FACT SHEET

• Fire Department Budget: $103,562,348 (10/01/2008 to 09/30/2009 Fiscal Year)

• Personnel: 904 Civil Service & 45 Civilian.

• Estimated population served: 700,000+

• Square miles covered: 344

• Workweek (Operations personnel): 56 hours

• Facilities: 42 Stations in 6 Battalions 

• Frontline Apparatus: 37 Engines, 10 Quints, 4 Trucks, 6 Aircraft Rescue, 13 Brush (4x4) Units, 2 Utility/Light & Air, 2 Water Tankers, 1 Command Unit, 1 HazMat/Rescue Squad.

• Reserves Apparatus: 10 Engines, 5 Quints

• Responses: Over 82,000 incidents annually, 60% related to Emergency Medical Services.

• As a minimum, all civil service personnel are trained as Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic. The department operates as a First Responder with patient transportation provided by a third party contractor.

• Specialized areas include: Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, Dive Team / Swift Water Rescue, Technical Rescue, Explosive Ordinance Disposal, and Hazardous Materials.

• Automatic / Contract / or Mutual aid agreements: 13 (Arlington, Benbrook, Blue Mound, Burleson, Denton, Edgecliff Village, Euless, Forest Hill, Haltom City, Hurst, Lockheed Martin, NAS JRB Fort Worth, Westover Hills)

• ISO Rating: 2 (2/10)