Fort Worth Fire Department

Last May, Fort Worth City Council members unanimously approved a plan to dissolve the region’s longtime EMS provider, MedStar. The city opted to switch to a fire-based EMS system, housed within its fire department.

The Fort Worth Fire Department said the fire was a "very active scene" Wednesday night and advised people to avoid the area.

Law enforcement officers lined up on St. Louis Avenue near John Peter Smith Hospital late Monday morning to pay their respects to a fallen colleague.

After the City Council’s May vote to dissolve longtime North Texas EMS provider MedStar and move to a fire-based system, the city began looking at how best to bring MedStar EMTs and paramedics into the fold. In order to make that happen, representatives from the city, the fire department’s union and MedStar sat down July 12 to discuss needed changes to the collective bargaining agreement that governs fire employee rights. At the top of the list: tweaking how firefighters are defined.

As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, Fort Worth first responders are reminding residents about firework safety.

Fort Worth wants to improve its 911 call response times, and getting more dispatchers in the same room — and using the same technology — could be part of the solution.

Fort Worth Fire Chief Jim Davis asked first responders gathered at the Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex on March 27 to think of a heart.

Fort Worth’s EMS committee will make a recommendation on the future of emergency care in the city come April — and its decision could have ripple effects across the county.

Flames engulfed patches of prairie at southwest Fort Worth’s Chisholm Trail Park, surrounded by apartments, homes, a skate park and a nearby high school. Drivers slowed to watch what appeared to be a massive response by firefighters and city staff.

Fitch & Associates will take the lead on examining Fort Worth’s EMS services, after the City Council unanimously approved a $182,500 contract with the public safety consultant.