10 Displaced After Austin Fire

Although the analysis of what went right and wrong during the city's response to Halloween floods continues, the Austin Fire Department says it needed more boats and a better way to notify residents. At the Austin public safety commission on ...

Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr has banned video cameras on firefighters protective helmets until the department develops a specific policy concerning when and how the devices can be used and regulations about what happens to recorded footage. The ...

Officials today confirmed that Detroit Fire Commissioner Don Austin is stepping down at year-end.Austin, who took over the department in 2011, submitted his resignation letter today, officials with Mayor Dave Bing and Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr ...

Update, 11:15 p.m.: Austin police are reopening closed portions of I-35 slowly as Texas Department of Transportation finishes spraying deicer on the upper decks. Ice build up has remained isolated to bridges and elevated highways due to freezing ...

ACL has an est. $102 million impact Several City of Austin departments are coordinating in an effort to ensure a safe and successful 2013 ACL Music Festival. According to an impact analysis by AngelouEconomics, when the festival ran for a ...

In the Bluff Spring area in Southeast Austin, fire crews have rescued more than 60 residents who were forced to seek safety on roofs and in their attics, said Austin fire official Carrie Stewart. Two boats are in the water rescuing residents, and a ...

Though a grand jury declined to indict an Austin Police Department officer who fired on another man during a traffic stop, Police Chief Art Acevedo announced last week that the officer would be fired. Acevedo said Officer Justin Boehm's use of ...

o Point of departure: Rural Fire Service Strike Force 1 volunteers line up in front of the Northern Tablelands Team head office in Bourke St, Glen Innes. From left they are Les Knight (Ashford), Jim Rousos (Nullamanna), Ken Stibbard (Glencoe), Brian ...

By JUANA SUMMERS & KATE BRANNEN | 10/11/13 10:00 AM EDT With Jonathan Topaz, Jonathan Allen and Austin Wright BREAKING: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize for its "for its extensive efforts ...