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CITY OF SAGINAW
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

2024-2025

FIRE

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 newly located at 700 W. McLeroy 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 City's
“Emergency Operations Center” or EOC and the department's training room.

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 and Lake Worth Fire
Departments. This essentially means that for structure fires 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 Haslet, Blue Mound, Eagle Mountain
and 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:

FIRE SUPPRESSION: Responsible for rapid response to any explosion, fire or fire-related emergency for the
purposes of rescue, control, extinguishment and mitigation.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL (FIRST RESPONDER): Responsible for immediate response to any medical
emergency or injury for evaluation, treatment and stabilization, providing both basic and advanced life-support
level care. Currently all saginaw fire personnel are dual role certified meaning all personnel carry a License
from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection as a Firefighter and a License from the Texas Department of
State Health Services as an Emergency Medical Techincian-Paramedic.

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