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Harlingen Fire Department highlights training, CERT outreach and ISO upgrade
Summary
Harlingen Fire Department leaders presented department structure, training facilities and programs, a CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) curriculum, a recent smoke‑alarm campaign and an ISO rating improvement from 3 to 2; commissioners encouraged broader CERT collaboration with neighborhood watch groups.
Assistant Fire Chief Daryl Loftus and Deputy Chief Joey Albritton briefed the Harlingen City Commission on department organization, training programs and recent community outreach.
Loftus described four department divisions (operations, training, support services and prevention), eight fire stations and a workforce that includes more than 110 career staff and several civilian employees. He and Albritton outlined training assets such as a burn building at the EOC—a grant‑funded project shared with Harlingen Consolidated Independent School…
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