Welcome to  the Buda Fire Department Website! 
 
The Buda Fire Department is a combination paid/volunteer fire department. We provide fire suppression and EMS first response to a 72 square mile area of  northeast Hays County, including the cities of Buda and Hays. We are situated 15 miles south of Austin, Texas along the Interstate 35 corridor.  Hays county is among the fastest growing of counties in the state of Texas.  Established in 1956, the department became part of the Northeast Hays County Rural Fire Prevention District (NEHCRFPD) in 1985 which allowed the fire department to be funded by tax money. In July of 2003 this was converted to Hays County Emergency Service District #8.

The Buda Fire Department has approximately 20 volunteers, 18 career firefighters, a career chief, and a fire marshal  who respond to an average of 1300 calls annually.  Station 1 is staffed 24 hours a day/365 days a year with a crew of four career firefighter/EMTs and Station 3 is staffed 24 hours a day with two career firefighter/EMTs . Our volunteers members are on call.  All of our career staff as well as several of our volunteers are  commissioned by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and are certified as Emergency Medical Technicians.  Our volunteers receive in-house training and are encouraged to attend additional training including: the annual Texas A&M municipal fire school, and training in the topics of swift water rescue, vehicle extrication, wild land fire fighting, and EMS. The Buda  Fire Department is a member of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshal's Association, and is compliant with the standards established by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.

In addition to Fire and EMS services the BFD strives to be an excellent community partner conducting CPR Classes, Free Smoke Detector programs, Fill the Boot for the MDA, as well as attending many annual Buda events like Budafest, Red White and Buda, and the Lion's Club BBQ Cook-Off. 

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