First Responders

They have specialized training and are among the first to arrive and provide assistance at the scene of an emergency. To all our firefighters, law enforcement, medical personnel and lineworkers who risk their own lives to serve others, we salute you.

CURATED BY GRACE FULTZ

1 DEBRA CHANDLER

LIGHTHOUSE EC

Plainview firefighters search through rubble after a downtown building fire.

2 JACK GOUGE

TRINITY VALLEY EC

Trinity Valley EC lineworkers make repairs after a large oak tree toppled onto power lines and a garage in Eustace. “They were our heroes on a hot Texas July night.”

3 KELLY KOENIG

PEDERNALES EC

A Killeen Fire Department training exercise.

4 WENDY ALLEY MLADENKA

SAN BERNARD EC

Mladenka, a captain with the Columbus Police Department, captures game wardens launching a rescue boat after Hurricane Harvey in 2017.