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Flower Mound fire chief outlines staffing pressures, a squad pilot and rising apparatus costs
Summary
At a town work session Chief Henley said the fire department handled about 7,452 calls last year, is budgeting about $32.5 million (about 24% of the general fund), and plans a pilot 'squad' to reduce wear on heavy apparatus and better match resources to medical runs.
Chief Henley told the Flower Mound mayor and council at a Feb. work session that the fire department is balancing high call volume and personnel costs while maintaining an ISO Class 1 rating. "We have 148 full time employees," Henley said, describing staffing, seven active stations and plans for an eighth.
The department presented operations and budget context. Henley said the department’s budget was presented in the materials as roughly $32,500,000 and represents about 24% of the town’s general fund. He emphasized that about 60% of the department’s calls are medical in nature and that the department ran 7,452 calls last year, projecting roughly 7,500 calls in 2025.
Why it matters: medical calls and false alarms drive much of…
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