Hidalgo County Fire Rescue District 1

10/24/2026

🚒 Hidalgo Fire Station 1 & 2 –Extrication Training 🚒

Hidalgo Fire Station 1 and 2 recently participated in classroom instruction and hands-on vehicle extrication training. This training allowed our firefighters to practice and strengthen their skills in vehicle stabilization, safe tool operation, and extrication techniques used to safely remove patients from vehicles involved in motor vehicle accidents.
Continued training like this helps ensure our firefighters are prepared to respond safely and effectively.

A special THANK YOU to Silverback Towing for allowing us to use their facility and for providing the vehicles used during this training.

10/22/2026

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10/09/2026

Hamburger fry fundraiser🚒🍔

09/21/2026

Hidalgo Rescue was dispatched to a single vehicle roll over on I10@1 mile marker. While enroute dispatch advised there were 4 occupants inside the vehicle, crews arrived on scene to find all occupants self extricated from the vehicle. Rescue crews checked for any hazards on scene before clearing. There were no fatalities on scene.

09/19/2026

09/16/2026

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09/16/2026

⚠️🚧9/16/2026 1045 hours: US Highway 70 is closed from the Arizona state line to the junction of highway 70 and highway 90 due to flooding/ sink hole in the roadway. At this time there is no estimated reopen time.

09/15/2026

Here's a video of the vehicle that was trapped in the flooding located on Highway 70/Motel Dr last night.

09/15/2026

Hidalgo Rescue was dispatched to Hwy 70/ Motel Dr last night in reference to a vehicle floating in the water located underneath the underpass. At the time dispatch advised there was 1 person trapped inside. Rescue crews arrived on scene to find 5-6 feet of water swirling around where the car was going to be located underneath the bridge. The individual was located inside the vehicle and was removed successfully by a Lordsburg Police Sergeant and a member of the Fire department while rescue crews were still arriving on scene. There were no injures reported on scene.

09/15/2026

Here's a quick video of the flooding that occured in Glen acres tonight.