IF YOU ARE AN EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONDER (POLICE, FIRE, PARAMEDIC, EMT) WHO IS INTERESTED IN PLAYING BAGPIPES WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS EMERGENCY SERVICE PIPES & DRUMS ASSOC. BAND, PLEASE CONTACT APD’S PIPE MAJOR, TODD BIRCHER, AT (512)974-5029. CLASSES TO BEGIN IN NOVEMBER ‘08. CLASSES WILL BE HELD EVERY TUESDAY FROM 1:00 - 2:00 PM IN CENTRAL AUSTIN.
June 8th, 2007 One of PHI International Medical Helicopters was lost while en route from Huntsville to Houston. Pilot Wayne Kirby, Flight Paramedic Stephanie Waters and Flight Nurse Jana Bishop were transporting a patient to Houston early Sunday morning when their helicopter crashed about two minutes after leaving Huntsville Memorial Hospital.
ESPADA was able to join with members of: Georgetown FD Pipes and Drums, Corpus Christi FD Pipes and Drums, Bryan FF Pipes and Drums, and Austin Police Department Pipes and Drums in honoring these men and women who died in the Line of Duty.