Texas City Professional Firefighters Local 1259

Our thoughts and prayers are with our brothers and sisters with the Houston Fire Department as well as the family of Marcelo Garcia.

Arrangements have been finalized for Brother Marcelo "Ox" Garcia.

Join us Friday, November 8th to support Captain Wiley. We will be selling BBQ plates and also hosting a silent auction.

BBQ Lunch

Window AC unit likely source of Texas City... house fire No one was injured in a Sunday (5/5/2024) morning house fire in Texas City. It was around 9:20 AM when Texas City firefighters responded to the house fire in the 700 block of 4th Avenue North. Everyone in the house got out safe, and the blaze didn’t spread to a small garage apartment be...

Today we remember the lives lost in the Texas City disaster, which occurred 77 years ago today when the vessel SS Grandcamp, that was docked in the Texas City port carrying ammonium nitrate, detonated after catching fire. Officials estimate 5,000 people were injured and 567 people were killed, making it the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history.

Among those killed were members of the Texas City Volunteer Fire Department who lost 27 of the 28 members and the Texas City Heights Volunteer Fire Department who lost 3 of 4 members.

"Texas City is a community with many dead, but Texas City is not a dead city. Her suffering has been agonizing, but her courage has not failed her. On this basis she will rise from the devastation which fate visited on her."
-Galveston Daily News (April 19, 1947)

Our new Fire Station 4 adds more fire trucks, more firefighters and a police substation to the city. It will also help reduce response time, not just to the west side of town, but citywide.

We invite you to come hear more about it and check the station out in-person.

Join us on Saturday, Feb. 24 for a grand opening ceremony at 10 a.m., followed by an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fire Station 4 is located at 5721 Lago Mar Blvd. Please use the rear parking at Tanger Outlets; a shuttle will be provided.

UPDATE at noon on Sunday, Dec. 17: The shelter-in-place has now been lifted.

All roadways are open, and there is no longer a need to shelter in place.

Multiple agencies have been conducting air monitoring, and all readings in the affected areas and throughout the city are normal.

We will continue to monitor the situation closely.

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UPDATE at 10:32 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 17
Out of an abundance of caution, the shelter-in-place remains in effect for the area south of FM-519 to the Texas City Y (shown on map), due to an incident in progress at Marathon GBR.

We are continuing to closely monitor the situation. There are no residential areas affected, and no air monitoring readings that indicate danger to life or health.

The roads affected are:
- Loop 197 @ 146 (197 is blocked)
- 519 @ 146 (519 is blocked)
- 4th Ave S @ Loop 197 (Loop 197 is blocked)

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Original message: Shelter-in-place remains in effect for the area south of Marathon GBR to the Texas City Y, due to chemical release at Marathon GBR.

Additional information on the roads/area affected:

- Loop 197 @ SH-146 (197 is blocked)
- 519 @ SH-146 (519 is blocked)
- 4th Ave S @ Loop 197 (Loop 197 is blocked)

Please remain indoors with heat/AC off and doors & windows closed. Avoid driving in the affected area.

It's official -- for the first time ever, we will have more than 100 vehicles at Touch a Truck!

🎉To celebrate, if we get at least 100 comments on this post before the event starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow, we will give away a Chromebook to one of the commenters. 🎉 UPDATE: we got 100 comments in under an hour, and it was so much fun that now we are giving away TWO Chromebooks if we hit 200 comments before the event.

And don't miss out on the biggest Touch a Truck in the event's 9-year history! Join us tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 21) from 10am-3pm on 6th Street.