{"id":362863,"date":"2026-07-06T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362863\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:31:12","slug":"austin-firefighters-mow-lawn-clear-debris-after-helping-injured-resident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362863\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin firefighters mow lawn, clear debris after helping injured resident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas  \u2014 When an Austin Fire Department crew showed up to help a South Austin resident who had taken a fall in the yard on Sunday, they didn&#8217;t stop at first aid. They finished the yard work, too.<\/p>\n<p>The Station 29 A-shift crew, consisting of Lieutenant Trevor Copus, Fire Specialist Cody Crawford, and Firefighters Kevin Hajdik and Angel Cisneros, responded to the call for help. It happened at a South Austin residence just before 7 p.m. Sunday, according to the Austin Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/city-of-taylor-announces-500k-investment-in-downtown-revitalization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | City of Taylor announces $500K investment in downtown revitalization<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crew provided care to a resident who had fallen while working in the yard. Afterward, firefighters stayed to finish mowing the lawn and clear away debris, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Caring for our community, in any form, is a privilege,&#8221; the department said.<\/p>\n<p>An Austin Fire Department spokesperson said the adult patient was transported by Austin-Travis County EMS following the call. <\/p>\n<p>CBS Austin reached out to Austin-Travis County EMS for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 When an Austin Fire Department crew showed up to help a South Austin resident who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-362863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}