{"id":141837,"date":"2025-08-13T07:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141837\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T07:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:48:12","slug":"fort-worth-recognizes-fire-fighters-local-organizations-for-response-to-cooper-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/141837\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth recognizes fire fighters, local organizations for response to Cooper fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Fort Worth City Council recognized the Fort Worth Fire Department and others\u2019 responses to the Cooper Fire and assistance afterward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A six-alarm fire tore through the apartments located near downtown Fort Worth on the afternoon of June 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fire department responded around 1:45 p.m. of that day. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article311536028.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More than 834 residents were displaced by the fire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">More than 834 residents were displaced by the fire<\/a> and were left without their personal belongings and documents essential to their day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fort Worth District 9 Councilwoman Elizabeth Beck, on Tuesday, recognized the fire department and local organizations for their assistance to the Cooper residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Fort Worth Fire Department acted with exceptional bravery and skill, feeding firefighter, fire, firefighting, evacuation and lifesaving efforts under dangerous conditions,\u201d Beck said. \u201cExemplifying the highest standards of public service and commitment to protecting our residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Beck said the City\u2019s Office of Emergency Management demonstrated \u201cexemplary leadership\u201d by coordinating with local organizations so tenants could access emergency services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sonny Saxton, Director of Emergency Communication and Management, said that he was thankful for volunteers and community members for coming together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe still have community members hurting today, those that are seeking shelter still,\u201d Saxton said. \u201cIt\u2019s an ongoing disaster, and sometimes that happens when we do these things so, but just thank you for the community support commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Beck said the fire disrupted the lives of the residents and cast a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/tarrant-county\/residents-fort-worth-apartments-still-demanding-access-building-more-than-month-after-fire\/287-f0be2b1a-8bcc-4021-bf5c-5af38be875cc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:long shadow of grief and uncertainty across the community;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">long shadow of grief and uncertainty across the community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Red Cross was first on the scene,\u201d Beck said. \u201cThey stayed there, not just that evening, but as the days turned into weeks and our residents found themselves in crisis, the Red Cross was an amazing partner to the city of Fort Worth and to those residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both the Red Cross and One Safe Place provided shelter space for tenants after the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOne Safe Place, you opened your doors immediately and provided shelter space, and when we needed resource points, you were there,\u201d Beck said. \u201cSo thank you for always being a great community partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Near Southside Inc., Beck\u2019s office, and the Tarrant County United Way organized a relief fund for the residents. The fund has raised more than $100,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fort Worth City Council recognized the Fort Worth Fire Department and others\u2019 responses to the Cooper Fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":141838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,12047,21152,20781,7371,10173,7372,358,84444,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-141837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-downtown-fort-worth","10":"tag-elizabeth-beck","11":"tag-fire-department","12":"tag-fort-worth","13":"tag-fort-worth-fire-department","14":"tag-fortworth","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-the-red-cross","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}