Reports released for the week of January 2nd through January 8th from the Brownwood Fire Department indicate responses to 17 medical emergencies, 2 motor vehicle accidents, 5 fire calls, 1 false alarm, 2 hazardous material calls and 1 gas leak/carbon monoxide call.
Calls of interest include:
Sunday, January 2
*12:24pm- BFD responded to a two vehicle accident with no injuries at Bailey Street and Beaver Street.
*1:44pm- BFD was dispatched to a gas spill in the 3800 block of CR 234. Firefighters arrived on scene to find BCSO with 3 people that were dumping diesel on the ground. Fire Fighters used absorbent to clean up the spilled fuel.
Tuesday, January 4
*6:07am- BFD was dispatched to an incident which turned out to be a faulty alarm system.
*9:17pm- BFD was called to a gas leak. Firefighters arrived on scene with Atmos.
Wednesday, January 5
*4:00am- Firefighters were dispatched to the 1100 Duke Street. A space heater caught fire. Firefighters found the fire to be out upon their arrival but heavy smoke was present. Guardian EMS was called to check breathing of toddler.
Friday, January 7
*3:15pm- BFD was called to the intersection of north US Hwy 183 and CR 338. A motor vehicle accident involving 2 vehicles had occurred. 1 patient was transported by Air Evac to Hendricks Medical Center.
*3:39pm- BFD responded to a power line that was down. The hazard was removed by firefighters.
January 8
*8:49am- BFD was dispatched to a building fire in the 1800 block of Houston Street. BFD arrived on scene to find a vacant trailer house fully involved. Defensive operation was started and fire was brought under control. The Fire Marshal was contacted to investigate cause of fire.
*3:16pm- BFD responded to a call of smoke in the area. After investigation, the smoke was found to be from someone cooking in a smoker.
*5:45pm- BFD was called to an outside fire in the 1700 block of Sycamore Street. The fire was extinguished because it was not in an approved cooking container.
*11:42pm- BFD was dispatched to an outside fire on Avalon Court. Occupants of the residence were advised to get an approved container to cook in.