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Comprehensive Plan, City of Paris, Texas <br />Municipal Services and Natural Features <br />• Habitat for Humanity, and <br />• Inmate and community squad labor. <br />FIRE SERVICE <br />The City of Paris provides fire service as part of the City Public Safety Department. The City <br />provides first-due fire service within the City corporate limits and rescue service countywide in <br />conjunction with the local Emergency Medical Service. <br />Existing Facilities and Service. The Paris Fire Department maintains three front line Engines <br />with 3-man staffing in three stations. One rescue truck is at Station One staffed with 2 men, and <br />a Deputy Fire Chief is at Station One as designated "Incident Commander". The Ladder truck is <br />stationed at Station One but not staffed; however, if the Ladder is needed, one firefighter is <br />dropped off Engine One to pull the Ladder. Following is a summary of fire service response <br />procedures. <br />When the Paris Emergency Dispatch Center receives a fire call, Engine 1 and Rescue <br />8 are dispatched from Station 1 then either Engine 2 or Engine 3 is dispatched <br />depending on districts. Standard response on a structure fire is two Engine Companies <br />and the Rescue Company. Target hazards, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and the <br />downtown area, are dispatched all three Engine Companies, the Rescue Company, <br />and the Ladder. <br />The City has mutual aid agreements with the Volunteer fire departments in the county. The <br />Volunteer Departments do not have the training and equipment required for structural <br />firefighting. The closest mutual aid for structural assistance is over 50 miles away. <br />The preferred design of any new station would allow living quarters for a 6-person staffing level <br />(4 fire, 2 EMS). The total living area for this design would not exceed 3,250 square feet. Living <br />area for a 4-person design would be approximately 3,000 square feet. The apparatus area would <br />need 3,700 square feet with the recommendation that no less than a three-bay design be <br />constructed. <br />Fire, EMS, and Code Enforcement as of 2000 has administrative offices at the City Annex. This <br />consists of one small wing and a shared part of the lobby. The duties and needs of the <br />department have simply outgrown this space. There is no privacy for the conducting of business, <br />no storage, and no room for layout work, and offices are so small that only two visitors can be <br />seated. The total office handles hundreds of phone calls daily and has numerous walk-in persons <br />needing assistance. This makes the lobby a very busy place, making it very hard to concentrate <br />on EMS billing, code and property research, and general fire department work. Additionally, <br />other departments using the building are cramped and separated. <br />Fire protection for the City of Paris took a giant step forward - in the estimation of the Fire Chief <br />- with the construction of Station One in 1997 at 1444 North Main. This was initially planned in <br />1990 and was completed last year. This construction was to be the beginning momentum to <br />reconstruction of the department. <br />S:\98288\WPN'ma1 rcpon 2-01.ik,c 29 B WR <br />