The Houston Fire Department was ill-prepared for the Memorial Day flooding that killed seven people, according to rescue boat maintenance records and one HFD captain's post-flood incident report.

The Houston Fire Department said Friday that it sending a crew to help with the response to the deadly and “devastating” ...

HFD fleet includes a total of nine high water rescue vehicles, along with 20 evacuation boats, 11 rescue boats, 3 Achilles boats, nine Wave Runners, 25 lifted trucks to haul trailers and two drones.

The Houston Fire Department shows KPRC their high water rescue fleet. After Hurricane Harvey, the department has increased the number of its 5-ton high water rescue vehicles--refurbished military ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Houston Fire Department is gearing up to make sure crews are ready if another hurricane like Harvey strikes our community. The city will spend $2 million to buy high ...

The Houston Fire Department has dispatched an engine and a Tactical Deployment Unit with four members to assist flood ...

Recent flash flooding in Texas​, New Mexico​ and North Carolina​ is highlighting the extreme danger of these natural ...

They just added a new water rescue vehicle to their fleet. It can transport 17 people including two crew members. Plus, HFD said it's taking a different approach to the storm.

During Texas's second-worst flood, Matthew Crowder ignored dispatch warnings to save a family. Now the community rallies to ...

Paul Bivens, a fire captain for the Houston Fire Department spoke with FOX Weather's Britta Merwin about the fire department's response during Hurricane Beryl in 2024 and now again during flooding in ...

In an internal memo, Houston Fire Department Chief Terry Garrison acknowledged that HFD needs to overhaul its budget and better train firefighters in swift water rescues— and then, later in the ...