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Seems like a reasonable deployment given the unknown nature (and much speculated ‘Tax activist’) of the bombings in Boston and the April 19th anniversary of the deaths in Waco.

I didn't check that.. Wanted to confirm the post was genuine so checked before and after to make sure he was from Waco really.. but didn't know anything more than this was a bit off.. and wondered what it means.. I looked and looked in coverage for when this Fire was called in and no luck.

You explanation seems reasonable.. but these guys carry real "Communications" with them.. if this thing was called into 911 system.. and it was.. because Firefighters died on the scene.. in the explosion.. then given the threat.. (that you would have thought someone would have considered.. considering.. Fertilizer Plant..) Why were these guys sitting on their hands and not clearing West at least?

then given the threat.. (that you would have thought someone would have considered.. considering..

Same as considering the threats in Lybia...considering it was 9/11?

You explanation seems reasonable.. but these guys carry real "Communications" with them.. if this thing was called into 911 system.. and it was.. because Firefighters died on the scene.. in the explosion.. then given the threat.. (that you would have thought someone would have considered.. considering.. Fertilizer Plant..) Why were these guys sitting on their hands and not clearing West at least?

First and foremost, the fire was at 7:30pm, and this video was taken somewhere around 2pm according to uStream's timestamp of the live feed (there was a second video on the stream, that was uploaded later, but one was done live. The second video was the one linked to the original post.)

Next, when the fire was reported, volunteer firefighters started to the fire, but at the same time, workers at the nursing home and at the hospital were notified about the fire and started implementing those emergency procedures that were already in place, and started evacuating.

Lastly, absent the explosion, why would DHS respond to a simple fire at a fertilizer plant? These things happen, it isn't all that unusual, and their deployment, if related to the deaths in Waco, was to support local law enforcement days later. I don't see why they'd suddenly race up the road and start pulling people out of their houses. And this fire was more than 20 minutes away, I don't even see how DHS would even be notified of the fire prior to the explosion, much less dispatched.

Unless you're suggesting that DHS would roll up into a town, tap into the 911 system for a town twenty minutes away, and be constantly monitoring communications. That would probably not go over well with anyone, from Texas authorities to local jurisdictions.