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CITY OF SAGINAW
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
2022-2023

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

The Fire Department is responsible for a wide range of services that draw from the multi-faceted
training, skills and capabilities of its personnel to effectively and professionally perform fire
prevention, code application and enforcement, fire suppression, rescue, emergency medical
services, hazardous material mitigation, disaster planning coordination and emergency
management.

The Department is organized into three divisions, all under the direction of the Fire Chief: the
Fire Operations Division, the Fire Services Division and Emergency Management. The Fire
Department currently has a total of 30 employees and operates from two fire stations.

Fire Station #1 is currently located at 400 S. Saginaw Blvd. Shift operations of both stations are
directly overseen by a Battalion Chief who is assigned to operate from fire station #1. Station #1
is staffed by a Fire Lieutenant, an Apparatus Operator and two firefighters as normal staffing.
Adjacent to Fire Station #1 is the Department’s administrative facility housing the offices of the
Fire Chief, the Assistant Fire Chief, the Fire Marshal, and the Emergency Management
Coordinator. The administrative facility also houses the Tarrant County Fire Alarm Center and
the City's “Emergency Operations Center” or EOC.

Fire Station #2 is located at 801 Basswood Blvd. and is staffed by a Fire Lieutenant, an
Apparatus Operator and one or two firefighters depending on the shift. All three shifts are not
currently equally staffed.

The Department aggressively participates in “Automatic Aid” with the Fort Worth, Lake Worth,
Haslet, Blue Mound and Eagle Mountain Fire Departments. This essentially means that for
structure fire and other major incidents, an automatic response to the incident from
participating departments takes place simultaneously consisting of pre-determined apparatus
and personnel.

The Fire Department also aggressively participates in "Mutual Aid" with other fire departments in
the area to both provide and receive aid for incidents that extend beyond normal response
capabilities. A "mutual aid" response is typically initiated by request on an incident by incident
basis.

The Department is also contracted by the Tarrant County Emergency Services District to serve
the unincorporated areas outside our city limits.

The Department is responsible for providing the following emergency services and specialized
functions:

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