Westlake Professional Firefighters Association Local#4147

Westlake Fire Official FB page!!

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Westlake Fire Department/ Travis County ESD #9 The official Facebook site of the Westlake Fire Department

Westlake Fire Department is hiring!

2024 Firefighter Hiring Process - Westlake Fire Department Information for the 2024 application process is included below. Department Information: Firefighter Hiring Process Information: Hiring Process Quick Links Salary and Benefit Information:

Breakfast with Santa at the Fire Station! Our family is getting so big!

We are very sorry to hear of the sudden loss of a family member from one of our neighboring Fire Departments.

Jozie Wilson, organized by Melissa Bourland Please help the Wilson Family in this unimaginable time as they grieve the loss of their oldest daughte… Melissa Bourland needs your support for Jozie Wilson

Westlake Professional Firefighters Association Local#4147 updated their business hours.

Sending prayers to our Baltimore brothers on the loss of three firefighters earlier today. Lt. Paul Butrim, Firefighter Kelsey Sadler, and Firefighter Kenny Lacayo all died as a result of their injuries sustained while battling the fire, Mayor Brandon Scott said.

Santa Sunday was a success! Thanks to everyone who made it out. Happy Holidays to you and yours. 🎅🏽 🎄

Join us tomorrow Dec. 5th from 1-3pm at Westlake High School! Meet Santa and his firefighter helpers 👩‍🚒 presented by H‑E‑B and Westlake Chamber of Commerce. Happy Holidays🎅🏽🎄 🕎

Christmas time is here! Toy donations can be dropped off at our stations 1295 S. Cap of Tx Hwy or 1109 Westlake Drive. Donations can also be made online at Brownsanta.org. Travis County Sheriff's Brown Santa program is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is sponsored by the Travis County Sheriff’s Office. The program provides assistance with gifts and food during the holiday season to families and elderly citizens in Travis County primarily living outside the geographic city limits of Austin. 🎄

Thank you to the HEB in Westlake for helping keep our stations stocked with food and water during the Feb. Snow storms. This allowed WFD to focus on serving our community. We thank you and your staff.

Westlake Firefighters will be assisting with water distribution for the community at Austin Ridge Bible Church located at 9300 FM 2244 today from 9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. Access is off of Cuernavaca Dr. Please stop by if you are in need of bottled water.

Don't forget to change your detectors when you change your clocks. Stay safe!

Here's our 2019 banquet video. Hope you enjoy it.

https://youtu.be/lLVlLbShh6Q

Westlake Fire 2019 Banquet This is the video for our 2019 banquet. We hope you enjoy it, Thanks to everyone who contributed. This video is for entertainment purposes only. "Baba O'Rile...

Ticket Packages and Sponsorship Opportunities for the Chris Askew Memorial Golf Tournament have been announced. 1st place wins a $100 Amazon Gift Card and Alamo Drafthouse passes. There will also be prizes for 2nd and 3rd place individual players as well as the 1st place team. Please visit our website for more info or to purchase tickets.

100% of the proceeds will go to the Askew family.

The tournament will be on September 8th, from 1-4 at Top Golf Austin. We'll have a silent auction, raffles, and extra games to win prizes.

http://wpffa.org/wpffa-blog/askew-top-golf-ticket-packages

Chris Askew Memorial Top Golf Tournament Ticket Packages Sponsorship Packages and Ticket prices have been announced. Please see flyer below or visit the “Golf Tournament” section of our website for more info or to purchase tickets. All proceeds will go to the Askew family. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place as well as Hole-In-One prizes.

Westlake firefighters raise money for fallen brother's family -

The members of the Westlake Fire Department will be out in the community for the month of June to collect money to benefit the Askew Family. Donations accepted online at wpffa.org

http://wpffa.org/wpffa-blog/askew-bucket-brigade

We'll miss you, Skew.
If you'd like to donate to his family, please go to www.wpffa.org

First responders honor Westlake firefighter with funeral procession A line of fire engines followed trucks from the Oakhill Fire Department, Lake Travis, Pedernales and Austin, flashing their lights through Lakeway to say goodbye to one of their own.

If you are in the Lakeway area today, please be mindful: the procession and funeral for Westlake Fire Department Lieutenant Chris Askew, who passed away on Mother's Day after a brief battle with cancer, will take place this afternoon. Services are at 2:00 p.m. at Emmaus Catholic Parish (1718 Lohmans Crossing Road); the procession to the church begins at 1:00 p.m.

