Whitehouse to Create Municipal Fire Department, Keep Volunteers

WHITEHOUSE — The Whitehouse City Council Tuesday night discussed the future of the volunteer fire department and whether the city should have its own firefighters. According to KETK, the council decided both were beneficial. Council members voted to keep volunteers and create a municipal fire department. Under the proposal, the city would be responsible for training and certification of firefighters, and the VFD would work as a wing of that department.