Public Safety and Fire Response
Summary
Central El Paso business owners are fed up with a recent string of fires that the city hasn't been able to get under control. It’s raising serious questions about whether our emergency response teams are stretched too thin or if the city is dropping the ball on property safety.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 44
- Last 30 days
- 3
Impact analysis
These fires are driving up insurance premiums and threatening the long-term viability of local small businesses.
Increased city oversight would benefit local business owners and residents who want to keep their property and investments safe.
Small business owners and neighborhood residents are currently bearing the brunt of the safety risks and financial losses.
Mentions & discussions (20)
City of El Paso orders Downtown building secured after piece falls, hospitalized person
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person was injured and taken to the hospital after a portion of a vacant building fell on them in Downtown El Paso Thursday, Oct. 8. According to City spokesperson Laura Cruz-Acosta, the El Paso Fire Department responded t...
City of El Paso orders Downtown building secured after piece falls, hospitalized person
City of El Paso orders Downtown building secured after piece falls, hospitalized person Yahoo
53 recruits start 8 1/2-month police Academy program
Fifty-three recruits joined the El Paso Police Department's 143rd Academy on Monday, marking one of the largest training cohorts the department has seen since before the pandemic.
City, El Paso fire union reach tentative agreement
City, El Paso fire union reach tentative agreement ktsm.com
City, El Paso fire union reach tentative agreement
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – After months of negotiations, the City of El Paso and the fire union representatives reached a tentative agreement on a collective bargaining agreement for employees of the Fire Department. KTSM 9 News Anchor Andy Morgan speak...
Agencies combine for more 60 DWI arrests during Labor Day holiday weekend
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office arrested 40 individuals, including 30 for DWI, during an enhanced traffic safety operation over the holiday weekend.
Police respond to aggravated assault in South-Central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Officers with the El Paso Police Department responded to an aggravated assault in South-Central El Paso Monday night, Sept. 7. Detective Judy Ovideo said police were dispatched to the 300 block of Eucalyptus Street at 9:56 p.m...
El Paso police renew traffic safety push, target DWI after rise in roadway deaths
El Paso police renew traffic safety push, target DWI after rise in roadway deaths KFOX
El Paso PD outline new strategy to address DWI as arrests trend upward
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Police Department is looking at new ways to address impaired driving as DWI arrests continue to trend upward in the city. EPPD presented City Council with a strategy on Tuesday, Sept. 1, aimed at reducing impaired ...
Coastal Texas and Louisiana warned of tropical storm, while another storm moves toward Hawaii
The storm was upgraded Monday night from a tropical depression to Tropical Storm Edouard. Forecasters expect it will continue to strengthen before it makes landfall in Texas on Tuesday.
El Paso launches Saturation Saturday ahead of anti-DWI strategy
El Paso launches Saturation Saturday ahead of anti-DWI strategy KFOX
City providing free medication pouches at fire stations
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The City of El Paso's Public Safety Coalition is making safe medication disposal more accessible by providing free deactivation pouches at every El Paso Fire Department (EPFD) station. The coalition includes EPFD, the Departm...
3 students stabbed at Americas High School; 14-year-old suspect in custody
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Three students were injured Friday morning in an isolated knife attack near Americas High School, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. El Paso County Sheriff's Office Commander Jerome Washington said a call was re...
Woman carjacked at 'gunpoint' at Fabens gas station
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Video from the scene of a reported carjacking shows a woman sobbing uncontrollably as a man recording the footage reassures her, saying, “It’s OK, it’s fine, it’s OK.” The video shows law enforcement officers from the El Paso ...
City Health, Fire departments team up for free flu shots
City Health, Fire departments team up for free flu shots KTSM 9 News
City Health, Fire departments team up for free flu shots
The City of El Paso Department of Public Health and the El Paso Fire Department are launching the Be POWERflu campaign to offer free flu shots to residents aged six months and older through various community clinics and pop-up events.
Bridges near Central El Paso Rail Yard derailment 'untouched'
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Multiple roads are closed in and around Central El Paso following a train derailment Thursday, Aug. 20, that left several railcars overturned. Texas Department of Transportation cameras are showing the interstate, in both dire...
Police and fire respond after bus crash near Railroad Drive in Northeast El Paso
Police and fire respond after bus crash near Railroad Drive in Northeast El Paso KFOX
El Paso hit by storms, sees some flooding
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Borderland is getting hit with scattered storms, some of them strong, on Sunday evening, Aug. 16. Flooding has been reported in parts of East El Paso. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for part of El...
Mamdani weighs in on 'Woke 1': 'What you believe can change'
"I will not be defunding the police."
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