Dallas Fire-Rescue News Release.....

City of Dallas sent this bulletin at 10/15/2015 02:37 PM CDT

For Immediate Release:

                                                              Contact: Jason L. Evans 

                   (214) 670-7949 or (469) 323-5881

                     Jason.evans@dallascityhall.com

 

Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Wildland Firefighters Heading to Bastrop

 

Dallas: Thursday, October 15, 2015, at 07:59, Dallas Fire-Rescue’s (DFR) Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Team received a request, from the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS), for deployment of resources to assist in the wild land fires in Bastrop, Texas.

 

While they won’t receive specific assignments until they arrive later this afternoon, their primary focus will be structure protection for the many homes which continue to be threatened by the fire conditions.

 

As many as 16 members were deployed with a fire engine, two type III brush trucks and a strike team leader vehicle. Once they arrive, all updates will come by way of the Bastrop County Emergency Operations Center. For more on DFR’s WUI Team, visit their Facebook, at https://www.facebook.com/DallasWildlandTeam.