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National Weather Service Alerts for Taylor County, Texas
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Buffalo Gap Volunteer Fire Department
End of year is hear, Time to do Home Safety Checklist
Member Timothy Scott, December 11
-Change Smoke Alarm / Carbon Monoxide Alarm Battery
-Replace Smoke Alarm over ten years old
-Clean Kitchen Vent Hoods
-Chimney and Furnace cleaned and Inspected
-Clean dryer lint venting system
-Practice your family fire escape plan
-Good time to prune trees next to the home, remove brush, tall grass, and debris.... (Full Story)
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Look at that foam, this is what CAFS does.
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Technology Is On Our Side with CAFS (Compressed Air Foam System)
Member Timothy Scott, October 29
Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) is the way of the future in fighting structure fires. When used as a firefighting agent, a CAFS fire stream has a very high heat absorption quality that will suppress a fire in a fraction of the time when compared to conventional firefighting tactics using plain water.
This improved effectiveness results in a decreased risk to firefighters during combat operations, ... (Full Story & Photos)
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BGVFD Donation Letter Have Been Sent
Buffalo Gap Volunteer Fire Department is sending out Donation Letter to all households in BGVFD area-of-protection asking local resident to help support their local Buffalo Gap Volunteer Fire Department by giving a monetary donation in any amount that will be used directly to support BGVFD. All donations will go directly to BGVFD helping them to maintain equipment, purchase equipment, personal training and protective gear. BGVFD is manned 100% by local volunteers. Please support your local volunteer fire department as they give their time protecting their community and its citizens. Any donation is graciously excepted, every penny is spent to help BGVFD to protect and serve you and your community.
If you did not get a letter, please mail your donation to Buffalo Gap Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 832, Buffalo Gap, TX 79508 (please make check out to BGVFD)
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