IBC Bank will be hosting a Disaster Relief event for the victims of Hurricane Harvey on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Main Headquarters location in front of the Maverick County Lake from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Eagle Pass Fire Department held a live fire drill on Saturday, July 22, alongside six elements from the Piedras Negras Fire Department near the city’s water filtration plant on Jefferson Street. 

The Eagle Pass Fire Department held a live fire drill on Saturday, July 22, alongside six elements from the Piedras Negras Fire Department near the city’s water filtration plant on Jefferson Street. 

The elderly community is cordially invited to a spiritual retreat to be held at the Salon De Colores Parish Hall located at 2055 Williams St on Saturday, July 22. 

 The Eagle Pass Fire Department will be conducting a special training in which they will be setting a house on fire.

   The training will take place Saturday, July 22, at a house near the old water filtration plant downtown. 

   Fire Chief Manuel Mello is advising the community of the procedure so that they are not alarmed when they see the live fire training which will begin at 3:00 p.m. 

  “We’re going to be igniting one of the houses, and when we do that there’s going to be a plume of smoke and people are going to want to find out what’s going on,” said Chief Mello. “There’s going to be a lot of onlookers; all we can say is to be careful and not to cross the barricades where we’re working because people may get hurt.”

   Chief Mello said the opportunity to create a live burn for training purposes is very rare.

   “One [reason] is because too close in the city there’s residences that are occupied,” he said. “In this scenario there’s nobody living right next door to those houses, so it’ll be a perfect way for us to train.”

 The training will allow department staff to practice ventilation purposes, strategic placement of hoses, and fire behavior.

   Eagle Pass Fire Department personnel, volunteer firefighters, and even firefighters from Piedras Negras will be present at the training. 

  “It’s something that we’re really looking forward to,” said Chief Mello.

Bomberos tendrán simulacro de incendio en casa

Jaclyn Guzmán

Staff writer

 El Departamento de Bomberos de Eagle Pass llevará a cabo una capacitación especial en la  que prenderán fuego a una casa  

La capacitación tendrá lugar el sábado, 22 de julio, en una casa cerca de la antigua planta de filtración de agua del centro.

  El Jefe de Bomberos Manuel Mello está aconsejando a la comunidad del procedimiento para que no se alarmen cuando vean el entrenamiento de fuego  que comenzará a las 3:00 p.m.

  "Vamos a  prenderle fuego a una de las casas, y cuando hagamos eso va a haber  humo y la gente va a querer saber lo que está pasando", dijo el jefe Mello. "Habrá muchos espectadores; Todo lo que podemos decir es  que tienen que tener cuidado y no cruzar las barricadas donde estamos trabajando porque la gente puede resultar herida ".

   El Jefe Mello dijo que la oportunidad de crear una  incendio de una casa  en vivo para propósitos de entrenamiento es muy rara, y permitirá al personal del departamento practicar ventilación, colocación estratégica de mangueras y comportamiento del fuego.

 "Una [razón] es porque demasiado cerca en la ciudad hay residencias que están ocupadas", dijo. "En este escenario no hay nadie viviendo justo al lado de esas casas por lo que será una manera perfecta para entrenar".

   Personal del Departamento de Bomberos de Eagle Pass, bomberos voluntarios e incluso bomberos de Piedras Negras estarán presentes en el entrenamiento.

  "Es algo que realmente estamos deseando hacer ", dijo el Jefe Mello.

EAGLE PASS, TX -- Need a passport, but can’t make it to the post office during normal office hours?  To ensure U.S. citizens are prepared to travel abroad this summer, the U.S. Postal Service will be hosting a passport fair at the Eagle Pass Post Office, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, May 27, 2017.  Appointments are not required on this day, so customers are encouraged to show up early, as applicants will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.

Eagle Pass Post Office
410 S. Bibb Ave.
Eagle Pass, TX  78852
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
 
To obtain a passport applicants need to:
•  Bring proper proof of American citizenship. This must be either a certified birth certificate issued by the city, county or state; naturalization certificate (a hospital-issued birth certificate alone is not acceptable); consular report of birth abroad; certificate of citizenship; or a previous U.S. passport.
•  Each applicant must bring a clear photocopy of their proof of American citizenship that will be presented at the time of passport acceptance. If the document is two sided, then a photocopy of the front and back of the document must be provided.
•  Bring proof of identity.  This must be either: a previous U.S. passport or passport card; certificate of naturalization with identifiable photo attached; certificate of citizenship with identifiable photo attached; valid driver’s license (not temporary or learner’s permit); Official U.S. military or military dependent identification card; government employee identification card (federal, state, municipal, county); current valid foreign passport.
•  Each applicant must bring a clear photocopy of their proof of identity that will be presented at the time of passport acceptance.  If the document is two sided, then a photocopy of the front and back of the document must be provided.
•  The passport application requires recent color passport photograph of you (2” x 2” in size), which the Post Office Passport Office can provide for $15.
•  To save time, customers may download a passport application at www.usps.com/passport to complete beforehand.
•  All applicants must appear in person (including minors).
•  Minors under the age of 16 must appear with both parents.  If one parent is not available, a notarized authorization from the absent parent is required.

 Each passport for an adult must be accompanied by a check or money order for $110 made payable to the U.S. State Department and a $25 execution fee made payable to Postmaster. Fees for children under 16 are $80 and $25.
The cost to expedite processing at the Department of State is $60 paid per application in addition to required fees.
The cost to expedite delivery service to the passport processing lockbox is $23.75 per family for Priority Mail Express paid to the United States Postal Service.
The cost to expedite delivery service is $15.45 paid per application directly to the Department of State for the delivery of an issued passport book from the Department of State to the customer. This service is only available to mailing addresses within the United States. Not valid for passport cards.
Customers can call 1-800-ASK-USPS or go to the Postal Service’s Website www.usps.com to get the location of other nearby passport Post Offices and their passport customer service hours.  Passport customers may also check the U.S. State Department’s web site at www.travel.state.gov  to obtain additional information.