Page 148 - City of McAllen - Approved Annual Budget Book FY 24-25

City of McAllen, Texas Adopted Budget 2025

Fire
https://www.mcallen.net/departments/fire
PERFORMANCE MEASURES Description:
Actual Goal Estimated Goal The Fire Administration/
FY 22-23 FY 23-24 FY 23-24 FY 24-25 EOC / Emergency
Inputs: Communications Center
Number of firefighting authorized is located at 201 N.
positions 182 182 182 182 21st� The Department
Number of inspectors 5 5 5 5 is comprised of: (1) Fire
Number of Airport assigned Chief, non-civil service
firefighters 12 12 12 12 employee, (180) civil
Number of Public Education service firefighting
Officers 1 1 1 1 personnel, (20) civilian
Number of front line fire engines 8 8 8 8 employees, including
Number of reserve fire engines 5 5 5 5 administrative personnel�
Number of front line ladder trucks 2 2 2 2 The Department has
Number of reserve ladder trucks 2 2 2 2 physical resources of
Number of front line heavy rescue (7) sub-stations located
units 1 1 1 1 throughout the city,
Number of reserve heavy rescue (1) Training Field, (1)
units 1 1 1 1 Warehouse, and (55)
Department Expenditures $ 24,045,770 $ 25,521,039 $ 26,096,280 $ 26,625,320 total fleet (e.g. fire trucks,
Outputs: pumpers, ladder trucks,
Fire Alarms vehicles)�
Total Alarm Responses 6,338 6,500 6,000 6,000
Alarms out of city 68 40 35 40
Multiple Alarms 4 3 3 3
Airport Alerts 11 5 6 7
Operations Division
Number of vehicles maintained by
fire service personnel 58 57 56 59
Total Man hours @ fires 10,850 11,000 10,000 10,500
Civilian Casualties (All Incidents) - - 8 7
Fire Hydrant Maint� (Man hours) 2,580 3,500 3,500 3,500
Fire Prevention Division
Fire Prevention Presentations 414 300 275 300
Total Audience 57,807 39,000 35,000 39,000
Fire Prevention Inspections 5,268 4,500 4,000 4,250
Fire Prevention Arson Investigations 10 4 6 10
Training Division
Training Man hours-In Service 51,016 70,000 69,000 70,000
Continuous Education 4,108 6,000 6,000 6,000
Hazardous Material Training Hours 1,321 1,000 800 800
Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Training
Hours 2,942 1,800 1,600 1,600
Emergency Medical Training Hours 2,494 2,500 2,000 2,400
Effective Measures:
Average Response Time (Total) 5:40 6:35 6:40 6:30
Call Creation to Dispatch Time 3:12 1:15 1:20 1:10
Enroute to Arrival ( Travel Time) 5:21 4:50 4:50 4:50
Percent estimated property fire loss 1�0% 1�0% 1�5% 1�4%
Efficiency Measures:
Average number of inspections per
inspector per month 439 75 66 72
Number of firefighters per 1000
residents 1�2 1�2 1�2 1�2
Number of firefighters per square
mile 2�9 3�0 2�9 2�9
Department expenditures per capita $ 164�02 $ 176�24 $ 159�47 $ 159�73
Population: 145,790 147,099 147,539 149,383
Notes: *Includes 7 pumpers, 2 trucks and 1 rescue.
5068 hydrants at 10 minutes each times 3 persons�

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