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Fire & EMS Expenses

Fire & EMS expenses cover our contract with the City of Fort Worth for both fire and ambulance
(EMS) services. Fort Worth recently took over MedStar and is currently in the process of
issuing new contracts to MedStar member cities. The fire contract covers all fire protection,
marshal, and plan review services for the city from the four Fort Worth fire stations, all within
five miles of Westworth Village. Due to our police department providing trained emergency first
responder service, our citizens enjoy an approximately $300,000 per year discount on our fire
services contract with Fort Worth. The EMS contract will cover all ambulance services and will
be billed by Fort Worth for actual usage based on a per hour cost analysis of the whole system.
Our first responder program will have no impact on the EMS contract.

Fire Protection and Prevention Expense Overview
Proposed Proposed Proposed Proposed Proposed
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
EXPENSE
FIRE & EMS
Contract $ 386,685 $ 422,536 $ 433,712 $ 455,223 $ 467,080
Total Expenses $ 386,685 $ 422,536 $ 433,712 $ 455,223 $ 467,080

Goals and Objectives:

Goal: Provide efficient and cost-effective fire services.
1. Objective: Maintain a Fort Worth contract service level, with our police department
providing emergency first responder service.
(Note: EMS goals will be added in FY 2026)

Performance Indicators:

FY 2024 FY 2025
Goals Indicator FY 2021 Actual FY 2022 Actual FY 2023 Actual
Projection T arget
1 Per Capita Cost of Fire Services $115 $117 $92 $94 $125
1 # of Fort Worth Fire responses 0 3 5 2 0
1 Fort Worth Fire Service Level 3 (60%) 3 (60%) 3 (60%) 3 (60%) 3 (60%)

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