Austin Fire Chief Who Refused To Deploy Rescue Boats For Flood Victims Was A DEI Hire

The Federalist ^ | 23 Jul, 2025 | Auguste Meyrat

[MtnClimber]

The thing is always the revolution.

[Amagi]

Shocking

[FlingWingFlyer]

Austin. Probably had a thing against those white peoples.

[SmokingJoe]

“Austin Fire Chief Who Refused To Deploy Rescue Boats For Flood Victims Was A DEI Hire”

No surprise there.

[pawpawrick]

like the police chief in NOLA when that Muslim drove into a crowd. They are all unqualified.

[Seruzawa]

“The decision about how to allocate resources to help our fellow Texans is not a simple one. It requires communication from public safety partners on the ground to ensure we are providing resources and personnel when, where and how they are most needed.”

Weasel words if Ive ever heard them.

[1Old Pro]

e was a DEI hire who would implement DEI-driven policies in the city’s fire department. According to a report from The Blaze, Baker was “touted as Austin’s ‘first African-American fire chief,’” and had “prioritized diversity and increasing the number of ‘minority applicants.’”

This is happening in most cities. The Albany NY (state capital) Police chief was a DEI hire. Working closely with the progressive sanctuary city Dem mayor - crime has skyrocketed as expected. This is repeated across the country.

[xp38]

Keeping Austin Weird

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Why is this guy still on the job?

[fireman15]

I have personal experience working with DEI hires who were my supervisors. They were completely incompetent and embarrassments to the department. Fortunately, there were enough of us who knew what their limitations were and how to handle them that we were able to avoid loss of life in challenging situations.

These were people who were hired and promoted during a period of time when there was a big push for rectifying perceived past discrimination by politicians who had come into power in our municipality.

[albie]

Duh

[albie]

You can tell by looking at the boob he doesn’t have brains God gave a goose

[milagro]

A truly tragic case showing that DEI=DIE!

[SmokingJoe]

Yes.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Because he has a DEI boss of course.

[Bernard]

The whole reason to have an emergency response agency like a fire department is to have them respond to emergencies. As in "drop everything and run toward the alarm bells".

DEI or not, this guy is just another LIFER (if you need to know what the acronym means, the first two words are "Lazy Idiotic" and the last two words are "Expecting Retirement".

At best, this guy is qualified to be in charge of the mops and brooms at a local DMV location.

[JBW1949]

Instead of using “DEI”, why not just go ahead and use “RACIST”??????

[Delta 21]

The guy looks confused just setting there.

[nopardons]

BTTT