FY2019 Arlington Fire Department Annual Report FY 2019 | Page 14

2015
▸100th CPR save since 2011 protocol change
▸EOD team now has nine K9s
▸AFD gets a new advanced Dive boat “Tillie”
▸Ebola protocol initiated due to
occurrence in North Texas
▸TIFMAS teams respond to fires in East Texas
▸Dispatch Staffing Review conducted
▸LABC Gas Well incident in West Arlington
▸AFD testifies on House Bill 40
▸Community Healthcare Paramedic
Program begins
▸AFD serves and protects NCAA
Championship, ACM Awards, and
numerous other special events
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2016
▸AFD Budget Management Audit completed
validating budget management effort & systems
▸Community Paramedic receives US
Conference of Mayors Award
▸AFD serves & protects world record
setting Wrestle-Mania
▸AFD fire watch for two AISD elementary
schools so they can open on schedule
▸Groundbreaking of the Dan Dipert
Career Tech Center
▸AFD participates in regional special
operations “Big X” drills
▸AFD & APD undergo Active Shooter training
▸Fire Training Gas Well device props installed
▸AFD EOD team protects POTUS Dallas visit
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▸Rescue Units in service
▸AFD becomes an ISO-1
▸AFD OEM’s Arlington Ch
Network (ACDN) recog
▸Civil Service implemente
▸AFD recognized by AMA
Community Paramedic
▸Arlington Firefighters res
to Hurricane Harvey
▸AFD Texas Task Force 1
respond to Southeast T
▸AFD TIFMAS serves Tex
coastline communities
▸AFD Response Units op
of Houston Fire Station