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May is National Wildfire Awareness Month. To encourage community members to take steps to protect their homes and businesses, City of Austin and Travis County officials held a joint press conference on Friday.

Community Members Invited to Review Plan

CERT Basic training will be offered to the public at no cost this summer to provide disaster preparedness education.

April Emergency Preparedness Pop-Up will be at John Gillum Branch Public Library on April 15 from 3-6 p.m.

Central Texas is known as Flash Flood Alley. Prepare now and stay weather aware so you are ready when the storm hits.

Community members are invited to help shape Austin’s Hazard Mitigation Action Plan (HMAP) on April 16.

Two public input meetings for the 2026 update of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan are slated for April 8 and 9.

There will be a statewide test of local emergency alerting systems on Thursday, April 2. Cities, counties, school districts, universities, and others with alerting capabilities to participate.

Austin, TX – As temperatures continue to rise and conditions across the region improve, the City of Austin has deactivated the Austin-Travis County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as of Wednesday at noon. The coordinated city and countywide…