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NBFD Training Branch Has New Location
NBFD Training has moved from our temporary airport accommodations to our new temporary accommodations. While we still desire a permanent home with a fire field and room for burns and props, we are pleased that our latest location will sport some new classrooms and provide some storage space for Operations. Building out our classroom design should start within the next few weeks. We will have 2 classrooms. One large and one slightly smaller with plenty of room for education. We'll have some floor space in the bay and we'll have room to conduct training outside as well. The apparatus can much more easily access and park and we are much closer! We are located at 1311-A Industrial Drive. We don't have fiber optics and our only inter/intranet is our network cards. Our VOIP phones are semi-permanently forwarded to our cell phones. We have some inconveniences to endure for a while but we feel lucky to have nice office space and look forward to providing continuing education and skills in the new classrooms once they are complete.
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NBFD Deployed!
In response to Hurricane Alex's threat of the Texas coast, several NBFD personnel deployed in critical roles. DSHS contracted with NBFD for an ambulance and crew, manned by Lt John Weige and Eng Brandon Appleby. Texas Task Force 1 called on Eng Jeremy VanAusdall for SAR, and Lt Ethan Lindner and FF Mitchell Halbardier for swift water resecue who were all forward deployed ahead of the storm. Capt Eliot has been serving at the RMOC under the ARCC at Brooke City Base. Lt Weige, whose ambulance was assigned to a shelter in Brownsville, stated that they rode out the storm there without any significant problems. Several tornados touched down in and around the area. I have not been in contact with the other teams for any updates. We wish our guys well and safe return trips home! The hurricane season predictions promise to provide more opportunity for more deployments and more personnel participation.
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