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pose in the City of Arlington. In FY 2019, Code Compliance completed over 80,000 inspections, abated over 100 graffiti
complaints and removed over 20,000 illegally placed signs.
The Fire Department consists of Fire/Rescue Operations,
Fire Prevention Inspections/EOD Services, Medical
Operations/Public Health, Fire Training, Resource
Management, the Office of Emergency Management, 9-1-1
Dispatch/Public Safety Communication Services, Office of
Special Events, Special Operations Groups, and Business
Services. The Arlington Fire Department team's mission is to
meet and exceed our community's needs and expectations by
providing high quality emergency response, life safety, and
community support services.

The Arlington Fire Department (AFD), Tarrant County College,
and the Arlington Independent School District (AISD) collaborate to provide a two year/college credit program for high school
students who wish to pursue a Firefighter/EMT career. The program allows students to graduate with a certifiable status in
Basic Fire Suppression from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) and a National Registry EMT certification, with
college credits and potential job opportunities. This initiative has served as a model for future AISD vocational credit career
programs. For the 2019-2020 school year, AISD will provide funding support for a dedicated Fire Academy Officer to coordinate
the program. To date, the Fire Academy has completed 8 total classes and ten alumni have been hired by the Fire Department.

In FY 2019, AFD was challenged to respond to a wide range of community service demands beyond typical structure fires and
emergency medical services. The Department opened the new Fire Station 17 on June 1 to provide service to the northern
st
parts of the City, including the Viridian master planned community and the City’s River Legacy Parks. The station was
constructed by the Viridian Development Corporation. The Department’s special events team hosted multiple large concerts
including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, and Paul McCartney; and other major events such as KAABOO Texas, Spartan Race,
Monster Jam, Supercross, PBR Bull Riding and American Rodeo, the Big 12 Championship, and the Cotton Bowl. In May of
2019, the Arlington Fire Department’s Office of
Emergency Management achieved reaccreditation by
the Emergency Management Accreditation Program
(EMAP). EMAP is an assessment and accreditation
process for disaster preparedness programs
throughout the country, fosters excellence and
accountability in emergency management and
homeland security programs, by establishing credible
standards applied in a peer review accreditation
process. During FY 2019, the Department retired two
members of the K9 team; Bo and Leroy. After these
retirements, the department welcomed five new
members of Fire Prevention’s K9 team; Rocket,
Raton, Kiara, Crow, and Shiner. All of them are 1 – 2-
year-old Lab mixes.

The Library Department’s mission is to open doors to ideas, information, and
imagination for our diverse community. Our goals align and support of the City’s
strategic initiatives with a focus on supporting youth and families, and champion
great neighborhoods. The Library team strives to meet these goals through
collaboration, innovation, passion, and hard work. In FY 2019, 92% of surveyed
library users rated the overall quality of library services as excellent or good.

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