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In todays world not much is said about the real hero’s in our
communities. We mostly accept the fact that they are there but
do not give them the credit or respect they are entitled to. This
article will deal with the Fire Department in Wylie Texas.

The Wylie Fire Department covers approximately 60 square miles
in Southeast collin county. Currently it has 2 Fire stations manned
24/7 and a temporary station, with a permanent Station number 3
under construction. The 2 permanent stations currently have ‘Quint’
fire truck’s. A ‘Quint’ truck combines the five functions of an engine
and ladder truck, which are a pump, water tank, fire hose, an aerial
device, and ground ladders.
 
They also have 3 MICU ambulances which serve the current 32,000+
residents of Wylie of which a large percentage are elderly citizens,
along with an ever growing number of young families, and businesses.
Since the 2000 census Wylie has doubled it’s population, and is
considered one of the fastest growing suburbs in Dallas Texas. The
City of Wylie, and it’s Fire Department are dedicated to keeping up
with the phenomenal growth of this area.

The Wylie Fire Department was founded and established in 1909,
and their mission statement is “Dedicating themselves to provide
a progressively trained, and fully equipped department in order to
protect the lives, property, and environment of Wylie Texas”.
This is a large task since they also provide service for the Southeast
Collin County Coalition. In addition to Wylie Texas proper they also
provide extra-territorial coverage under contract to St. Paul Texas
and portions of Dallas County, Rockwall County, and Lavon Lake.

Their staff currently includes a Chief, assistant Chief, EMS Captain,
Fire Marshall, Fire Inspector/Investigator, and Administrative
personnel. They are rated as a Class 1 Department by the Insurance
Services Office (ISO). They have a PPC rating of 1 which is split
because of their outside protected area’s, which are properties located
within 1 mile of a city limit border. The State Fire Marshall, G. Mike
Davis, states that “a PPC rating of 1 translates into the best fire
protection available, creating lower property insurance rates”.

Wylie Texas is located within 3 miles of Lavon Lake which provides
the residents as well as visitors with great fishing, boating, camping,
swimming, and water sports. The Wylie Fire Department has a Fire
Rescue Division which is surpassed by none. They are well trained
and have the best equipment available to them to do a superior job.
They currently have 2 hovercraft, and an all terrain vehicle called the
Ranger, and a pontoon craft called Marine 1 which they operate in
the performance of their duties. This video will show you a Hovercraft
Training Session. This is one of two Neoteric Hovercraft owned by
the Wylie Fire Rescue.
 

 
Your community’s Fire Department is one of the key links to your
community’s safety and existence. If you see a Fireman, Thank Him
or Her, for their work and sacrifice.
  

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Wylie Texas is a Northeastern Suburb of Dallas, Texas located 10 miles
North of Garland, Texas, 10 miles East of Plano, Texas, and 15 miles
South of McKinney, Texas which is the county seat for Collin county, and
19 miles northeast of downtown Dallas.
 
The bulk of the city of Wylie is located in Collin County Texas. We are
listed in Forbes as number 8 in fastest growing of Dallas suburbs and in
the nation. The population density is low and at 1504 people per sq. mi.,
and there is still plenty of open land here. In 2000 the population was
listed by U. S. Census at 15,000+ and in seven years has doubled and
grown to 32,696. The new housing boom is still flourishing in Wylie with
new home ground out construction happening daily in a number of
currently undeveloped area’s.
 
The city as a result has expanded into surrounding counties such as
Dallas County, and Rockwall County.
 
The city is nestled between Lavon Lake (21,400 acres), and Lake Ray
Hubbard (22,745 acres), and both are within minutes of  Wylie, and are
considered some of the largest man made lakes around Texas. So if
fishing, camping, swimming, and recreational water sports are your
passion there is no end to it here. The exception being Lake Ray Hubbard.
It is a State run facility and no camping is allowed around the lake.
However, Robertson Park is provided as a day-use area with excellent
bank fishing access. Both lakes provide more than ample boat ramping
area’s.
 
The lakes are stocked with a number of species among which are included
large and small mouth bass, crappie, catfish, sunfish, as well as others.
 
We now have all of the amenities of any large town with manufacturing
plants already here and others which are moving into the area, and local
and chain restaurants such as Chili’s, Arby’s, Taco Bell, Wendy’s,
McDonalds, KFC, Domino’s Pizza, and Pizza Hut as well as many others.
We also have our local restaurants such as The Italian Villa, Dos Charros
Tex-Mex, Taste of Home Country Eatery, The Tasty Wok and many
others.
 
What we do not have are major shopping malls but those are readily
available within 10 miles of us in Garland, and in Plano Texas. There
is currently a mall under construction here in Wylie which is scheduled
to open in summer of 2009.
 
Wylie was originally founded in the 1870’s as Nickleville Texas because
of the name of the first store which was in business. But, you can learn
more about that in my article on the History of WylieTx75098.
 
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