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City Of Haltom City Annual Budget, FY2025 General Fund

FIRE DEPARTMENT

Mission Statement

To protect lives and property in our community from the adverse effect of fire, medical, environmental,
and other emergencies through the highest quality of programs and service.

Accomplishment of FY2024

• Reviewed the current EMS system and worked closely with neighboring communities to design a
patient centric, sustainable ambulance service, while being financially responsible with the adoption
of a new MOUA between Haltom City and The City of Fort Worth. (Strategic Goal #3 and Strategic
Goal #4)
• An average response time of 5:11 minutes for the first on unit. (Strategic Goal #3)
• Completed more than 13,000 total training hours and averaged 240 hours per member. (Strategic
Goals #3 & #4)
• Assisted Texas Task Force 1, 2 and TIFMAS with responses to several statewide and federal natural
disasters and collected $594,239.38 in reimbursement expenses and put it back into the General
Fund. (Strategic Goals #3 & #4)
• Inspected all hotels, schools, apartments, and major target hazards. (Strategic Goal #3)
• Completed 53 community education and public relation events, reaching approximately 6,082
children and adults. (Strategic Goal #3)

Objectives for FY2025

• Research and explore industry best practices to meet the growing risk and potential hazards of fire
and injury that could come with the new development and growth the city is experiencing. (Strategic
Goal #3)
• Monitor response time segments and evaluate areas where we can lower the overall response times
to high priority calls by enhancing our Shared Services Agreements (Strategic Goals #3 & #4)
• Continue working towards compliance of NFPA 1710 with an average response time of 6 minutes or
less, 90% of the time, to all emergencies. (Strategic Goal #3)
• Continue professional development for all ranks utilizing the TCFP certification program. Average
240 hours per member of documented training annually to help maintain our ISO #1 rating. (Strategic
Goals #3 & #4)
• Complete all business occupancies, hotels, schools, multi-family, and target hazard inspections
annually. (Strategic Goal #3)
• Continue to educate the public about common hazards and health risks, utilizing risk reduction
programs. (Strategic Goal #3)