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DEPARTMENT OUTLINE: FIRE

The mission of our fire department is the protection of life and property of the citizens of
Kennedale through public education, fire prevention code enforcement, and the response of
highly-trained professional emergency response personnel.

Our main objectives for FY 26 are:

• Provide a safe work environment with professionally trained Firefighter Paramedics by
providing quality equipment, training and updated technology.
• Reduce Overtime expenses by increasing and maintaining staffing.

• Customer satisfaction – internally and externally.
• Maintain a high standard of care in Emergency Medical Services.
• Increase our community education programs to reduce fire loss and injury to our
citizens.

PRIOR YEAR RESULTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Fire Administration became fully staffed with Fire Chief, Fire Captain, Fire Inspector and
Administrative Assistant

• Completed move to a temporary fire station and started the construction of the new
Fire Station 59

• Increased the number of fire inspections resulting in better communications with area
businesses and safety towards fire prevention

• Successfully completed numerous community events and programs
• Increased training with police department
• Updated the department fee schedule
• Reimbursement of ambulance purchase from Tarrant County ESD - $567,000

SHORT-TERM (FY26) GOALS

• Evaluate and maintain quality reaction time to all dispatched Fire and EMS incidents
• Continue to provide average response times to incidents under five minutes
• Establish a plan to complete at least 300 annual fire safety inspections of businesses in
the City of Kennedale
• Apply and begin process for Best Practices accreditation for Kennedale Fire Department
• Complete construction of Fire Station 59 and begin fire operations and incident
responses by Summer of 2026
• Replacement of outdated Automated External Defibrillators and provide for more
efficient safer fire operations with improved new fire hose lines and nozzles

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