Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (KXAN) — As thousands of people attend South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, emergency officials want to ensure they’re ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Overdoses typically spike in the spring, but Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) said that’s not the case this year. Last year, the week before SXSW – two peopled died from overdoses and ...

Over 60 apartment communities are offering special incentives to help first responders live and work in the same city.

AUSTIN, Texas — Crummy. Pathetic. "Dirt Sorry." That's how Austin Mayor Kirk Watson described the current buildings that house Austin police, fire and EMS. It's also why the city is preparing to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (KXAN) — AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin emergency responders believe a man possibly froze to death as dangerously cold weather came ...

Austin's public safety departments — police, fire and emergency medical services — will be asking for increases to their budgets next year along with additional funding to help fill gaps across their ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin firefighters on Monday morning filled a Domain movie theater to watch a short film documenting the Austin Firefighters Association’s push to keep four firefighters on every ...

Austin-Travis County EMS said it responded to a deluge of overdose-related calls Monday, beginning around 9 a.m. and continuing into Tuesday. As of Tuesday at noon, ATCEMS representatives said there ...

Austin-Travis County EMS has averaged nearly a 20% vacancy rate for three years. The high vacancy rate has multiple causes: low pay, burnout, lack of work-life balance and people taking other jobs in ...

The city of Austin and the Austin-Travis County EMS union reached a tentative four-year contract agreement this week, according to an announcement Tuesday, a deal that includes pay raises for medics ...

WACO — After Erin Ruiz did her first ride-along in an ambulance, she was hooked. She found her "thing" in San Antonio — working as an emergency medical technician, a role in which she could help ...