Hutto Fire / Rescue

By JESSICA VESS
KVUE News

The Hutto Fire Department struggles to keep up with the demands of the growing community, but can’t get the money to add on to its staff.

There are typically just five firefighters that are on duty at any given time. The five man crew usually handles most of the calls that come into the department which are EMS related. It’s when there’s a fire that they need more help and some residents are noticing.

“I don’t think it’s enough,” said Hutto homeowner, Jerry Gibson.

Gibson moved to Hutto when it was still a small country town of a couple of thousand residents. Now the city’s Web site shows more than 28,000 people call Hutto home. He wonders if five firefighters can do the job.

“I think we need more than that. It’s getting bigger around here and the houses are so close together where if we did have a fire, they’re pretty close, if they didn’t get there in time you could loose a whole block,” said Gibson. Read the rest of this entry »

Firefighters from the A shift were greeted with an interesting shift yesterday. After completing morning chores of truck checks, firefighters were called to assist at the scene of a motor vehicle collision. After arriving on scene, firefighters determined that to facilitate the removal of the driver, a chainsaw would have to be used to remove a large shrub (small tree) that was obstructing the driver’s side of the vehicle. After removing the tree, firefighters and Paramedics from Williamson County EMS removed the driver and prepped her for transport to a local hospital. Read the rest of this entry »

Hutto Fire / Rescue Firefighters responded to a major MVA today on Hwy 79. One pt required extrication and two pt’s were transported to area hospitals by WCEMS.
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