Comfort, TX, Fire Chief Credits Siren for Saving Lives During Deadly Flooding

    July 10, 2025
    After losing his grandfather in a flood decades ago, Comfort Fire Chief Danny Morales found grants for a warning system.

    Early Friday morning, the 2,300 residents of Comfort were awaken by a wailing flood warning siren.

    Sadly, that wasn't the case in the community 18 miles down river, CBS reported. 

    After losing his grandfather in a 1978 flood, Comfort Fire Chief Danny Morales did more than sit idly by. He found grants to fund an outdoor warning system. The fruits of his labor of love saved lives last week. 

    While monitoring the storm as it was ravaging the community up river last Friday morning Morales said he and his firefighters determined it was time. 

    He pushed the button for the first time, activating the siren that blew for three minutes. 

    "We've always experienced floods in the Hill Country. So, this is not an old thing. Being prepared is our thing. The siren helped our people..."

    Comfort Fire Capt. Eric Cracraft added: "You can't be overprepared for these types of events."

    Morales hopes that other communities along the Guadalupe River will establish warning systems. 

     

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    Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues. 

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