Oh, Fire Station 14, what can I say? This place is a fantastic Fire Station for many, many…read morereasons. The first is that it is the closest Fire Station to my house, and in the two and a half years that I have lived here, my house has never burned down. Not once. Never so much as singed. Nice work, fellas. The second is that, at Fire Station 14 (and I assume at all the others) you can get some more of Austin's blue plastic recycle bins. While I have heard that the Austin recycling program is perhaps not what it should be, it's better than nothing at all, and they are generous with their recycle bins. You know what you have to do to get some extras? Just go by the Fire Station and ask. They have HUNDREDS. Third, they are extremely good at keeping a healthy positive schedule. When I lived in Lubbock, I lived very close to a Fire Station. Those guys kept a TERRIBLE schedule. They let the people in Lubbock set their houses on fire at 5 or 6 in the morning, ALL THE TIME! Then they went whipping off to those fires, sirens wailing and loud as hell, waking me up every time as they rocketed past my house! The Lubbock Fire Station was VERY inconsiderate. Fire Station 14 is much nicer. The people around here are never, ever allowed to burn themselves up at inopportune times of the day, and the fire trucks never wake me up. But the absolute greatest thing about Fire Station 14 is the Mustaches. When I first went there, to pick up the aforementioned recycling bins, I was shocked at the sheer magnitude of them, both the never ending quantity, and the AMAZING quality. There were Mustaches everywhere, long and think and magnificent, it was like having my fire safety watched over by an entire clan of Viking sailors. These were no wimpy card sharp Mustaches, either. Jimmy Buffet's song had nothing to do with these glorious displays of facial hair, and the guys in Super Troopers haven't got squat on the Firemen of Fire Station 14. The Mustaches seemed to carry the dignity of Great Men, Warriors and Kings, and dare I say, terrible and mighty hairy faced Gods. The Mustaches covered every upper lip in sight like regal and furry vestiges of valor and pride, worn proudly with the air of gunslingers like Wyatt Earp. They were all neatly cleaned, no stray crumbs or dripping soup in these Mustaches, no sir. These were the Mustaches of Men, badges of honor that clearly must be earned in the belly of the great fiery Beast. Thus, I give thanks to the wonderful Mustachioed Protectors of my home at Fire Station 14. Would that I could grow something as elegant and hairy on my face, and stare down the fires of Hell itself along side you. Seriously, every guy in the place had one, I counted like 12.

Kind, patient, efficient professionals. What more can one ask for in public servants? I am…read moretemporarily walking and feeding my son's dog and locked myself out of the house. The morning crew at #14 came to the rescue. Great efficiency! And friendliness to boot.

You know that story of the old lady who calls the fire department to come and get her cat out of a…read moretree? I always thought it was a bit silly. Just enforced the notion of "scaredy cat" who climbs so high he cannot get down. Who would ever call the fire department about a cat? We went on vacation and had our cat-loving friend come over to the house and feed all 5 of our babies. Mind you, I always considered myself a "dog person" and I was raised to believe that there ARE "dog people" and "cat people." When I met My Sweetie, and learned of the 5 cats, I did pause. I am allergic to cat dander. But I fell in love with all 5, sneezes and all. My favorite was Jan which is pronounced "Yawn" - so shy and skittish that "Yawn" really described him well. Sleepy but aware, painfully shy. This was one cat who never needed anyone. The other cats were pretty open about asking for help when they needed something. Not Jan. He seemed afraid of the other cats, especially the alpha male who Jan would never look at, EVER. When we returned from vacation, 4 kitties were happy to see us but not Jan. Disappeared. We thought we heard a cat's slight meow when we walked around the backyard. Haunted by Jan, the memory of the little shy gray persian smooshed face beauty, we went about our lives. Still, every now and again we thought we heard his cry. This was not a constant "meow" but we heard it once at say, 2 in the morning and another time at 6 a.m. Whoever heard it though, said it was clear even if it was ONE meow. Memories... he has run away to another family who WASN'T on vacation. One night at around midnight as we were trying to get the kiddos to bed, we all heard it. All four of us at one time and we all screamed. We ran to the back porch and there it was again. A shadow of a whimper of a "meow" and it was coming from under the deck in the backyard. We got out the lights and sent our boy under the deck searching for Jan. Boy Wonder said he saw him, but every time he would try and reach for him, he would skittish away. SO SHY. Not wanting to ask for help. SO NEEDING HELP. What to do? Rip up the deck. It is midnight and we are going to rip up our deck. We have to. NOW. The four of us look around for tools and then we realize this is a job for professionals. People who know what they are doing. We might hurt him as we rip into the deck with the Sawsall, hammers, and sundry tools that we were frantically gathering but... who to call? At approximately midnight:thirty the XXXL fire-engine-red fire truck pulls up to our house. I know our neighbors were completely freaking out. Four burly firemen quickly rip up our back deck and find a very emaciated grey furr ball who always looked sad in that persian sad kind of way but now looked REALLY sad as he tried to evade capture. He was TINY. This was 2 weeks after our vacation ended, and we were on vacation for 2 weeks. His collar had gotten caught on a nail under the deck and he had tried to escape it but it had wrapped around his right front leg and he had rubbed the area raw trying to get out of this strange jail. All of the skin was GONE - raw like when you cut a chicken breast. Shocking. And the smell... The guys from the fire station just kindly stared at the 4 of us bawling our eyes out... Jan, what has happened to our Yanny Pooh? Really, looking back at it, I think they were some of the kindest, strongest, bravest men in the world. I AM NOT EXAGGERATING! HUGS FOR EVERYONE!!!! They saved our scaredy cat and for that I will always love them.

