STAFF WRITER JARED FIELDS MARBLE FALLS — A Department of Homeland Security grant will enable Marble Falls Fire Rescue to add three firefighters to the department, putting an additional crew member on each shift. (more…)

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EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON MARBLE FALLS — Give firefighters and EMS personnel a vacant 76,000-square-foot building, and you’ve created a training mecca. That’s what H-E-B presented to area first responders March 12 when it opened the former Marble Falls grocery store to crews from several departments. (more…)

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EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON MARBLE FALLS — As the smoke filled the small room, Marble Falls Fire Rescue firefighter Dan Kramer asked the five First Baptist Christian School students the first thing they should do. A couple of hands shot up as one student called out, “Get on the floor.” (more…)

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STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — An increase in service calls and expanding city limits prompted Marble Falls fire officials to contract for a study to determine if more resources, such as additional fire stations, would benefit residents. (more…)

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STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — Even though they know the so-called bunker gear used in the program gets cumbersome and hot, that doesn’t stop several young students from clamoring for a spot in the Marble Falls Fire Rescue Fire Camp each summer. (more…)

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MARBLE FALLS — Johnny Caraway has resigned from his post as Marble Falls fire marshal, effective Sept. 12, city officials confirmed.

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CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls Fire Rescue Chief Russell Sander summed up his professional philosophy with something he recalled one of his trainers saying. “He said the word ‘service is in fire service,’ and that’s what we’re here to do,” Sander said. “What we’re here on Earth to do is […]

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CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Before 44-year-old Jon-Erik Johnson’s recent cardiac arrest, nothing gave his wife and family any reason to suspect he might suffer from a serious heart issue. (more…)

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — On June 28, you can buy a ticket for a chance to sink one of the Marble Falls Fire Rescue firefighters in a dunking booth. You know, one of those big ones filled with water. Frigid water. Because this is the Cold Water Challenge. (more…)

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JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — While short in stature, Zona DuBose was not overlooked. The eighth-grader earned the role of captain during the week-long Fire Camp conducted by Marble Falls Fire Rescue. (more…)

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Bluebonnet Methodist Pre-school students learned about fire safety and prevention when the Marble Falls Fire Rescue crew visited the school Oct. 22. The kids also got the chance to jump in the driver’s seat of a fire truck. The school is located at First United Methodist Church, 1101 Bluebonnet Drive in Marble Falls. Staff photos […]

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DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — When Michala DePamphilis arrived earlier in July from Connecticut to visit family, she was looking forward to lots of time at the lake, some golfing and other “normal” summer activities. (more…)

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A dozen Marble Falls Middle School incoming eighth-grade students participated in the week-long Fire Camp for Kids at the Marble Falls Fire Rescue facility and a city-leased pasture on Shifflett Ranch. (more…)

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MARBLE FALLS — Although delivered weeks ago, the newest Marble Falls Fire Rescue engine is now rolling along the streets and responding to calls. The 2013 Pierce truck, at a cost of $525,000, went into use Jan. 29 and Chief Johnny Caraway said the new model is quite an upgrade over the previous engine. (more…)

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