{"id":38727,"date":"2025-07-04T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/38727\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T18:30:13","slug":"houston-firefighters-deploy-to-assist-in-kerr-county-flood-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/38727\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston firefighters deploy to assist in Kerr County flood recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/HFD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/HFD\/\">Houston Fire Department<\/a> is lending a hand to first responders in flood-stricken Kerr County, sending an engine and four members from its Tactical Deployment Unit to assist with recovery efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In addition, three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/HFD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/HFD\/\">HFD<\/a> firefighters have deployed as part of Texas A&amp;M Task Force One, which is aiding in search and rescue operations across Central Texas after devastating flooding claimed lives and caused widespread damage.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cMy thoughts are with the people of Kerr County and surrounding areas affected by the devastating flooding and loss of life,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Mayor_John_Whitmire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Mayor_John_Whitmire\/\">Houston Mayor John Whitmire<\/a>. \u201cAs mayor of a city that knows the toll of major storms, I understand the fear and uncertainty so many are feeling. I\u2019ve been in contact with Houstonians in the Hill Country, including parents with children at summer camps, to check on their well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Houston Fire Chief Thomas Mu\u00f1oz added, \u201cThe loss of life and damage to communities in Central Texas is tragic. As we so often see help from around the state come to Houston when we face floods, we are proud to support others in their time of need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">HFD will continue to provide updates on the Tactical Deployment Unit\u2019s efforts. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Fire Department is lending a hand to first responders in flood-stricken Kerr County, sending an engine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[16217,8580,31139,4345,31140,16300,17617,30887,30742,7202,5313,358,3187,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-38727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-flood","9":"tag-flooding","10":"tag-hfd","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-fire-chief-thomas-munoz","13":"tag-houston-fire-department","14":"tag-houston-mayor-john-whitmire","15":"tag-kerr-county","16":"tag-kerrville","17":"tag-san-antonio","18":"tag-severe-weather","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-tx","21":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114796391495749327","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38727","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=38727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}