Wildfire News Update

Latest info from county, state and school districts UPDATED

"...burnt. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports that its firefighters, assisted by federal firefighters and volunteers from local companies,..."

Sept. 6, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Shelters Open to Receive Evacuees From Central Texas Fires

Stay informed about fires in the Greater Austin area

"...Efforts by state and local firefighters continue, their ranks strained by heat exhaustion and fatigue...."

Sept. 4, 2011 News Post by Anne Harris

Department of Strange Clarifications

Fire chief sets the record straight

"...City Manag­er Mike McDonald ("jokes") and Austin African American Firefighters Association President Bobby Johns ("bought off"), and Leffingwell describing..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Council E-mails Prompt Ethics Complaint, Lawsuit

The consequences of hitting the send button

"...for supporting the proposal; Martinez also criticized Afri­can American Firefighters Union President Bobby Johns as having been "bought off"..."

March 11, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Headlines

Some of the week's biggest news

"...• The Austin Firefighters Association will reportedly file a grievance Thursday, Dec. 30,..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature

Letters at 3AM: Where We Actually Live

A nation that lets its infrastructure crumble will wake one fine day to find itself crippled

"..."Firefighters have protested [cuts] in Florida," as have nurses in..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

The Hightower Report

Chickens Come Home To Roost; and Cut Congress, Not Food Stamps

"...bill to help deter mass firings of schoolteachers and firefighters by local governments. Pious, purse-lipped Republicans – who have..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Event Menu

Eating and drinking, drinking and eating, all the while helping others

"...Hollow, 345-8226, www.ditch.com) to raise money for the Austin Firefighters Assoc­ia­tion Outreach Fund. Eat, drink, laugh, and help them..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Louis Malfaro and 18 Years of AISD Politics

The teachers' union veteran looks back as he moves forward

"...Association, or the voter-approved collective bargaining that the Austin Firefighters Association has. Malfaro said, "There's a reason our police..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Step Up to Citizenship

The curtain rises on the annual budget pageant – places, please

"...police, it unsurprisingly endorses more EMS stations and more firefighters – does this mark a new era in the..."

June 25, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...the next three years, along with the six additional firefighters it would take to staff each new unit. Moreover,..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature

The Daily Hustle: 4/9/10 (Updated)

Something fishy with Fire Dept recruiting?

"...know how to fish?” (Kerr offered she “hired these firefighters to be firefighters, not recruiters,” and that the problems..."

April 9, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

No Place Like City Hall for the Holidays

A long to-do list for the last City Council meeting of the year

"...by the union, between the city and the Austin Firefighters Association – Bill Spelman told In Fact Daily he..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

How AFD Ranks

"...As Austin Firefighters Association President Stephen Truesdell notes, roughly 5% of the..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature

Headlines

The week's big news, here and elsewhere

"...• Austin firefighters are in negotiations with the city over a new..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature

Headlines

"...The Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling Monday finding that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly passed over for..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: The Reaper Cometh

Deep in the hole, the city offers its budget-cut proposals

"...save $1.24 million but immediately engenders complaints of taking firefighters off trucks. Eliminating special pay incentives for firefighters with..."

June 12, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Fiery Colors

Reorganizing the AFD is about money ... and justice

"...affect departmental regs, grumbles from local Hispanic and African-American firefighters' associations and the Austin Firefighters Associa­tion (which Martinez led..."

May 22, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

A Letter to Alberta

Leffingwell blasts the Statesman for their public safety scaremongering

"...support freezing or cutting the pay of police officers, firefighters and EMS employees? How would you control costs?..."

April 10, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Local news briefs

"...from the public; council members, including Mike Martinez; and firefighters themselves led to postponing the proposal. In a press..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature

City Counseling: How Many Librarians Equal One Firefighter?

Fire Department budget cuts

"...Martinez, who questioned the change. Fire currently staffs four firefighters to a truck at all times, regardless of overtime..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

PACs to Flack

The city PACs work the background of the campaigns

"...• Austin Police Association PAC, Austin Firefighters PAC, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Employee PAC Perennial..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...• The Austin Firefighters Association asked City Manager Marc Ott to reopen negotiations..."

Jan. 2, 2009 News Feature

Quarantine

An L.A. apartment building is quarantined in this new horror film, and a news crew's videotape may be the only proof of the strange goings-on.

"...for something, anything, to happen. A late-night call sends firefighters, newswoman, and cameraman (the rarely glimpsed Harris) to a..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Skate! A Night at the Rink': Heaven on Wheels

Choreographer Allison Orr liked the moves she saw at the rink so much, she invited local skaters to dance

"...for a dance-maker who has worked choreographically with Austin firefighters and Venetian gondoliers, with infants in strollers and women..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spring Training

Seasonal snapshots of the council candidates

"...Shade (like the combined public safety unions, including the firefighters who strongly supported Kim's last campaign), so Kim's search..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Public Safety Unions to Issue Council Endorsements

Coming down today – little early, eh?

"...COUNCIL RACES (AUSTIN) – The Austin Police Association, Austin Firefighters Association, and Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Employees Association..."

Jan. 22, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Happenings

Dec. 20-26

"...AUSTIN FIREFIGHTERS 2008 WOMEN'S CALEN­DAR Benefits the Austin Firefighters' Fund. 441-7572...."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature

Scoot Inn Hosts Veggie-Hot-Dog-Eating Contest

"...at 1pm. Special local guests include the Famous Vegan Firefighters (www.engine2.org), the grub will be provided by the Hot..."

May 25, 2007 Sports Post by Audra Schroeder

Firehouse Dog

A Hollywood pooch gets lost during a stunt and ends up a stray outside a downtown firehouse captained by a single dad with a stubborn school-skipping son.

"...said, ando a funny joke where one of the firefighters went down the pole too fast and landed on..."

April 13, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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