AFD assisted CHFD in a large hay bale fire on the evening of October 25th. Approximately 25 round bales were on fire upon arrival and another 15-20 bales were in danger. Landowners assisted with tractors by moving unburned bales to a safe distance. Due to the nature of the fire, the bales were allowed to burn as CHFD and AFD kept them contained. It is believed that the fire was likely caused by a cigarette being thrown from a passing car into the dry grass.
Around 2 a.m. AFD was paged along with Garrison VFD to a report of a fire at Newman's Family Dollar, in a historic downtown building on the square in Garrison. Due to the nature of the call several other departments in Nacogdoches Co. were called to assist. Upon arrival heavy smoke was showing and it was determined the roof needed to be vented before interior crews were sent in. The vent hole revealed the very large hidden fire and the building quickly became fully involved due to its age, construction and the amount and types of good inside. A defensive attack was launched and Nacogdoches FD supplied water with their aerial ladder. The fire was eventually contained and extinguished after many hours on scene.
AFD was requested to assist Garrison FD and CHFD in a large woods fire that was very near several structures, including a home. Texas Forest Service was called to help contain the fire with bull dozers. All structures were saved and the fire was contained.
AFD and CHFD were paged to a fire in a mobile home which upon arrival was determined to be contained to a hot water tank closet that had an exterior door on the back of the home. The fire was quickly extinguished and very little damage was done to the structure.
On the morning of June 17th AFD was requested to assist CHFD at a structure fire. Upon CHFD's arrival they found the rear of the house fully involved but they made a fast attack effectively stopping fire and saving over half the house from fire damage.
AFD was notified of a grass fire and as soon as the trucks were enroute, they could see a very large smoke column. Upon arrival the engine companies found a several acre grass fire that had spread not only to nearby woods, but also to a garage attached to a mobile home. The garage was already a total loss and metal and plastic on the mobile home was beginning to melt and catch on fire. The mobile home was saved from the fire and Central Heights FD was called to provide mutual aid by providing manpower and water. The Texas Forest Service was also called to the location to help prevent the further spread of fire in the woods.
Two AFD members were at Tom's Grocery in Appleby when a Chevrolet truck pulled into the parking lot with a flat tire. The AFD members noticed smoke and a small amount of fire coming from under the vehicle. The driver was notified and the fire dept. was quickly paged out to extinguish the quickly spreading fire.
AFD was paged out to provide mutual aid to Central Height FD with a kitchen fire. An interior attack was performed and the crew did an excellent job of putting the fire out and preventing it from spreading to the entire house. The damage was contained to the kitchen area and had the fire departments been called any later, the fire would have been much worse.
Appleby FD responded to a grass fire that started on a chicken farm and posed a threat to several chicken houses. The fire quickly spread to an open pasture area but was contained and extinguished.
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