The city of Austin could rename most of its departments if city council approves a version of the fiscal year 2026 budget ...

The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic ...

The Austin Fire DepartmentThe Austin Fire Department responded to a house fire at 2305 Riverside Farms Rd. in Southeast Austin Thursday night around 8:30 p.m.

Fire at Austin homeless encampment leaves 1 dead amid hard freeze The person’s remains were found after the Austin Fire Department extinguished a fire at the camp.

AUSTIN, Texas - Austin Fire Chief Joel G. Baker has been accused of denying the deployment of Austin firefighters to help in ...

In a memo sent to the Austin City Council this week, Fire Chief Joel Baker made three requests to help reduce overtime expenditures.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) and Austin Fire Department (AFD) responded to a fire call at 5:18 a.m. at the Pearl Lantana apartment complex at 6401 Rialto Blvd. in southwest ...

Baker, Austin’s first African-American fire chief, is now in charge of a department that responds to more than 85,000 emergency calls annually and has a workforce of about 1,100 employees.

The Austin Fire Department asks the public not to call in a general outdoor gas odor originating from the Luling oil field.

The Austin Fire Department celebrated the 100th birthday of the department’s oldest living retiree, Charles Bryant, Jr., on Sunday.

A house explosion in Austin, Texas, injured six people, including two firefighters, on April 13. Investigators are still unsure what caused the explosion, but authorities say that at least 24 ...

Attorneys representing the city of Austin and a fired Fire Department chaplain appeared in U.S. District Court on Wednesday to make their final arguments before Judge David Ezra announces a ...