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The first use of 3-1-1 for informational services was in Baltimore, Maryland, where the service commenced on 2 October 1996. [2] 3-1-1 is intended to connect callers to a call center that can be the same as the 9-1-1 call center, but with 3-1-1 calls assigned a secondary priority, answered only when no 9-1-1 calls are waiting.
In the spring of 1878, the city officially founded the San Antonio Volunteer Fire Department. [6] As the city of San Antonio continued to expand and grow, so did the volunteer fire companies. During the early 1880s, three new fire companies were established. The first was the Second Ward Hose Company which was founded on April 14, 1883.
Municipal police – 153 (112 connects to national police) ; Gas emergency and outages – 187; Electricity emergency and outages – 186; Water emergency and outages – 185; Non-emergency medical consultation - 184; Child abuse and family violence – 183; Telephone emergency and outages – 121; Poison control – 114.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest wildfire burning in the region, has exploded to 200,000 acres since igniting Monday afternoon, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This following is a list of all professional and volunteer-professional combination fire departments within Texas. These departments are regulated by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Department Name City Number of Personnel Houston ...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An early morning house fire in San Antonio killed three people and injured three others, the city's fire chief said. One woman died at the scene and two others — an adult ...
A fire damaged vehicle after three days ago it struck an above-ground valve causing a large pipeline fire, on Sept. 18, 2024, in Deer Park, Texas.
Texas governor Greg Abbott also sent several firefighters and emergency personnel to combat the wildfires, [284] including the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department and from Southeast Texas. [ 285 ] [ 286 ] The Red Cross from Texas Region also sent four volunteers: three from Austin and one from San Antonio .