Dallas Fire-Rescue News Releases
2004 - 2005

  December 2005
December 27, 2005 3-Alarm Fire--1414 Elm Street
December 20, 2005 Firefighters Respond to Fatal 2-Alarm fire
December 18, 2005 4-Alarm Fire Damages Vacant Building
December 13, 2005 3-Alarm Fire -- 7120 Skillman
December 3, 2005 6 Alarm Blaze/ Mass Casualty Response at the Wedgwood Apartment Community
   
  November 2005
November 17, 2005 3 Alarm Apartment Fire
November 17, 2005 3 Alarm Fire -- 4 Injured Transported.20
November 15, 2005 3-Alarm Fire Damages North Dallas Condos
November 3, 2005 4-Alarm Fire  5755 Phoenix Drive
   
  October 2005
October 19, 2005 Change your Clock, Change your Smoke Alarm Battery
October 19, 2005 Cambie la hora de su reloj y cambie su baterķa
October 13, 2005 Dallas Fire Rescue Hosts Training Exercise
October 13, 2005 Dallas Fire Rescue Announces 3-1-1 / 9-1-1 Job Fair
October 11, 2005 Fire Prevention Week
October 11, 2005 2-Alarm Blaze Damages South Dallas House of Worship
   
  September 2005
September 18, 2005 Firefighter Seriously Injured at 4 Alarm Blaze
September 15, 2005 Firefighter Injured at 2 Alarm Fire -- 2409 Clark
September 3, 2005

Firefighters Battle a 3 Alarm Fire Near the Red Bird Area

September 2, 2005
 
Food Donations Accepted at Dallas Fire Stations
Dallas Fire-Rescue Teams up with North Texas Food Bank
   
  August 2005
August 30, 2005

Elderly Woman Dies Shortly After being Rescued from a House Fire

August 28, 2005 Early Morning Blaze Damages Oak Cliff Building used for Storage
August 7, 2005

Man Pronounced Dead Shortly After Being Rescued From Residential Fire

August 7, 2005

13 Patients Taken To Hospital During CO Poisoning Incident in Oak Cliff

August 5, 2005

Dallas Firefighters Battle an Extensive 6-Alarm Fire in Northwest Dallas

   
  July 2005
July 25, 2005 Firefighters fight 2 Alarm Oak Cliff Apartment Fire
July 1, 2005 Dallas Fire Rescue announces 4th of July Plans
July 1, 2005 News advisory on Children Heat Emergencies and Cars
July 1, 2005

9-1-1 Operators Win State Awards; Team Receives Nomination

   
  June 2005
June 28, 2005

Biblical Arts Center Ravaged by 6-Alarm Fire

June 15, 2005 Sleep Experts Donate 100 Serta Fireblocker Mattresses to Dallas Fire-Rescue
June 5, 2005 4 Alarm Fire Damages White Rock Yacht Club
June 4, 2005 Arson Special Report -- Arsonist held
June 1, 2005 3 Alarm Fire Damages Large Home on Brookview
   
  May 2005
May 24, 2005 Fiery Scene Caused by Vehicle Accident
May 24, 2005 14 Year Old Drives into Day Care Center
May 17, 2005 4-Alarm Fire In Lake Highlands Apartments
May 16, 2005 3-Alarm Blaze Damages Large South Dallas Building
May 16, 2005 Dallas Fire Rescue Hosts "LIVE" Fire Training Exercise
May 5, 2005 Firefighters to Raise Money for Burn Camp
   
  April 2005
April 29, 2005 Dallas Fire Rescue Announces Awards Banquet
April 27, 2005

5-alarm Fire Damages 6 Units, Displaces Several Families

   
  March 2005
March 17,2005 4 Alarm fire in Apartments at 7225 Fair Oaks
March 16, 2005 2 Alarm fire displaces 2 Families -- 6910 S. Cockrell Hill Rd.
March 15, 2005 5 Alarm Blaze Damages Large South Dallas Building
March 14, 2005 4 Alarm fire in Apartments at 4950 Live Oak
March 10, 2005
Dallas Fire Inspectors Install Smoke Detectors in Owenwood Neighborhood Following Double Fatality House Fire
March 3, 2005 Fire Crews Free Impaled Construction Worker
March 3, 2005 5 Alarm Fire at Local Hotel Injures Guests
   
  February 2005
February 19, 2005 6 Alarm Fire in Hi-Rise VNA Building, 1440 W. Mockingbird
February 16, 2005 Vincent Davis Memorial Service
February 11, 2005 Investigators determine cause in Fatal Lake Highlands Fire
February 11, 2005 Investigators determine cause in Apartment Fire that took 3 Lives (1/9/05)
February 5, 2005 Lake Highlands Resident Dies in Early Morning Fire
   
  January 2005
January 25, 2005 Update to 6764 Mattney Circle -- Fatality
January 25, 2005 Update to 2525 Players Court -- Fatalities ruled from Smoke Inhalation
January 25, 2005 Update to 1707 Ft. Worth Avenue -- Fatality
January 17, 2005 Man Seriously Burned while Smoking in Bed
January 9, 2005 Mother, 2 Children Die in Apartment Fire
January 9, 2005 Lady Seriously Burned while Cooking
   