Took the littles here for a tour of the fire station. You get to see the firemen in their gear, get…read morea tour of their accommodations, and get to check out the trucks. The guys were super nice and patient with all the kiddos. With the recent rains we've received, we got to see them in action as they took off on a call. What a neat activity to do.

We took Ms. Princess here with one of my Mom's groups. The guys were very friendly and patient…read morewith all the kids. They took time to answer all of the questions and showed us around the fire house. They have 3 different kinds of trucks and an ambulance here and explained the differences of each one. And, of course, they showed and explained the tools in the trucks. The firemen had a little pow wow with the kids toward the end of the tour to talk about fire safety, fire escape plans and to show them what a fireman in full fire gear looks like. To top it off, they handed out stickers at the end. I was super impressed because they had enough people working at the station to answer a call in the middle of our tour, but yet have guys stick around and finish the tour. If you are looking for a fire station tour, I would definitely recommend these guys!

My boys are always asking to stop by and we finally did they gave us a tour and they're supper…read moresweet the boys love it! Thank you

The firemen and awesome! If the doors are open and you see a firetruck, stop by and say hello. My…read morekids absolutely love seeing the trucks, and yours will too.

These guys/gals are so professional and amazing with everything that they do! We are so lucky to…read morehave such an amazing group of volunteers!

The Official Travis County Emergency Services District #4 which provides Fire and Emergency Medical…read moreResponse in its jurisdiction within Travis County, TXESD#4 has developed into a modern professional organization with career and volunteer personnel. The fire department covers an area of approximately 58 square miles with population of approximately 30,000 people and responds to around 1,250 Medical and Fire emergencies each year. In Spanish El Oficial del Condado de Travis Distrito de Servicios de Emergencia # 4 que proporciona incendios y respuesta médica de emergencia en su jurisdicción en el Condado de Travis, TXESD # 4 se ha convertido en una organización profesional moderna con personal profesional y voluntario. El departamento de bomberos tiene una superficie de aproximadamente 58 kilómetros cuadrados con una población de aproximadamente 30.000 personas y responde a unas 1.250 emergencias médicas y Fuego cada año.

This review is for Kyle Fire Department's educational offerings. Their EMS educational programs,…read moreboth initial education and continuing education, are as good as good as they get. Their relatively low prices and their excellent instructors show their commitment to providing the best EMS education possible to the Central Texas public safety community. Their training chief has an obvious passion for his work and mission. This shows consistently not only through their course offerings, but their physicial facilities and the equipment that they make available for training. Having previously worked as a paramedic in their service area, I can also say that their firefighters and medical first responders represent their department every bit as well as their training program. For those of you who aren't firefighters, EMTs, or paramedics, they also teach CPR as well. I'd highly recommend their CPR classes, which will be taught by real emergency services professionals. That makes a difference in the class.

Merry Christmas Kyle Fire Department!!! You cruised the…read moreneighborhood tonight with all the bells 'n' whistles going. Thank you so much. We enjoy it every year.