Red Oak Fire Rescue

HAPPENING NOW! This event is gonna be FIRE 🔥 Join us at 9AM-12PM for a morning of family friendly community fun, including demonstrations with live fire, the jaws of life, and MUCH more! Happening at Central Fire Station (547 Methodist Street), we’re fired up to see you here!

Fire Awards!

On January 30, 2025, Red Oak Fire Rescue responded to a mutual-aid request to Maypearl for a swift-water rescue involving two victims who had been swept from a roadway by high water while riding a side-by-side ATV.

Truck 181, Rescue 181, and Battalion 181 arrived to find the victims stranded on a log about 30 feet from the roadway, separated by two bodies of water and difficult terrain. After assessing conditions, crews deployed an inflatable rescue raft and carried it through floodwater and across dry ground to reach the victims.

Firefighters conducted a current assessment and determined a controlled downstream lowering of the raft could be safely performed. Firefighter Fain boarded the raft and was lowered to the victims while three upstream personnel managed the tether line from the submerged roadway. Firefighter Fain fitted both victims with personal flotation devices and assisted them onto the raft one at a time, while crews safely retrieved the raft back against the current.

After the rescue, the victims were moved across the remaining terrain and transferred patient care to Allegiance EMS. Thanks to the skill, teamwork, and calm ex*****on of everyone involved, both victims were rescued safely and all units returned to service without injury.

For their actions during this rescue, the involved personnel were recognized for their bravery at March’s Council meeting!