Fire Chief Welcome
Welcome to the Sheldon Community Fire & Rescue website. We hope to reach out to the community and provide safety tips, fire prevention techniques, and useful resources.
The department has been in service since 1955, and began with the merger of 2 departments.
The men and women that make up the department are your neighbors, friends, and relatives, and are actively involved in the community. We are striving to make this a better place to work, live and raise your family.
Facilities
Sheldon Community Fire and Rescue has a long-standing commitment and history of providing a rapid response time from one of our 4 stations.
Personnel
We are staffed by personnel that consider the community and residents their home and family.
Latest News
We strive to keep the public up-to-date on what’s going on in our community. See below for the latest news from Sheldon Community Fire & Rescue.
Via Chief Webb:
CenterPoint Energy and other electric Companies have arrived here from different parts of Texas to start restoring power. Be patient - they’re working as hard as they can to get this grid back up and running Keep in mind shortages of materials will cause other delays. Houston has a higher priority so this should help with obtaining the materials needed.
Thank you!! Need a fuse replaced / reset in the Magnolia Garden subdivision Thank you !!
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If at all possible, do not take on the risk of downed power lines, strewn debris—including broken glass and sharp metal—as well as non-working traffic lights.
Mayor John Whitmire has confirmed at least four people were killed and asked Houstonians to stay home and “if you’re not an essential worker, don’t go to work tomorrow.” The mayor said the city is reaching out to the private sector and asking companies to let people stay home from work Friday so they can be off the streets and be home with their children. Additionally, many school districts in the surrounding areas are closed Friday.
The biggest threat right now, he said, is traffic control. Most of the traffic lights across the city are down.
“We’re in recovery mode,” Whitmire said, adding it would take 24 hours to get things cleared and running in some areas, 48 hours in others.
Firefighters were taking live wires off highways, the mayor said, urging people to stay away from downtown because of the glass and debris.
Cristhian Quevedo
Esmeralda A Lopez