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 Department of Homeland Security says it's making FEMA less "bloated." Opponents say that cost people their lives in Texas.

Harrowing photos show what's left of volunteer Fire Chief Michael Phillips' emergency vehicle after he was swept away in devastating flash flooding in Texas.

Marble Falls Area Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Michael Phillips vanished while driving to a water rescue on Saturday around 4:30 a.m., according to officials in Burnet County, which is about 100 miles northeast of Camp Mystic, where 27 campers and counselors died.

The El Paso Fire Department Water Rescue Team is helping search for persons missing in the devastating floods in central Texas.

A shooter who allegedly opened fire on Border Patrol agents outside a federal building in McAllen, Texas, has been identified by authorities as 27-year-old Michigan resident Ryan Louis Mosqueda.

Austin Fire Department crews rescuing window washer in the 500 block of Guadalupe St. AUSTIN, Texas — Crews with the Austin Fire Department (AFD) executed a rescue on Sunday after a window washer's basket became tangled in the wind.

After last year’s devastating Smokehouse Creek fire, Texas lawmakers have passed new wildfire legislation that puts $630 million towards firefighting and prevention efforts across the state.