A national award honoring the effectiveness of Buda’s fire department could in turn lead to lower home insurance rates in the city. Earlier this month, the Buda Fire Department (Emergency Service District No. 8) received a Class 1 rating from the Insurance Service Office (ISO). The rating is an acco...

By Kim Hilsenbeck In the Chaparral Park neighborhood, which dates back to the late 1970s, fire hydrants are only on every other street running north and south. Many private water systems, such as the one in Chaparral Park owned by Aqua Texas, call them flush valves. But they look just like fire hydr...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Lightning strikes are to blame for house fires early Saturday morning that left two Hays County families out in the cold as firefighters battled blazes in two different neighborhoods. Buda Fire Department / Emergency Services District 8 responded to a call at 140 Dugout in the Whis...