A tornado that tears through homes and businesses for miles, gas line leak that causes a home explosion killing a little girl ...

Ball has served as the department's interim chief since June 2024. Justin Ball named next chief of Dallas Fire-Rescue. What ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue has its new leader. City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert announced Thursday that Justin Ball will be the ...

4:03 p.m. April 10, 2025: Updated with statements from the Dallas Fire Fighters Association, Dallas City Council members. Justin Ball, a nearly 30-year veteran of Dallas Fire-Rescue who has served ...

After whittling nearly three dozen candidates down to four last week, Bizor-Tolbert announced Thursday that interim DFR Chief Justin Ball will take on the job permanently effective April 23.

Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert announced current Interim Chief Justin Ball as the next fire chief on Thursday.

"Chief (Justin) Ball has a demonstrated track record of strong leadership," Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert wrote in a statement. Dallas Fire-Rescue Chief Justin Ball (left) spoke with ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue Chief candidates Justin Ball (from left), Raymond Hill, Todd Alt and Samuel Peña listen as Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert introduces the candidates before a public ...

Justin Ball, who has served as interim fire chief since June of 2024 after former Dallas Fire-Rescue chief Dominique Artis was appointed to serve as the city’s first Chief of Public Safety ...

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Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert selected Interim Chief Justin Ball as the new chief of Dallas Fire-Rescue.