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Fire

B ill Wa lke r
F i r e Chi ef

The Adm i ni s t rat i o n D i v i s i o n i s r es po ns i bl e f o r t he o v eral l m anag em ent o f t he F i r e D epar t m ent . S peci { cal l y , r es po ns i bi l i t i es
i ncl ude per s o nnel s er v i ces and m anag em ent , r eco r ds m anag em ent , budg et m anag em ent , and per s o nnel t rai ni ng i n t he
ar eas o f F i r e S uppr es s i o n, EMS , Hazar do us Mat er i al s , S af et y and S peci al i zed Res cue O perat i o ns , s ev er e weat her and o t her
em er g ency m anag em ent f unct i o ns .

The Adm i ni s t rat i o n D i v i s i o n i s al s o r es po ns i bl e f o r t he F i r e Mar s hal ' s O f { ce, whi ch i ncl udes enf o r cem ent o f al l { r e co des , { r e
o r i g i n and caus e det er m i nat i o n, ar s o n i nv es t i g at i o ns , bui l di ng pl an r ev i ew, and publ i c { r e educat i o n, i ncl udi ng t he Ci t i zen' s
F i r e Academ y and t he annual O pen Ho us e. F i r e Mar s hal ' s o f { ce i s al s o r es po ns i bl e f o r i s s uance o f per m i t s i ncl udi ng but no t
l i m i t ed t o : { r e al ar m , { r e s pr i nkl er , and v ent -a-ho o d pr o t ect i o n s y s t em s .

The Em er g ency O perat i o ns D i v i s i o n i s r es po ns i bl e f o r r es po ndi ng t o t he em er g ency needs o f t he ci t i zens and v i s i t o r s t o t he
Ci t y 24 ho ur s a day . Thes e needs co ns i s t o f , but ar e no t l i m i t ed t o : { r e s uppr es s i o n, r es cue, em er g ency m edi cal s er v i ces , and
hazar do us m at er i al s em er g enci es . Em er g ency O perat i o ns D i v i s i o n i s r es po ns i bl e i n ens ur i ng al l per s o nnel m eet m i ni m um
t rai ni ng and cer t i { cat i o ns r equi r em ent s as de{ ned by Texas Co m m i s s i o n o n F i r e Pr o t ect i o n ( TCF P) and t he Texas
D epar t m ent o f S t at e Heal t h S er v i ces ( TD S HS ) .

The Em er g ency O perat i o ns D i v i s i o n al s o act i v el y par t i ci pat es i n publ i c educat i o n pr o g ram s . Thes e pr o g ram s i ncl ude { r e
s af et y educat i o n, t he D epar t m ent ' s F i r e & Li f e S af et y Educat i o n ( F .A.L.S .E.) Cl o wn Tr o upe, Ci t i zen' s F i r e Academ i es , S t at i o n
To ur s , and S m o ke D et ect o r Pr o g ram s .

FY 2020-2021 Highlights

New Reco r ds Manag em ent s y s t em f o r { r e r epo r t i ng .
B es t Pract i ces
IS O Rat i ng
New Ladder Tr uck
New Eng i ne
Expenditures Summary

In F Y 2021, a po r t i o n o f t he s al ar i es f o r po s i t i o ns dedi cat ed t o CO V ID r es po ns e wer e budg et ed f r o m t he al l o cat i o n o f f undi ng
f r o m t he CARES Act f r o m t he F ederal G o v er nm ent . In F Y 2022, t hes e am o unt s hav e r ev er t ed t o t he G eneral F und.
Addi t i o nal l y , t hi s y ear ' s budg et i ncl udes f undi ng f o r a par t -t i m e Em er g ency Manag em ent Co o r di nat o r . The budg et al s o
i ncl udes i ncr eas es i n pr o g ram f undi ng , updat es t o t he t rai ni ng r o o m and i ncr eas es i n t he t rai ni ng budg et . The s av i ng s
i dent i { ed ci t y -wi de al l o wed f o r i m pr o v em ent s t o t he Publ i c S af et y s t ep pl an, whi ch r es ul t ed i n an i ncr eas ed per s o nnel
budg et f o r t he F i r e D epar t m ent .

"9,525,971 $885,552

(10.2 5% vs. prior year)

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