Panhandle Fire

10/22/2026

🚒❤️ PANHANDLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU! ❤️🚒

Neighbors Helping Neighbors — Before, During, and After the Emergency.

At the Panhandle Volunteer Fire Department, serving our community means more than responding to emergencies. It also means helping our neighbors stay safe, prepared, and informed before an emergency occurs.

We are looking to expand our Fire and Life Safety Education Program to better serve children, families, and adults throughout our community.

❤️ We need YOUR input!

Your feedback will help us identify the safety topics our community is most interested in learning about.

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📊 COMMUNITY FIRE & LIFE SAFETY EDUCATION POLL

QUESTION 1: Which safety topics would you like to see offered?

🏠 Home Fire Safety & Prevention – Smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, home evacuation plans, and fire prevention.
🔥 Wildfire Preparedness – Protecting homes, evacuation planning, and wildfire safety.
🏊 Swimming & Drowning Prevention – Water safety for children and families.
🚶 Slips, Trips & Falls Prevention – Preventing injuries in and around the home.
🚲 Bicycle, E-Bike & Scooter Safety – Helmet use, safe riding practices, and injury prevention.
🌪️ Severe Weather & Emergency Preparedness – Tornadoes, thunderstorms, lightning, flooding, winter storms, and extreme weather.

✅ HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

Step 1: Review the six safety topics listed above.

Step 2: Choose up to THREE topics you feel would be most beneficial to you, your family, or our community.

Step 3: In the comments below, enter the NUMBER(S) corresponding to your choices.

Example: If you are interested in Home Fire Safety, Swimming & Drowning Prevention, and Severe Weather Preparedness, simply comment:

1, 3, 6

Step 4: If you would like to suggest a topic not listed, include it in your comment!

💬 QUESTION 2: Is there another safety topic you would like us to offer?

We welcome additional ideas and suggestions! Please tell us what safety information or educational presentations you would like your fire department to provide.

❤️ Every response matters! Your participation will help us prioritize future educational programs based on the interests and needs of the neighbors we proudly serve.

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🚒 Our mission is simple:

To educate, prepare, and protect the neighbors we proudly serve.

Because the best emergency is the one we can help prevent. ❤️

Thank you for supporting your Panhandle Volunteer Fire Department!

🔥 Neighbors Helping Neighbors — Before, During, and After the Emergency.

09/30/2026

09/12/2026

09/12/2026

❤️ A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Community! ❤️

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the Carson County HEROS and Panhandle Athletic Booster Mexican Pile On!

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who donated financially, volunteered their time, helped with preparations, served, cleaned up, or simply showed up to support this event. Your generosity and willingness to give back are what make events like this possible.

It was truly a wonderful time filled with great food, fellowship, laughter, and community spirit. Most importantly, it was a reminder of what can happen when our community comes together to support one another.

From all of us, thank you for your continued support, generosity, and dedication to our community. It is truly appreciated! ❤️

Neighbors helping neighbors — that’s what community is all about.

08/09/2026

Monday, we as a department had the opportunity to do some training to work towards our pumper-operator. Training consisted of learning how to set the pressure when running multiple lines along with the deck gun. While training, we also invited the public to come join us while training and enjoy the cool water 💦 on a hot summer day. The kids also had the opportunity to use our smooth bore nozzle and get a sense of how it works.
This just shows that while training to ensure the safety of our firefighters and the public, we can still have a good time along with sharing the experience with the community.

08/02/2026

💦 Who’s ready for some water fun? 🚒

Join the Panhandle Fire Department Monday, August 3, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Paul Park for an evening of firefighter training and community fun!

While our firefighters sharpen their apparatus operations and firefighting skills, we’re inviting our community to cool off with a FREE water soak! 🌊

Parents, bring the kids, watch your local firefighters train, and let the little ones enjoy a refreshing way to beat the Texas heat. It’s a great opportunity to see your volunteer firefighters in action while spending a fun evening together as a community.

We look forward to seeing everyone there! Stay cool, have fun, and help us cheer on your Panhandle Fire Department! ❤️🚒

07/24/2026

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Cornerstone Synergy for recognizing the dedication of first responders. We are proud to work alongside the great partners in EMS, Police , Sheriff’s office and Dispatch as we serve the Panhandle community every day. Your continuous support means a great deal to us.

07/23/2026

Today, Panhandle Fire Department members had a great time visiting Panhandle Montessori Preschool and sharing the world of wildland firefighting with our youngest community members. The students got to explore a wildland fire apparatus, see the PPE firefighters wear, and even spray water on a simulated fire. Their excitement and curiosity made the visit unforgettable. Thank you to Panhandle Montessori Preschool for welcoming us and allowing us to teach fire and life safety to the next generation. We’re proud to help build a stronger, safer community through education and connection.

06/17/2026

We recently conducted advanced extrication training, utilizing rescue jacks to lift a vehicle, thereby enabling the safe removal of the roof and its subsequent use as a backboard to extricate a patient. Additionally, the jacks were employed to stabilize a vehicle positioned on its side. This training also included techniques for cutting the roof to gain access into the vehicle. We extend our gratitude to Panhandle EMS for their assistance and collaboration, which enhanced our learning experience and will ultimately aid in our response to future accidents. Furthermore, we would like to express our appreciation to Wyatt Garton for instructing us in specialized techniques and providing access to battery-powered extrication tools, thereby expanding our department's capabilities.