Rockwall County plans emergency exercise

Rockwall County and the cities of Rockwall, Heath, Royse City, Fate and McClendon Chisholm will conduct an emergency exercise on Saturday, February 27 from 8-11 a.m.    near the intersection of T.L. Townsend and Whitmore Drive in the City of Rockwall.

The exercise is intended to allow local responders in fire, police, public works and emergency medical services practice their emergency roles in response to a weather emergency. The agencies involved will take part in simulating their duties called for in the Rockwall County Emergency Plan.

Residents can expect to see fire trucks, ambulances, police cars and other official traffic engaged in the practice exercise, so please do not be alarmed by this activity.

For further information, please call Rockwall County Emergency Management at 972-204-7080.

Rockwall Honors Police Volunteer John Fitzwater

The City of Rockwall Police Department’s Community Service office located in the Brookshire’s shopping center will be renamed in honor of the late John Fitzwater.

The request to rename the center in honor of Mr. Fitzwater was made by the Rockwall Police Officer’s Association and then approved by the Rockwall City Council by a unanimous vote on Monday November 16th 2009.

Mr. Fitzwater spent many hours volunteering his services to the Rockwall Police Department beginning in 1998 when he attended the Citizen Police Academy. He then joined the Citizens on Patrol organization and became a police department volunteer.

“John Fitzwater was an outstanding citizen who spent countless hours in selfless volunteer service to both the Rockwall community and the men and women of the Rockwall Police Department,” said Chief Mark Moeller. “I believe this is a fitting tribute to a man who put others before himself.”

Mr. Fitzwater had 724 documented community service hours plus numerous hours he volunteered or served that were not documented. He performed puppet shows for children’s programs, patrolled neighborhoods and businesses and trained new volunteers on how to operate Sky Watch – which he delivered and picked-up.

He also held the office of President of the Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association from January 2008 until his death on September 19, 2009.

Rockwall Household Hazardous Waste Day is Saturday

If you have any hazardous waste like paint, tires etc, This Saturday, April 18th ,is the day to bring it to Rockwall and discard it. Once a year the City of Rockwall allows resident from Rockwall, Fate, Heath, and Rockwall County residents to bring hazardous waste to the Rockwall Service Center to be properly discarded by the city. Take advantage of this opportunity and get all of the bad stuff out of your house.

There are some restrictions so download the pdf document here. or go to www.rockwall.com for more information.