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City Department Overview

FIRE DEPARTMEnT

Fire Department

The Southlake Fire Department is dedicated to the preservation of
life and property. Our commitment is to provide the highest level of
emergency response, life safety, and community support services to
improve the quality of life for our customers.

DEPARTMEnT HIGHLIGHTS

Gold 2,100 1

The Fire Department has Each of the 2,100 businesses The Southlake Fire
achieved the 2019 Mission: is inspected annually to Department maintains an
Lifeline EMS Gold Level ensure compliance with fire/ ISO rating of 1 from the
Recognition presented life safety regulations. Insurance Services Office
by the American Heart with a score of 97.53, which
Association. This is the is the highest in the history
highest level of recognition 6 of the program. This can
lower insurance rates by as
related to pre-hospital much as 13% for businesses
cardiovascular care Ninety percent of the time, and 11% for homeowners.
the Fire Department arrives
available to EMS providers. on scene in less than six
minutes.
13 18%

The Fire Department has The Fire Department
thirteen core services. 3.2% is staffed with 73 FTEs
The Fire Department 2020 who provide department
General Fund Budget is administration, emergency
$9,582,184 which is a management, community
3.2% increase over the FY initiatives, fire and
22.9% 2019 adopted budget. The emergency services, as well
majority of this increase as fire inspections. The staff
The Fire Department is due to increases in comprises 17% of the City’s
budget is 22.9% of total personnel costs. workforce.
General Fund expenditures.

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