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Welcome From Chief Danny Kistner
The McKinney Fire Department (MFD) strives to be a progressive, innovative and critically-thinking organization that optimizes opportunities to serve you. We offer the best in customer service and care and are always in search of a better way of operating. Our mission is to promote and protect the community’s health and safety through dynamic programs, professional services, and continuous quality improvement.
In 2019, we continued to concentrate on key areas that help us fulfill our mission and the McKinney City Council’s goal of providing a safe and secure community. Our key areas of focus are to:
WE ACCOMPLISHED THESE GOALS THROUGH SEVERAL INITIATIVES | |||||
Construction is underway on McKinney Fire Station 10 located in Trinity Falls. It includes firefighter training facilities. The building should be completed and staffed in the spring of 2020. | One-hour course teaches people how to perform hands-only CPR and Stop the Bleed. | New hires included a professional engineer to review plans for new developments. | To better serve the residents of McKinney, the fire department added three new state-of-the-art fire engines and a medical unit. |
Enacting our strategic plan results in dividends to the community by providing us with greater competence and effectiveness. Defibrillators were placed in all public facilities, training was provided to residents for hands-only CPR and “Stop the Bleed,” the outdoor warning system was upgraded, and construction began on Fire Station #10 in Trinity Falls.
As you glance through this report, you will observe an organization committed to service and quality improvement. We are proud of our community and the men and women who serve you as members of the McKinney Fire Department.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve,
Danny Kistner, McKinney Fire Chief
MFD’s Ready to React program kicked off with training events all over McKinney. The one-hour class teaches hands-only CPR, Stop the Bleed and AED training. Hundreds of people have been trained so far, making McKinney a better and safer place to live and work. A $20,000 grant from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation paid for Stop the Bleed kits that are being placed all over the city. | |
Future Fire Stations 2019 ushered in new projects including the construction of Fire Station #10, to be completed in March of 2020, and the design of Fire Station #11, to be located in Craig Ranch. Planning is also underway for Fire Station #12 and #13; the stations were approved by McKinney voters in 2015 as part of the city’s 10-year Capital Improvement Program. |
Year in Review
Administration
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TIFMAS The McKinney Fire Department is ready to answer calls for help from across the state. We are a proud member of the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS). It is an unwritten agreement that allows government entities to work together to get emergency help to areas hit hard by devastating events like tornadoes, hurricanes, floods or wildland fires. McKinney Firefighter / Paramedics Chris Harlow and Duke Durham were mobilized as part of TIFMAS and assigned as Wildland Paramedics for the Vivian Fire Located in Foard County. Wildland Paramedics see to the medical needs of the firefighters battling the flames. Wildland Paramedics were added to the program after a firefighter suffered a heart attack and died fighting a wildfire in 2018. |
Training
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MFD Staff Development
Public Information and Education
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Fire Marshal's Office
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Office of Emergency Management
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