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.

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.

NEAR LENANDER, Tx. ( WALA) - Alabama Task Force One, or AL-TF1, posted on its Facebook page Saturday that crews have begun work in flood ravaged parts of Texas. AL-TF1, along with state partners Saraland Fire and Tuscaloosa Fire (AL-TF5), continues its efforts to traverse the Big Sandy Creek area near Leander, TX.

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

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.

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.

One week has passed since the catastrophic Fourth of July floods and almost 130 people have been confirmed killed in the Texas Hill Country and Central Texas. While citizens, businesses and celebrities from across the state have pitched in to support grieving communities, it's also led to a leadership shakeup in one of Texas' biggest cities.