About the Fire Department

I take great pride in welcoming you to the City of Arlington Fire Department website. This site is an important resource in communicating information to both residents and visitors of our city.

The Arlington Fire Department is made up of 400+ members that serve our community with incredible passion, dedication, and professionalism. These members provide the highest level of care and selflessly face personal sacrifice in the face of adversity each and every day.

As you visit our website, you will find information about emergency services and other programs we provide. Our department includes the following divisions:

• Fire Suppression
• Special Operations
• Training
• Medical Operations
• Special Events Management
• Fire Inspections, Investigations and Education
• Explosive Ordinance Disposal
• Emergency Management and Homeland Security
• 9-1-1 Communications

I am extremely proud to be the Fire Chief of the Arlington Fire Department and am committed to supporting the men and women who serve our community.

Thank you for visiting.

Bret Stidham
Fire Chief and Director of Emergency Management

The Arlington Fire Department team’s mission is to meet and exceed our community’s needs and expectations by providing high quality emergency response, life safety and community support services.

Arlington Firefighters work on a rotating shift of 24-hours on, 48-hours off at 17 fire stations to comprise 3 shifts, designated as A, B and C shift.

• Station #1 – 401 West Main Street
• Station #2 – 1727 Sherry Street
• Station #3 – 1820 South Fielder Rd.
• Station #4 – 1733 West Randol Mill
• Station #5 – 2921 East Randol Mill
• Station #6 – 2620 South Collins
• Station #7 – 4000 Little Rd
• Station #8 – 2020 Madison Drive
• Station #9 – 909 Wimbledon Drive
• Station #10 – 3205 Green Oaks Blvd., S.W
• Station #11 – 2204 Ball Park Way
• Station #12 – 5050 South Collins Street
• Station #13 – 7100 Russell Curry Road
• Station #14 – 5501 Ron McAndrew Drive
• Station #15 – 906 Eden Road
• Station #16 – 1503 Mansfield Webb Road
• Station #17 – 875 Birds Fort

Firefighter Champ Barnes
Champ Clark Barnes, second oldest member of the Arlington Fire Department, died in the service of the Department at 7:45 PM, on March 31, 1951. He passed away as he would have liked, helping to save the property of others while doing service to his fellow man.

Firefighter Ronnie Snow
Ronald B. Snow (FF) ID # 176
Hired 10-12-1981
Death 3-5-1985 @ 1630 hours
Ronny Snow died after being electrocuted while raising an extension ladder during a training exercise outside fire station 7 on March 5th 1985. He was 25 years old with 3.5 years on the job. He was the first career firefighter to die in the line of duty in Arlington.

Captain Ron McAndrew
Ronnie M. McAndrew (Capt.) ID #94
Hired by AFD 6-1-1973
Death 11-14-1990

Apparatus Operator Rick Hosford
Richard G. Hosford Jr. (AO) ID #234
Hired 1-10-1983
Death 9-01-2005

Firefighter Don Hogg
Donald Edward Hogg (FF) ID #318
Hired 2-10-1986
Death 11-19-2009

Our mission is to provide the City of Arlington Texas Fire Department and its firefighters, with a dedicated group of individuals who support the history, traditions and values associated with the Fire Service, and who reflect a positive and professional image of Arlington Texas Firefighters.

The Arlington Fire Department Honor Guard was established on October 8th, 1985. The founding member was Captain Robert Bennett, who began organizing the Guard in the summer of that same year. The purpose of the Guard was to provide a dedicated group of professional Firefighters who would positively represent the Arlington Fire Department, its members, and the Fire Service during special occasions and ceremonies as needed. The Honor Guard originally consisted of only seven members, who had the advantage of military backgrounds. This was necessary to establish protocol and have members with a working knowledge of drill and ceremonies. Additional recruitments to the Guard in 1987, and 1990 increased the membership to fifteen. Currently, the Honor Guard is comprised of 24 active members.

Since its inception the Honor Guard has been a volunteer organization made up of members of the Arlington Fire Department only. These dedicated individuals volunteer their time and resources in support of the Guard’s mission and they reflect the professional commitment the Arlington Firefighters hold towards the Arlington Fire Department, the City of Arlington, the State of Texas, and the Fire Service. The Arlington Honor Guard is supported by the Arlington Firefighters Association, The Arlington Fire Department, its Fire Chief, and the City of Arlington.

For nearly four decades Arlington’s Honor Guard has a distinguished reputation by providing and supporting, color guards, ceremonies, parades, dedications, memorials, and funerals. The Honor Guard has performed these functions both locally and out of State. It is the intent of the Arlington Honor Guard to continue a tradition of providing these services, as a professional courtesy, to those individuals and organizations that have supported the Arlington Fire Department and the Fire Service.

If you should need the Arlington Fire Department Honor Guard to assist you in a particular event, please contact us by email or phone. Our availability depends on our current commitments and our manpower situation. If we are unable to assist you, we can at least help you locate someone who can.

Contact
Division Chief Michael French, Honor Guard Commander
817-991-9084
Michael.French@arlingtontx.gov

Fire Administration

Ott Cribbs Public Safety Building
620 W. Division Street
Arlington Texas 76010
Phone: 817-459-5500
Fax: 817-459-5507
fire@arlingtontx.gov

Fire Prevention

405 W. Main St.
Arlington Texas 76010
Phone: 817-459-5539
Fax: 817-459-5521
fire@arlingtontx.gov

Fire Training

5501 Ron McAndrew
Arlington Tx 76013
Phone: 817-459-6020
Fax: 817-457-4663
fire@arlingtontx.gov

Office of Emergency Management

Ott Cribbs Public Safety Building
620 W. Division Street
Arlington Texas 76010
Phone: 817-459-6939
Fax: 817-459-5764
oem@arlingtontx.gov

The OEM email and telephone line is only monitored during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. If there is an immediate emergency, please call 911.