{"id":421333,"date":"2026-08-30T22:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421333\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:50:12","slug":"firefighters-across-tennessee-are-heads-to-texas-to-fight-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/421333\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters across Tennessee are heads to Texas to fight wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) \u2014 Firefighters from across Tennessee are heading to Texas to help tackle the Ross Fires that have been raging across North Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Emergency Management Authority (TEMA) is working with fire departments from Brentwood, Franklin, Columbia, Knoxville, Madison County and Murfreesboro to send a team to help battle the Ross Fires in North Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Extreme heat, dry conditions and high winds have intensified the fires. <\/p>\n<p>WATCH | <a href=\"https:\/\/fox17.com\/news\/local\/search-continues-for-man-missing-from-smokey-mountains-state-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Search continues for man missing from Smokey Mountains State Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur firefighters embody the Volunteer State\u2019s commitment to helping communities in their greatest time of need,\u201d said TEMA Commissioner Patrick C. Sheehan. \u201cTexas is facing dangerous and fastmoving wildfire conditions, and Tennessee is proud to stand with them by sending skilled personnel and equipment prepared for extreme environments and extended operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas officials have requested wildland and structure firefighting resources to combat the fires, which are now threatening residential areas. Tennessee fire departments are sending a fire engine strike team totaling 29 personnel to defend homes and structures in the fires&#8217; path.<\/p>\n<p>The Maury County Office of Emergency Management is providing logistical support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) \u2014 Firefighters from across Tennessee are heading to Texas to help tackle the Ross Fires&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-421333","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\/421333","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=421333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}