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The Whitewater park is preparing to offer swift-water training to first responders.

He daughter of one the firefighters injured responding to a deadly house fire on Gilmer Avenue received a scholastic award this morning. Firefighter Deandre Hartman is currently recovering at UABs Burn and Trauma ICU and could not attend, but the Kindergartner and her family were surprised by who stepped in his place.“We feel the love from each and every one of them, so we are glad that they are here to support him by supporting his daughter,” says mother of Deandre Hartman.Hartman was one of the five firefighters injured in the deadly house fire that claimed the lives of two people, inclu...

Deandre Hartman was injured while fighting a fire on May 14. When he couldn't attend his daughter's awards show, his firefighter family stepped in.

The daughter of one of the Montgomery firefighters injured responding to a deadly house fire received an academic award Monday morning, but her father couldn’t be there for this important event. That's when his brothers at MFR stepped in.

Training was in session Tuesday at the Cramton Bowl Multiplex where nearly a dozen departments from Montgomery and neighboring counties met to discuss ways to prepare for a potential mass shooting.