"We look at it with a holistic approach of environmental health, physical health and mental health, so when we see someone who needs help with the home they have been in for a long time, we make sure that all of those points are addressed," Isbell said. RELATED: Round Rock firefighters receive new equipment to train for high-rise blazes The program also includes installing and checking smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, home exterior and interior evaluation, trip and fall hazards and discussing and establishing fire escape plans. We have great people that are running it here in the department and this community accepted that this was a need and service we can provide to our citizens." "The program started out as targeting our most vulnerable populations, our elderly and disabled, and it's taken off," Isbell said. "Five years later, I look back and the most proud accomplishment is having built and pushed out the community risk program. Isbell said he led the implementation of a data-driven approach to public safety through community risk reduction, a program that balances emergency responses with proactive prevention efforts for the department. He also oversaw the construction of the city's Public Safety Training Center, which was completed in 2018. 3 at 221 Sundance Parkway in the La Frontera shopping center was built. Over the years, he’s also served as fire chief in the cities of Euless and Southlake.ĭuring Isbell's tenure, Fire Station No. Isbell got his first stint as a firefighter in Pantego, a town of 2,400 southwest of Arlington. The city of Round Rock hired Isbell, the former Midland fire chief, in 2018 after David Coatney, who served as chief for six years, accepted the top position at Dallas Fire and Rescue. "All these doors opened and I couldn't say no, so I had to pursue it." "Our house was finished out there, the job came open and I got a call from the old chief to see if I would be interested in putting an application in Stephenville and I thought, wow, that's an opportunity to go where I planned to retire and continue my career out there," he said. which is right outside of Stephenville, and when we bought the house in Gorman,which is also outside of Stephenville, we started restoring this old farmhouse and completed it just this year," Isbell said. "We always had plans to be out there someday and I thought it would be after I retired, but doors started opening and it was just an opportune time. "It truly is bittersweet to leave Round Rock because the folks here are really good at what they do."Ībout eight years ago, Isbell said he and his wife purchased a house in Gorman with plans to live out there one day. "It's a new adventure for me professionally, but it's exciting to go to a new place like Stephenville," Isbell said. After five years of service in Round Rock, Fire Chief Robert Isbell is resigning to lead the Stephenville Fire Department on Oct.
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