FY2015 Arlington Fire Department Annual Report FY 2015 | Page 13

FY 2015 Accomplishments
AISD Career and Technical CenterAISD Fire Academy

Emergency Operations Training
for City Departments

In FY 2015, the
Arlington Fire
Department
provided input
on the design and planning phase of the AISD
Fire Academy Classroom and Training Field at
the new AISD Career and Technical Education
Center (CTEC). The facility will include 4,500
square feet of classroom space, an apparatus
bay, outside training area, and training tower.
The new AISD school will be located on
Browning Drive at the current Hutcheson Junior
High School address. The center is scheduled to
open in August 2017.

The Office of Emergency
Management (OEM)
provided training to City
departments on the
purpose, role, and
activation of the
Emergency Operations
Center. Topics included
the operational structure of the EOC and
detailed purposes of Emergency Management.
The training also reinforced the concept that
departments are the subject matter experts for
their areas of responsibility.

AISD Fire Academy Program
The AISD Firefighter/EMT Academy,
a cooperative effort between the
Arlington Fire Department, Arlington
Independent School District, and
Tarrant County College graduated its
third class in June 2015. Quality
instruction and coordination by AFD
instructors have been the keys to
the program’s continued success.
Training is based on the Texas
Commission on Fire Protection
Basic Fire Suppression (TFCFP)
curriculum. To date, eight AISD
Academy graduates have been
offered positions as Arlington
Firefighter Trainees, three
have been hired by other
fire departments, and four
are working for ambulance
companies.

FY15 Positive Budget Outcomes
Proactive management
efforts to improve budget
efficiencies allowed the Fire
Department to purchase
additional needed priority
items: five new Fire-Rescue
chainsaws, a new complete
set of rescue tools for a truck company,
additional fire hose and nozzles, Class A foam,
additional Nomex uniforms and t-shirts, wildland
firefighting equipment,
dive rescue
equipment, and a
bunker gear extractor
for Fire Station 14.

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EXCELLENCE