The Fire Services Dive Team consists of firefighters trained and certified as divers whose primary responsibility is the recovery of drowning victims from any local lakes or waterways. Department members who volunteer for this special duty furnish their own equipment and train on their own time, thus providing a valuable service at little cost to the City. The Dive Team is activated at the request of any fire department or law enforcement agency In Williamson County. This program involves fire companies conducting pre-incident planning on high target hazard areas. Each fire station is responsible for the high target hazards in their assigned territory.
Fire companies conducting pre-incident planning remain available for emergency response.
Most of the public education activities performed by fire companies have a positive impact on children as well as adults. Fire station tours and on-site fire prevention programs throughout the year. All personnel assigned to emergency response duties are required, under the certification guidelines established by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and the Texas Department of Health, to attain a minimum number of training hours annually. The Operations Division schedules the monthly training class, which are taught by on-duty personnel. The uses the NFPA Color Coding System.