Jarrell Fire Department welcomes back firefighter battling cancer

Jarrell firefighter Jake Owen helps with a ceremonial cleaning of his department's new ladder truck February 17. Mr. Owen, 24, is undergoing treatment for brain cancer and had returned to the department for the first time since starting treatments in January. Photo by Andy Sharp
Jarrell firefighter Jake Owen helps with a ceremonial cleaning of his department's new ladder truck February 17. Mr. Owen, 24, is undergoing treatment for brain cancer and had returned to the department for the first time since starting treatments in January. Photo by Andy Sharp

The Jarrell Fire Department last week celebrated a milestone and did it while supporting a firefighter fighting a battle of his own. 

The department pushed its new ladder truck into service on Friday, February 17, with a push-in ceremony, a tradition among firefighters going back more than 100 years. 

Among those pushing Jarrell’s new fire engine was 24-year-old Jake Owen, who returned for…