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Department Structure

The Baytown Fire Department is organized into four primary sections: Administration, Logistics, Planning, and Operations. This structure supports the department’s mission to serve our community and improve the quality of life of our residents through effective emergency response, hazard mitigation, risk reduction activities, and public engagement.

Administration
Logistics
Planning
Operations

Administration

Logistics

Logistics

Logistics is responsible for the physical resource management that includes fleet, facilities, and equipment. Specific responsibilities include operations of the fleet services maintenance building, manager for any new projects, maintenance of fleet and facilities, purchase of apparatus and equipment.

Planning

Planning

Planning is responsible for all aspects of Fire Department strategic planning and community risk assessment. The Strategic Planning Section coordinates and manages Accreditation and Insurance Services Office (ISO) Public Protection Classification (PPC) Rating requirements.

Additionally, Planning 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 Planning 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.

Operations

Operations 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
Variety of other emergency and non-emergency services

Responsibilities

The responsibility of the Operations Section is to utilize the Department's human resources to deliver a wide variety of emergency and non-emergency services. Fire suppression and EMS operations are carried out in three battalions with personnel working a 48-hour on and 96-hour off schedule with a Commander assigned to each battalion. The Commanders hold the rank of Battalion Chief.

Districts

The City of Baytown is organized into seven (7) fire districts along with five (5) medical districts. The Emergency Response Division is comprised of 153 uniformed firefighters operating out of:

Seven (7) fire stations with seven (7) engines
Five (5) M.I.C.U. ambulances
One (1) Aerial Tower

The division provides fire protection, Advanced Life Support, and medical first responder service to over eighty thousand citizens with a service coverage area of over 36 square miles within the City of Baytown. The division also provides fire protection and EMS response to the Emergency Services District #75 and Improvement Districts in West Chambers County.

The Operations Section also operates four Special Operations Units; a Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team, a Technical Rescue Team, a Marine land-based firefighting team, and a Wildland Task Force with each operation having their own specialized response apparatus and equipment.