Shiner Fire Department

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Booby trapped safe found at Wendel’s Jewelry

News Staff
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
A booby trap was discovered in a safe at Wendel’s Jewelry last Tuesday.Store owner Tim Michalec contacted Keith Jackson of Jackson Lock and Key Locksmith and asked him to open an old metal safe at the shop.
Yoakum FD and Yoakum PD will gather at their annual National Night Out at the fire station once again this year on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Here's a scene from their 2019 event.

Yoakum FD and Yoakum PD will gather at their annual National Night Out at the fire station once again this year on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Here's a scene from their 2019 event.

Fire Prevention Week now under way

Jimmy Appelt
Sunday, October 8, 2023
Fire Prevention Week begins Monday and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has designated the week with the theme “Cooking safety starts with YOU! Pay attention to fire prevention”. The annual designation of Fire Prevention Week (Oct.
Photo by Bobby Horecka

Photo by Bobby Horecka

Future Fireman

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
First, Shiner Fire Chief Billy Petru gave them each a nifty new fire helmets as their parents, Carlos and Stephanie Garcia smiled down at them. hen they wasted no time at all doing what they were told when Petru said “Y’all go right ahead. You can climb wherever you’d like.
Photo by Michael Furrh

Photo by Michael Furrh

Monday night’s mutual aid fire call likely a total loss

Bobby Horecka
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Although they successfully quenched the flames, Shiner Fire Chief Billy Petru the house fire Shiner got call to assist with in Gonzales County overnight Monday will likely be written off as a total loss. “We were requested for mutual aid in Gonzales County,” Petru told us early Tuesday.
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They’re there for you. Be there for them, too!

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Members of the Shiner Volunteer Fire Department could use your help. A very dry summer led to an increase in Shiner’s firefighting calls, and left the department’s coffers looking bleak as it looks ahead to the coming winter months.
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Shiner VFD: Other facilities need attention, too

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
With all the focus given to finding Shiner firemen a new home, Shiner’s existing firehouse now finds itself in need of substantial repairs, department leaders have said for some months now. Spending money on a place you plan to abandon doesn’t make good financial sense.
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Shiner firehouse bids rejected, again

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Shiner city council is giving serious consideration to a local roundtable meeting that brings decision makers from the Shiner Fire Department and city together with key local business leaders and area building contractors to see if they can find a path forward in addressing its facility needs.
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