We ask you to please pack your patience and say a prayer for Lieutenant Askew, his wife and two children, all of their family, their friends, and his brothers and sisters at the Westlake Fire Department as they celebrate Chris's life and mourn his death.

We'll see you on the top floor, Chris. Rest in peace, brother.

Chris Askew. Last Alarm, May 12th, 2019.
Rest easy, brother.

http://wpffa.org/wpffa-blog/2019/5/13/725fe2d1plqgdt0gbnqoasxj9wsaxf

Chris Askew 1966-2019 On Sunday, May 12th, loving husband and father, Lieutenant Chris Askew, passed away peacefully at the age of 53. Chris served the Westlake Fire Department for 15 years. If you were looking for a great fireman, friend, or role model, you couldn't do much better than Chris Askew. He was a good man an

DPS: Pay attention, put down cell phones while driving Rio Grande Valley roads have become a deadly route in the last week. "The fatality rate is up and here in the Valley," said Lt. Johnny Hernandez with Texas DPS. In the last four days, there have been four deadly accidents. The most recent one was just Wednesday morning in Donna near FM 493 and Milit...

We're hosting a blood drive on Thursday October 25th, 10-2 at 1301 South Capital of TX Highway. Do some good, eat some cookies, put your name in to win either a $25, $50, or $100 Amazon Gift Card! First Responders who donate can put their name in to win a $100 or $200 HEB Gift Card!

Let us know if you plan on coming over! Walk-ins welcome, or make an appointment at weareblood.org using the group code C724
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A total of 177 members are now listed on the World Trade Center Memorial Wall, which was unveiled in September 2011, and lists names of members who died of illnesses related to their work in the World Trade Center rescue and recovery efforts. Those added today to the World Trade Center Memorial Wall are: Marine Engineer John L. Buhler, Marine 6; Firefighter Michael L. Duffy, Ladder Company 174; Deputy Chief Joeddy Friszell, Division 3; Firefighter George F. Froehlich, Ladder Company 87; Firefighter Robert J. Lembo, Ladder Company 144; Lieutenant Edward J. McDonagh, Engine Company 37; Battalion Chief Joseph D. McKeon, Battalion 46; Lieutenant Edward T. Meehan, Ladder Company 22; Lieutenant Walter J. Nelson, Jr. Station 31; Firefighter Michael R. O’Hanlon, Engine Company 68; Marine Pilot Thomas J. Phelan, Marine 9; Firefighter Raymond R. Phillips, Jr., Rescue Company 3; Assistant Chief Ronald R. Spadafora, Bureau of Fire Prevention; Lieutenant Joseph R. Stach, Jr., Ladder Company 6; Firefighter Ronald P. Svec, Ladder Company 82; Firefighter Robert M. Tilearcio, Engine Company 266; Firefighter Paul R. Tokarski, Ladder Company 164; and Firefighter Keith R. Young, Ladder Company 158.

The Westlake Professional Firefighters Association, Local 4147, presented a check in the amount of $2,987.42 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas. That money will help provide 30 nights of comfort and care to families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. That donation wouldn't have been possible without your generosity. Thank you.
http://wpffa.org/wpffa-blog/2018/8/13/thank-you

Austin Police Dept on Twitter “Residents near the area of 8400 block of Dawn Song Dr., within a few blocks/streets, please stay in your homes until you hear otherwise. Thank you, APD PIO”

The Westlake Fire Department held it's annual award banquet in January. Among those honored, Fire Achievement Award Winners: Firefighter Jason Risinger, Firefighter Trent McClain, Engineer Ben Rife, and Firefighter Ben Williams. Jason Risinger was awarded Firefighter of the Year. And this year the recipient of the Mike Elliott Leadership award was Assistant Chief David Wilson. Congratulations gentlemen.

Westlake's Bravest Honored at Annual Awards Banquet.
“Being a hero isn’t about one or two or even a half-dozen heroic deeds; it’s about doing what you do every day and taking care of the people in the community who need us." - Fire Chief Mike Elliott.

Westlake Fire Department honors outstanding service Outstanding members of Travis County Emergency Services District No.

http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/rescue-crews-respond-to-reported-injured-person-in-greenbelt

Rescue crews respond to reported injured person in greenbelt Austin-Travis County EMS is responding to a report of an injured person in a wooded area near the 1300 block of South Capital of Texas Highway.Wilderness rescue crews deployed an ATV and STARFlight attempting to locate the patient.Rescuers made patient con