  December 2004
December 15, 2004 Update to 5319 Bent Tree Drive -- Cause Released
December 13, 2004 Firefighters Battle 4-Alarm Blaze in Far North Dallas
December 13, 2004 2nd. 4-Alarm Fire of the day Displaces Residents in North Dallas
December 13, 2004 Live Burn Demonstration -- Christmas Tree Safety
   
  November 2004
November 14, 2004

2-alarm Fire Damages Pleasant Grove Business

November 14, 2004

2-alarm Blaze Caused by Misuse of Fireplace

November 13, 2004

Mother and Daughter Found Dead in Far North Dallas

November 13, 2004

2 Paramedic, 2 Civilians Injured In a Vehicle Collision Involving a Rescue

November 3, 2004

Area Volunteer Groups to be Honored

   
  October 2004
October 30, 2004 Update to Fatal Fire -- 8707 Westglen -- Cause Released, Careless Smoking
October 29, 2004 Update to Fatal Fire -- 6500 Cockrell Hill -- Cause Released, Children Playing with Fire
October 29, 2004 Update to Fatal Fire --  2641 Carpenter, Public Help Sought to Identify Victim's Relatives
October 28, 2004 Pickup Truck Drives into Building, Man Killed
October 28, 2004 Change Your Clock, Change your Smoke Alarm Battery" Campaign
October 27, 2004 Man is Found Dead During a Residential Fire.   2641 Carpenter.
October 19, 2004

Several Organizations Come Together for “Winter Warning” Fire Safety Campaign

October 18, 2004

Firefighters Battle 4-alarm Fire -- 2425 Burbank

October 15, 2004 Dallas Fire Explorers Open House Event
 
  September 2004
September 30, 2004 Ealrly Morning Fire Kills Child, Injures Several Others
September 19,2004 3 Injured in Fire at Pleasant Grove Apartments
September 16,2004

3-alarm Blaze Displaces 7 Families in Pleasant Grove

September 16,2004

1 Dead, 2 Injured in 2-alarm Residential Fire  Updated 9/19/04  Second victim dies.

 
  August 2004
August 31, 2004 17 year-old Dies in a Residential Fire in South Oak Cliff    See article below !
August 31, 2004 Extension Cord Safety Suggestions
August 26, 2004 Two DFD Members win State Awards
August 19, 2004 Fire Captain Rescued by his Crew
August 13, 2004 PETCO Raises Money for Ashly
August 4, 2004

High-Rise Loft Building Damaged by Fire; Water

 
  July 2004
July 29, 2004

Flooding Keeps Emergency Crews Busy Overnight

July 16, 2004 Three Alarm Blaze Displaces Several Families in Northeast Dallas
July 15, 2004 100 Firefighters Battle 4 Alarm Apartment Fire -- King Edward Apartments
July 1, 2004 100 Firefighters Battle 4 Alarm Apartment Fire -- N. Fitzhugh
July 1, 2004 Dallas City Officials to Monitor 4th of July Firework Activities
 
  June 2004
June 26, 2004

Elevator Inspector Makes Ruling in the John Hammond Case

June 13, 2004 2 Firefighters Injured In Separate Incidents
June 11, 2004

2 alarm Blaze Damages Several Condo Units

June 6, 2004 Fire Damages Kessler Park United Methodist Church
June 2, 2004 O.E.P NEWS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS -- Spring Storms
June 3, 2004

Dallas Fire-Rescue Department Annual Awards Banquet

 
  May 2004
May 28, 2004

Memorial Day Weekend Safety Tips

May 27, 2004 Man Dies in Early Morning Fire
May 27, 2004

Man Burns Himself While Setting a Fire

May 25, 2004

5th Grader Receives the Citizen Lifesaver Award

May 14, 2004 Dallas Army Reserve Units Returns from Iraq
May 13, 2004 Early Morning Fire Was Deliberately Set, Investigators Say
May 2, 2004

3- alarm Blaze Damages Shopping Center in Oak Cliff

May 1, 2004

I-30 Closed due to Overturned Fuel Tanker

 
  April 2004
April 2, 2004 Change your Clock, Change your Smoke Alarm Battery
April 1, 2004 Firefighter Injured Battling 2-alarm Blaze
 
  March 2004
March 27, 2004 American Red Cross Donates Smoke Detectors to Dallas Fire-Rescue
March 26, 2004

School collects money for Christian Firefighters Association

March 18, 2004

Families Displaced After 2 Alarm Blaze

March 17, 2004 City to test Civil Defense Sirens
March 5, 2004

Collapse at Construction Site Critically Injures Worker

March 4, 2004 Elderly Female Dies in Residential Fire
 
  February 2004
February 23, 2004 Firefighters Battle 2 alarm Blaze in East Dallas
February 17, 2004

4 alarm Blaze Destroys Oak Lawn Church

 
  January 2004
January 27, 2004 4-alarm blaze displaces several families
January 24, 2004 North Dallas couple displaced after fire destroys their home
January 12, 2004 Residential Fire Claims 4th Fire Fatality of the Year
January 10, 2004 Residential Fire Set to Conceal Crime
January 8, 2004 Firefighter injured while battling 2-alarm fire in far North Dallas
January 8, 2004 Official Cause of Fire Released
January 7, 2004

Man dies after being rescued from a residential fire

January 1, 2004

Two killed after aircraft crashes into a residential neighborhood

 

 


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