Who is Joel G Baker? Austin fire chief faces potential 'no confidence' vote over Texas ...

Chief Joel G Baker of the Austin Fire Department faces allegations that he denied the deployment of Austin's firefighters amid the floods in Central Texas over the weekend. The Austin Firefighters Association (AFA) alleged in a Facebook post on Monday that Chief Baker did not allow firefighters from Austin to help in the flood rescue efforts in Kerr County. Chief Joel G Baker of the Austin Fire Department. (Source: website of the City of Austin) The AFA said that...