October 9, 2023 - Over the week of October 1st through 7th the Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department responded to 3 calls, all of which came in on Monday. Here’s a summary of the week’s events.
At 9:12am a call was received for a diesel spill on FM 139 near the Tenaha Creek Bridge. The JVFD responded to provide traffic control while TxDOT cleaned up the spill.
At 10:52am a page came in requesting first responders to a residence on County Road 3341 for a patient that had recently had a heart surgery. The JVFD medical team responded with Allegiance EMS to help the patient.
At 3:06pm a call came in stating that there were reports of a fire near Highway 7 East and County Road 3169. This turned out to be a brush fire and the JVFD quickly got it under control.
Two other calls were paged for fires on Wednesday, but these both turned out to be control burns.
With that, this edition of the report will come to a close. The Joaquin Volunteer Fire Department hopes everyone has a great and safe week ahead.
