Fire Department

Mission Statement

The Hopetopia Fire Department aims to save lives, protect property, provide rescue services, educate citizens, empower volunteers, and promote community safety. Through our state of the art range of equipment, training exercises, emphasis on communication, high standards of excellence, and culture centered around safety and disaster response, we will be able to prevent, diminish, and/or extinguish fires, hazardous spills, and dangerous situations warranting fire department personnel. Additionally, the Hopetopia Fire Department will foster a well-trained, dedicated group of first-responders that excel in bravery, compassion, honor, perseverance, and diligence to help succeed in this mission and serve as role models for our community.

Operations

Who We Are

Table 1 provides a count of the number of FTE staff by position and separately by demographic characteristics of interest to the public.

Table 1: Fire Department Staffing Descriptive Statistics (FTE)
Inspectors Investigators Central office Firefighters Station head Total
White 84 60 129 1589 35 1897
Non-white 15 15 70 397 5 502
Male 75 65 89 1738 30 1997
Female 25 10 109 248 10 402
Non-resident 89 50 99 1242 10 1490
College degree+ 94 75 149 1316 40 1674
Total 100 75 198 1987 40 2399

How We’re Doing

Table 2 reports the average performance of stations in each Ward on our new performance indicators for the first half of 2025.

Table 2: Fire Department Performance Indicators by Ward
NW SW NE SE
Percent of responses w/in 7.5 mins 92 73 53 98
Attendance at monthly fire safety events 15 20 8 12
Community survey rating (5 point scale) 4.3 2.15 1.2 4.6

Current Operations Budget

Table 3 provides an overview of the FY25 budget proposed by the mayor and passed by the city council.

Table 3: Budget Overview
(a) Operations Budget for FY25 (in 1,000s)
Fire 281,537
Operations 181,389
Administrative support 20,235
Support Services 25,296
Prevention and Inspections 24,408
Professional Development 10,254
Management 19,955
(b) Operations Budget for FY25 (in 1,000s)
Fire 281,537
Personnel FT Pay 176,559
Pay - Other 963
Fringe benefits 38,900
Overtime 65,115

FY24 Operations Budget

Table 4 outlines our budget for FY24. Table 4 (a) summarizes the budget by operations and Table 4 (b) summarizes the budget by type of expenditure.

Table 4: Budget Overview
(a) Operations Budget for FY24 (in 1,000s)
Fire 282,037
Operations 181,889
Administrative support 20,235
Support Services 25,296
Prevention and Inspections 24,408
Professional Development 10,254
Management 19,955
(b) Operations Budget for FY24 (in 1,000s)
Fire 282,037
Personnel FT Pay 176,559
Pay - Other 963
Fringe benefits 38,900
Overtime 65,615