
The death of a Dallas firefighter is under investigation. Chris Pham was found unresponsive Thursday morning at Dallas Fire Rescue Station 49, where he worked.
A house fire in northwest Dallas turned deadly after a man inside was unable to escape in his wheelchair.
A four-alarm fire tore through a club on Greenville Avenue on Saturday. All of the 150 patrons inside were evacuated safely.
Members of Dallas Fire Rescue responded to a call of a "choking" at an apartment. They arrived to find a woman with a toilet paper holder sticking out of her neck.
I don' t really know why firefighters are associated with rescuing cats from trees. But that potential experience came in handy for members of Dallas Fire Rescue, during the first week of March.
A three-alarm fire broke out at the Heritage Apartments on Highland Road Sunday, injuring a firefighter and forcing about 50 residents to run from their homes.
A fire at a Dallas apartment complex has left 41 people homeless just before the start of the new year.
Some families in North Dallas may be in need of help after an apartment fire swept through their complex. Relief organizations are mobilizing to help residents from the Forest Park Apartments.
Craig Hauser had few words to describe the charred mess that was his home. "I was shocked. I didn't think it'd be that bad," he said.
