{"id":378818,"date":"2026-07-19T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T16:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378818\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T16:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T16:57:10","slug":"norman-fire-department-sends-four-responders-to-aid-texas-hill-country-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/378818\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Fire Department sends four responders to aid Texas Hill Country flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORMAN, OKLA (KOKH) \u2014 Multiple first responders from the Norman Fire Department joined rescue and recovery efforts in Texas after heavy flooding impacted the Texas Hill Country.<\/p>\n<p>The Norman Fire Department said one first responder traveled to Texas with Oklahoma Task Force 1 (OKTF1), and the department later sent three more responders to Ozona, Texas. <\/p>\n<p>First responders coordinated and conducted multiple successful rescue missions with OKTF1, the Yukon Fire Department, and Texas Task Force 1 (TXTF1). <\/p>\n<p>NFD said it assisted in evacuating a flooded apartment complex, conducted hazard reconnaissance in the area, and performed equipment repairs and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>First responders also rescued a man overnight using ropes and tethered swimmers. NFD said the man was treated and released by EMS.<\/p>\n<p> For more local news delivered straight to your inbox, <a href=\"https:\/\/okcfox.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sign up for our daily newsletter by clicking here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORMAN, OKLA (KOKH) \u2014 Multiple first responders from the Norman Fire Department joined rescue and recovery efforts in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-378818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}