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DIVISION SUMMARY FY 2024-25 BUDGET

Function Department Division Account
PUBLIC SAFETY FIRE EMS 01-32-02

DIVISION DESCRIPTION:
The primary function of the EMS Activity is to provide emergency medical treatment and transportation of the sick and injured within Benbrook and the
contracted unincorporated areas of Tarrant County. In addition, personnel teach CPR and First Aid Awareness classes to residents and boy and girl scout troops.

EMS personnel train yearly to meet the continuing education requirements set by the Texas Department of State Health Services, they also take classes in
Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support to improve pre-hospital care for our community.
DIVISION GOALS:
• To respond immediately to all calls for emergency medical assistance.

• To provide professional service to the sick and the injured.
• To eliminate equipment downtime through the replacement of older EMS equipment.
• To train all firefighters to the minimum Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) level of certification.

• To decrease the average response time for EMS emergencies.
• To provide adequate maintenance and support to EMS activities.
• To improve the ambulance bill collection through a quality assurance program.

DIVISION OBJECTIVES:
• To monitor expenditures and remain within + or - 5% of the Activity's budget allocation.

• To reduce response time to less than four minutes.
• To reduce scene time to less than 15 minutes.
• To train all new volunteers to a minimum EMT certification level.
• To increase time spent with Benbrook residents through training in the First Aid Awareness Program.

• To monitor the Hepatitis B vaccine throughout the City Staff.
• To continue to monitor continuing education for all EMTs and Paramedics.

• To improve the collection rate for ambulance bills.
DIVISION MEASUREMENTS: ACTUAL ACTUAL ESTIMATED PROJECTED
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25

Percent of Budget Expended 88.3% 86.2% 100.0% 100.0%
Average Response Time in Minutes 6.7 7.2 7.3 7.4
Number of Paramedics 24 27 27 27

Number of Emergency Medical Technicians 6 3 3 3
161
Number of Residents Trained in First Aid/CPR COVID 10 20 50
Number of Emergency Calls 2,433 2,821 3,100 3,400

Percentage of Ambulance Bills Collected 37.5% 36.2% 38.0% 38.0%

Revenue from Ambulance Services $ 919,650 $ 895,725 $ 940,000 $ 950,000