Fire trucks, ambulances and other emergency vehicles led the funeral procession of Dalhart Fire Chief Curtis Brown and Firefighter Brendan Torres.
“I think that Chief Brown had worked this department long enough and the department has a great respect amongst other departments in the Panhandle and across the state of Texas, and a lot of that is attributed to the leadership of Chief Brown,” said Perrytown Fire Chief Paul Duthcer told reporters.
Various fire departments from across the Panhandle have shown their support for the Dalhart community.
“The fire department is a brotherhood and when one department suffers a loss as Dalhart has, then neighboring departments step up and try to cover,” said Dutcher. “It is a great loss for the community, and they will be greatly missed.”
A local resident, Dexie Organ, said: “It’s unbelievable, you just never know when you’re going to leave this world, that was really unexpected. I used to take my boy scouts down to his fire station and he would let them play with the fire hydrants and put suits and hats on them. So, I know those boys will be missing him and there all almost grown now but they’re going to miss him.”
