Incident Photos
Photos that were taken on scene of different incidents that Sand Hills VFD had or provided mutual aid to. These photos were taken during times of rest or in a safe area.

Two Sand Hills Firefighters working on extinguishing a grass fire while assisting Seguin Fire Department.

Tender 5731 and crew performing water shuttle duties while on the scene of a large Structure/Brush fire in Kingsbury.




Brush 5723, and 5721 extinguishing hotspots on a brush fire.



Fire personnel working to extinguish a large multivehicle/brush fire.

Tender 5731 performing refilling operations with brush 5723, while also assisting in extinguishing a brush fire.

Nixon VFD assisting on a brush fire on FM 1117

Nixon VFD and SHVFD brush trucks working together remove a different Nixon brush from the mud.




Capt. Hallmark IV assessing a burning tree prior to performing sawyer operations.




Tender 5731 along with several other agencies on scene, assisting Seguin FD with a hay barn fire.





Tender 5731 on the scene of one of the many times CMC Steel had a fire.

Additional photo of a CMC Steel fire.



Brush 5722 performing property protection during a fire in 2023.


New Berlin VFD's Heavy Brush filling up with water on a large brush fire off of McKnight Road.

FF/Lic. Paramedic Hallmark V, and FF/EMT-A Beicker Extinguishing a stubborn vehicle fire.

Kingsbury VFD's Tender performing shuttle operations as Tender 5731 operates as a nurse tender on a structure fire off of 466.

Brush 5725 extinguishing the perimeter of a grass fire.
Brush 5725 assisting in high water operations in the floods of Oct. 2021
Firefighter Hadaway performing mop-up operations with the sunset behind him.
FF/Lic. Paramedic Hallmark V extinguishing hot spots after a powerline sparked causing a small grass fire.
FF/Paramedic Hallmark and FF Hadaway preparing the "Redline" to be stowed back on the reel after extinguishing hotspots.


Guadalupe County R&B Dozer arriving on scene at a large brush fire.


Cheyenne Hallmark performing mop up at a small brush fire.


KB Hallmark V and Trey Palmer attempting to extinguish several burning branches on the scene of a vehicle fire.

SHVFD and GCFR Personnel working together to extinguish the rear of the mobile home and add-on shed.

Cheyenne Hallmark putting on PPE prior to entering the fire scene.


FM 1117 flooding over the Guadalupe River Bridge during the severe weather event of 2021.

SHVFD Engine 5717 V2 and its crew working to extinguish several vehicles, after a fire broke out at a local salvage yard.

Aerial view of a large structure fire on Foxtrotter Road.


Myles Beicker and Hamza Ball performing mop up on a structure fire on Creekway Lane.

KB Hallmark IV working on a burning tree on a brush fire.

The aftermath of a vehicle fire.

Tender 5731 providing water supply to Seguin Engine 3 during a barn fire involving several hay bales.

Taken just before clearing scene after a fire took half of the mobile home.

Taken on the large CMC fire as Tanker 5731 was providing water supply to Seguin Truck 1.

Kingsbury VFD tanker providing water to Tanker 5731 on the scene of a structure fire.
Tanker 5731 providing water supply to Seguin FD on IH10 during an 18 wheeler fire.
Lt Kade Zunker and FAO Blahnik of Seguin FD contemplating ideas on how to extinguish an 18 wheeler fire that SHVFD was assisting on.
Kelly Hallmark, Stephan Samuel and Trey Palmer after fighting an RV fire.



























FF/Paramedic Hallmark V performing sawyer operations on a tree that had been burning inside.

GCFR Squad 71 being pulled from the sand after getting stuck on a brush fire in 2025.

Brush 5725 and crew extinguishing hotspots on a brush fire off of Nockenut.

Assistant Chief Hallmark, Then Captain, Assisting in mop-up operations on a brushfire.

Engine 5717 and Brush 5725 along with other agencies units on scene of a structure fire.

Chief Chapa, Captain Hallmark IV, FF/Paramedic Hallmark V, and FF Hadaway inspecting a lawnmower suspected to be the cause of a field fire.

Captain Hallmark IV, and Seguin FD firefighters extinguishing a hay field fire, after SHVFD was requested for mutual aid assistance.

Belmont Tender Supplying Tender 5731 with additional water during a propane flaring operation.

Engine 5717, and FF/Paramedic Hallmark Pumping several Hoselines during a propane flaring operation.

Brush 5725 and FF Keefe working to extinguish hotspots on a brush fire.

Assistant Chief Hallmark and FF Keefe discussing operation plans during a propane flaring operation.

Captain Hallmark IV and Brush 5725 extinguishing hotspots while providing mutual aid to Seguin FD on a brush fire.

SHVFD Crews inspecting and discussing plans for how to effectively deal with the amount of hotspots left after a brush fire.

Brush 5725 and crew working to extinguish hotspots on a brush fire.

FF/Paramedic Hallmark V backing up after felling a tree that had been deemed a risk to operational safety. (Assistant Chief Hallmark is extremely proud of catching the tree in midair in the photo.)

FF/Paramedic Hallmark extinguishing a vehicle fire on the side of State Hwy 123.

FF/AEMT Beicker extinguishing hotspots on a brush fire.

FF/AEMT Beicker, and FF Ball, extinguishing hotspots on a brush fire.

Brush 5725 receiving water from Tender 5731 after extinguishing multiple hotspots on a 15 acre fire.

Engine 5717 along with McQueeney VFD, New Braunfels FD, providing Mutual Aid to Seguin FD, after a lighting strike caused a large fire in a historic 3 story home in downtown Seguin.