Austin Fire, EMS and other departments brace for cuts after Prop Q failure KXAN Austin Mon, November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM PST Austin Fire, EMS and other departments brace for cuts after Prop Q failure ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Fire Division Chief Eddie Martinez expected a typical workday. But he was quickly placed on standby and deployed to New York as part of Texas Task ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin city leaders are considering the creation of a Joint Emergency Communications Department to improve emergency response times and efficiency across the city’s multiple public ...

For this new joint fire department and EMS station in the Onion Creek neighborhood of Austin, it was important from the beginning for the community to embrace their new civic facility. This facility ...

Rock On! Austin is known as the Live Music Capital of the World and the Red River Cultural District works hard year-around to defend that title. Learn more about the District as Lifestyle Austin’s ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A couple hundred Austin firefighters showed up at City Hall Monday to urge city council to prioritize public safety in its upcom ing budget, and specifically raised concerns about a ...

As contract talks with the city get underway, the union representing Austin firefighters is pushing for higher wages and a shorter work week — a package its president says is critical to firefighter ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin firefighters on Monday morning filled a Domain movie theater to watch a short film documenting the Austin Firefighters Association’s push to keep four firefighters on every ...

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Severe storms are coming for Texas, which just saw record rainfall late last week. The severe storm threat will last into Monday as a low-pressure system over the Southwest will move into the region.