As Texas prepares for another potentially hot and dry summer, local officials are urging residents to take precautions ...

Austin's Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) Director Jim Redick said an evacuation plan is being finalized and should be published by June 1, but fire departments will be delegating the ...

LUBBOCK — A bill that establishes a statewide inventory of firefighting equipment won final approval Wednesday. The bill, a response to the historic wildfires that engulfed the Texas Panhandle ...

Lawmakers approved legislation to create a database to help fire departments track equipment. Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune Audio recording is automated for accessibility.

The bill received unanimous approval in both the Texas House and Senate. The bill also had the support of firefighters and people in emergency services, who testified to lawmakers that fire ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — An official recognition came at Tuesday's City Council meeting for Corpus Christi Fire Department Chief Brandon Wade. Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Wade to the Texas ...

TEXAS CITY, Texas — An elderly woman died and her husband was severely injured Tuesday when their boat caught fire in Texas City. The woman's body was found hours after the fire broke out at ...

Multiple crews are at the scene of a fire that broke out Thursday night in Hamilton, at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant. According to Butler County dispatchers, crews were called out at 8:09 p.m. to ...