Authorities have confirmed at least 119 deaths across six counties, including 59 adults and 36 children in Kerr County. About 173 people are missing. People are looking at who to blame, but for now, most of the arrows are pointing to the Austin Fire Chief.
Austin, Texas Fire Chief Joel G. Baker is facing a vote of no confidence from his men for allegedly denying deployment of emergency crews ahead of the deadly floods that took so many lives.
The Firefighters’ Union made clear it is not about race. It’s about his poor leadership. The Fire Chief is Black.
His men say he is a bully and told firefighters to not even ask to deploy.
Austin, Texas Fire Chief Denied Deployment of Emergency Crews Ahead of Deadly Floods
The Austin Firefighters Association called for the dismissal of Fire Chief Joel G. Baker, citing his refusal to authorize the deployment of the Austin Fire Department’s Special Operations teams,… pic.twitter.com/Wn1bZK2RGz
— Steve Gruber (@stevegrubershow) July 9, 2025
Bob Nicks, the President of the Austin Firefighters Association, believes they could have saved some of those girls if they had been deployed before the flood. He said Baker’s lack of response was “unconscionable.”
The state asked him to deploy Swimmers and he did not do it.
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Austin Fire Chief Joel G Baker faces a potential NO Confidence vote after allegedly blocking Austin firefighters deployment to the floods in Kerr County and Central Texas. pic.twitter.com/UvCE6xYT6X
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Reporter Jack Posobiec thinks he might never have been qualified for the job. If that is true, we need to know so we can make people see the truth.
Austin Fire Chief Joel Baker is a Woke DEI Hire
He failed to pre-deploy rescue swimmers to Kerrville. FACT
He fired a chaplain for opposing trans in sports. FACT
He put ‘diversity’ as his highest priority. FACT pic.twitter.com/4EPumpBorN
— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) July 9, 2025
They should have ignored this colossal POS.
The parents of those children must have heard the warnings. Was any concern expressed to the adults overseeing the camps? Lot of balls dropped…
Austin IS a real lefty part of TX. Living things with NO morals. Just like California…
Some of those arrows need to point to the people running the camp. You do not leave little girls in a place where there was a flash flood warning over 24 hours before they died! That was a flood vulnerable area. The word race should never enter into the conversation by the union. This is another criminally negligent fire chief.… Read more »
Not race, but politics…