2020 FIRE – PROGRAM SUMMARY Program Description The Baytown Fire Department is an all-hazard risk management agency that is divided into four major components: Administration, Operations, Logistics, and Planning. Each section consists of divisions: Administrative/Support, Emergency Response, Emergency Medical Services, Risk Reduction, Emergency Management, Training, and Logistics. Administration is responsible for organizing and directing the activities of the Baytown Fire Department and provides strategic leadership, administrative support, analyzes operations for cost effectiveness, represents the department with government entities and other operating units, processes fire and EMS reports, procurement, budgeting, EMS billing, and coordination with Human Resources on personnel issues. Additionally, Administration oversees the Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Division. The CRR Division is responsible for public education, fire investigations, code inspections of public and mercantile buildings, plans review and code enforcement. The Division provides significant interface with other city, county, and governmental agencies. They ensure compliance with all fire and life safety codes. Properties that are inspected can range from daycare centers, to assisted living facilities, schools, restaurants, and other businesses. Additionally, some items that are inspected include fire extinguishers, fire protection sprinkler systems, fire suppression systems, fire alarm systems, and occupant loads. Fire Operations is responsible for providing high quality, high value emergency and non-emergency services in a prompt, professional, compassionate manner and for assisting with public education on fire and life safety issues. Emergency Response Division personnel provide the following services to the citizens and visitors of Baytown: fire and life safety education, fire suppression, emergency medical services, homeland security preparation and response, hazardous materials responses, technical rescue services, water rescue services and a variety of other emergency and non-emergency services. The fundamental and unique mission of the Baytown Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Division (EMS) is to develop and continually improve our medical care system to ensure high quality patient care and appropriate response in emergency situations. The EMS Division is a customer (patient) based service comprised of men and women who are dedicated to providing the highest level and quality of medical care to our customers – the residents, visitors and guests of our great city, regardless of their circumstances. The EMS Division is responsible for providing the highest quality education for individuals who provide emergency medical services. Planning is responsible for all aspects of Fire Department strategic planning and community risk assessment including the coordination and management of Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) Accreditation and Insurance Services Office (ISO) Public Protection Classification (PPC) Rating requirements. This Section is also responsible for Emergency Management. The Emergency Management (EM) Division coordinates all City-wide preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery for major incidents, disasters, and homeland security threats. The EM Division operates, manages and maintains everal community warning and alert systems and serves as the city’s Data Custodian for the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR), which registers all of our access and functional needs residents for transportation assistance during evacuations, and operates the Community Chemical Emergency Warning Siren System. Emergency Management responsibilities also include; managing, with industry, the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), a Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) mandated community hazardous materials planning, community awareness and education committee; development, review, and maintenance of the City’s Emergency Operations Plan and associated annexes; maintenance and upgrades to the Emergency Operations Center; serving as the reporting and record keeping point for Tier II reports for industry manufacturers and providers; and coordinating FEMA and Homeland Security Grants, pre-and post-disaster federal and state recovery funding, and hazard mitigation grant projects. The Division also provides public education and community outreach initiatives to enhance individual preparedness and manages the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. The EM Division continues to maintain several Memorandums of Understanding and Interlocal Agreements for mutual aid assistance with various response agencies and jurisdictions. Since 2011 the EM Division has been regulating all custodial care facilities in which three or more people reside and receive care. Annually, the Division conducts comprehensive reviews of the emergency plans for these facilities, issues facility permits and helps to maintain and improve those procedures for their residents. Finally, the Division reviews plans for new pipelines that transport regulated hazardous materials to ensure compliance with City and federal hazmat regulations and reviews applications for oil and gas wells to ensure their emergency plans meet requirements set forth in City ordinance. Logistics is responsible for training and professional development of all uniformed personnel and physical resource management that includes fleet, facilities, and equipment. Specific responsibilities include operations of the fleet services maintenance building, maintenance of fleet and facilities, purchase of apparatus and equipment, and construction and management of the Fire Training Field.
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FY20 Proposed Budget