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DRAIT9 <br />........................................................................................ Community Facilities & Services <br />Chapter 8 <br />TABLE 8.3 <br />PROJECTED FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING <br />La Porte Comprehensive Plan Update <br />La Porte, Texas <br />Year <br />Population <br />Career <br />Fire <br />Fighters <br />Nceded <br />Volunteer <br />Fire <br />Fighters <br />Needed <br />Rate / 1,000 <br />Career <br />Inhabitants <br />Volunteer <br />Additional <br />Career <br />Staffing <br />Volunteer <br />s Projected population <br />Source: Wilbur Smith Associates, 1999 <br />The Fire Department has four stations located at the following addresses: <br />• Station One: 124 South 2"a Street <br />• Station Two: 10428 Spencer Highway <br />• Station Three: 1516 Lomax School Road <br />• Station Four: 617 Shoreacres Blvd <br />The stations are located to provide rapid response times. There are some areas of the City that are <br />outside of these optimal service areas. Response times for fires from each of the stations are normally less <br />than four minutes, which is well within the accepted standards. The length of runs has a direct relationship <br />to the amount of time it takes to respond. Therefore, a future consideration of the City as it continues to <br />develop is proper placement and appropriate location for each fire station. Placement of a fire station in the <br />far western portion of the City is a recommended future consideration to meet adequate response times. In <br />addition, dependent upon the status of Farrington Road as to whether it is extended to bridge the current <br />gap, stations 2 and 3 may need to be reconsidered with respect to the proximity to one another and the <br />ultimate location of each station. Another key consideration for the Fire Department is the development <br />and ultimate build -out of the Bayport Terminal and the arrangement with the Port of Houston to provide <br />secondary fire protection services and ambulance service to this proposed new port development. <br />Each station is equipped with a minimum of two engines and one paid fire fighter that is on duty at <br />all times. Volunteers are assigned to each station according to their residence location. In addition to the <br />minimum requirements, Station One has an aerial tower (a ladder truck) and a small rescue unit; Station <br />Two has a heavy rescue unit, and Station Three is assigned a foam unit. Housed at the EMS station in the <br />center of the City are three ambulances, two of which are staffed and one as a reserve unit, and one <br />Page 8-10 <br />........................................................................................ La Porte Comprehensive Plan Update <br />