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COLLIN COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> – A multi-agency search continues Sunday for a Dallas firefighter reported missing after his kayak overturned on Lake Lavon Saturday. The kayaker’s dog was rescued from the water and is in good condition.<\/p>\n Dallas Firefighter Missing <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Dallas Fire Rescue is able to confirm that the missing person is Dallas Fire Rescue member, Juan Omar Chaidez.\u00a0<\/p>\n Officer Chaidez has been with the department for over six years, and is a firefighter paramedic.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Collin County Sheriff’s Office said they responded Saturday to a report of an overturned kayak near Bratonia Park. A witness saw a kayaker and a dog in the water, and later only the dog near the vessel.<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Sheriff’s officials deployed patrol units, drone operators and a dive team. Wylie Fire Rescue’s marine unit is assisting, along with other agencies.<\/p>\n Officials said search conditions have been challenging due to high winds and submerged trees. Dive operations were conducted on Saturday and resumed on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. The Dallas Fire Department is providing additional marine support.<\/p>\n Agencies assisting in the search include Wylie Fire Rescue, Lucas Fire Department, Princeton Fire Department, Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and AMR.<\/p>\n Incident Command is operating out of Bratonia Park, which remains closed to the public. Authorities are asking community members to avoid the area.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this article is from the Collin County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n Collin County<\/a>Dallas<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article COLLIN COUNTY, Texas – A multi-agency search continues Sunday for a Dallas firefighter reported missing after his…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,7583,1596,7290,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-7753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-collin-county","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-county","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114732226589045244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7753","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=7753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fro-juan-omar-chaidez-scaled.jpg\")
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