Downtown home damaged in fire

At its meeting Thursday, the Austin City Council:Postponed consideration of a settlement with the Department of Justice over Austin Fire Department's hiring practices. Approved a $558 million contract for up to 18 years and 300 megawatts of wind ...

Protect America, nationwide pioneer of wireless home security systems, has partnered with the Austin Police Department (APD) to help support its Motorcycle Unit. Select officers from the Unit will be riding across the country to Washington D.C. in ...

Austin Fire Department have dispatched STAR Flight to help assist with the rescue of a 9-year-old boy who fell more than 50 feet near Red Bud Isle. The boy sustained an injury to his leg, according to preliminary information from fire officials. A ...

The Austin Fire Department responded to reports of a natural gas leak at the intersection of 22nd and Guadalupe streets Saturday around 1:15 p.m. University spokeswoman Cindy Posey said AFD and other first responders have asked that people avoid ...

Members of the Austin Police, Fire, Emergency Medical Servicesand Transportation departments, along with the City's Music & Entertainment Division, continue to evaluate the volume of applications received for permits during SXSW 2014. Event ...

Before implementing a business intelligence solution for data management, the Austin, Texas, Fire Department said it put data in with a bulldozer and pulled it out with tweezers. Any data solution we did have involved individuals collecting, ...

Solihah being taken by the Fire and Rescue Department to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital via helicopter for treatment. Austin Camoens and Shaun Ho KUALA LUMPUR - The death of a university student who fell 60m at the popular Bukit Tabur hiking trail ...

Two adults and two children were displaced by an early morning apartment fire in Southeast Austin, but no one was injured, a fire official said. The fire broke out shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday morning in one unit of the Wellington Palms Apartments ...

An overnight kitchen fire at the Kim Phung restaurant in a North Austin strip mall is under investigation, according to the Austin Fire Department. The fire was under control by 1 a.m., about 45 minutes after the blaze was reported at the ...