Payne Springs Fire Rescue

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The volunteers of Payne Springs Fire Rescue respond to a car and school bus collision on State Highway 198 and Pin Oak Dr. by the bridge to Caney City Jan. 7. Units arrived to find an SUV crashed in the rear of the bus with heavy damage to the SUV. There were 30 young students and a driver on the bus and just the driver in the SUV. Only minor injuries to the students, none were transported by EMS. The driver of the car refused treatment or transport. The driver of the bus was transported with what appeared to be minor injuries.  

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Payne Springs Fire Rescue (PSFR) celebrates their 50th Anniversary Nov. 16. State Representative Keith Bell (center) stands with Payne Springs Fire Rescue Chief Adam Robinson and other members of the PSFR to commemorate the anniversary. Bell presents a Texas Flag and certificate to the members.

CEDAR CREEK LAKE—Payne Springs Fire Rescue (PSFR) volunteers were alerted to a drowning incident located in Hidden Hills Harbor at 8:34 p.m., July 4. 
According to PSFR it was reported that an approximately 40 year old male had gone under and had not resurfaced. 
PSFR units arrived and shortly after, several Texas Game Warden boats arrived. PSFR also requested assistance from Gun Barrel City Fire and Long Cove Fire. 
The boats on scene were able to use side scan sonars to locate the victim who was then recovered. 

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Volunteers of Payne Springs Fire Rescue (PSFR) are alerted to a vehicle fire on Clear Creek Road during the morning hours of April 4. PSFR Engine 1 and Tanker 1 arrived to find a car that had been burning for sometime with no one in the area. The engine crew extinguished the fire and returned to service. The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this incident. 

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Payne Springs Fire Rescue works grass fires in assistance with Log Cabin Fire Department on a vacant lot on Tom Hickman that threatened a neighboring structure and a grass fire on CR 1411.

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A kitchen fire results in significant damage to a doublewide Sunday morning in the Golden Oaks Subdivision. PSFR was assisted by Gun Barrel City Fire Department.

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Isaiah Washington (center) thanks Payne Springs Fire Rescue crew for cutting him out of a crushed vehicle and saving his life.

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Firefighters with the Payne Springs Fire Department attempt to extinguish a house fire July 5.