The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic flooding — because of an $800,000 dispute with the state government.

Austin Fire Chief Joel G. Baker has been accused of denying the deployment of Austin firefighters to help in Kerrville following the recent devastating flooding. The Austin Firefighters ...

The Austin, Texas, fire chief is being accused of denying requests to send rescuers to Kerrville days before the catastrophic flooding — because of an $800,000 dispute with the state government ...

The Austin firefighters union will decide Tuesday whether to initiate a no-confidence vote against Fire Chief Joel Baker for allegedly waiting to send local firefighters to Kerr County to help ...

AUSTIN, Texas – The Austin Firefighters Association blasted Austin Fire Chief Joel G. Baker, accusing him of denying the deployment of Austin swift water rescue teams to Kerr County until after ...

Austin, Texas Fire Chief Joel G. Baker is facing mounting criticism and a pending vote of no confidence from the city's firefighter union after his department delayed sending specialized rescue ...

Right-wing political pundit Charlie Kirk shared Texas Hill Country flooding conspiracy theories on his show Wednesday, claiming that the hiring of Austin Fire Chief Joel G. Baker—a Black man ...

But luckily, Grey Horse told MySA, the fire started to engulf the home around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, rather than a later time when all of the housemates would have been asleep.