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2024-25 ANNUAL PROGRAM OF SERVICES

Fire Department

Fire improves the quality of life and safety of the community by providing the highest level of services
through, Community Risk Reduction, Emergency Responsiveness and Training.

Emergency Medical Services provides a system that responds to emergencies in need of highly skilled
pre-hospital professionals. The professionals are often the first to identify a health care crisis in the
community and act as a critical component of emergency management. Medical emergencies make up a
majority of the services the Burleson Fire/EMS Department provides. The EMS mission is to provide the
highest quality of compassionate patient care achievable. The department will strive to do no harm,
provide high quality customer service, and be the professionals our community expects us to be.

Fire Marshal/Community Risk Reduction Division exists to save lives and property through the
prevention of hazards and emergencies and make Burleson a safer place to live. This is accomplished by
identification, elimination, education, and prevention of hazards and emergencies.
Office of Emergency Management is responsible for the emergency preparedness of the city against
hazards, risks and vulnerabilities. Through planning, training, and exercises the office of Emergency
Management assesses the city’s ability to prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from all
disasters whether natural or manmade.

Goals for FY 2024-2025

o Establish a professional development plan for the organization for all ranks
o Develop key metrics for future fire station covering the western sector of Burleson
o Design and implement a strategic fire training program
o Initial planning phase for future western sector fire station
o Strategic inventory plan for operational and capital equipment
o Complete current year’s Outdoor Warning System (OWS) implementation
o Continued improvements with Emergency Operations Center training and equipment
o Reestablish department curriculum for a Rescue Task Force, training all members in active
threat situations
o Enhanced community presence with community risk reduction programs, stop the bleed
education, hands only CPR, drowning and fall prevention
o Improve presence with fire code enforcement specific to building and development in the areas
of plan reviews, site inspections, employee education on fire code topics
o Collaborate with building services to update the city’s design manual to include practical fire-
code based development

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