Texarkana Texas FIre Department

The Texarkana Texas Fire Department has a new Fire Chief, Chris Black who previously held the position as the Intern Fire Chief has been promoted to head up the fire department, by City Manager, David Orr, pending confirmation from the Texarkana, Texas City Council.

In a recent press release, on Monday, June 1, 2020, it was brought to the attention of The City of Texarkana, Texas that an employee of the Texarkana Texas Fire Department made racially charged statements on their personal Facebook account.

There were Tornado Warnings issued last night (5/29) during the thunderstorms that rumbled through our area, and some were wondering how come we didn't hear any tornado warning sirens? Here's a statement from the City of Texarkana Emergency Management released through the Texarkana Texas Fire Department Facebook page:

There's one thing that firefighter Keith "Odie" Smith can't say any more, he can't say he's a "firefighter," and it only took him 33 1/2 years to say it.

The Texarkana Texas City Council will vote on approving collective bargaining for fire fighters at tonight's first meeting of the new year.

The Texarkana Texas Fire Department found itself extremely busy Tuesday battling 5 different structure fires according to officials.

A house fire yesterday afternoon claimed a life in Texarkana, Texas.

Texarkana Texas Firefighters responded to a structure fire.