The department operates with eight police cruisers, and all the equipment necessary to carry on their tasks. The city's animal shelter is an approved facility by the Humane Society of Southeast Texas. The city is serviced by four deep water wells, two elevated storage tanks and one ground level storage tank. The city possesses and operates a community center with a seating capacity of approximately 300, with an adjoining fifteen acres, which has a softball field, four Little League fields, and a Pop Warner football field. On the same complex, Bridge City operates a very successful Senior Citizen's Center which is housed in a modern facility.
Meals are available daily as well as activities for senior citizens.
Take-out meals and rides to the center are available. Food commodities for the low-income are given the 1st Thursday of each month at the community center. They operate out of a new ten-bay fire station, which houses a communications control center, weather monitoring station, emergency generator capability, complete police dispatch backup system a large meeting and drill room, offices, dark room, garage, hose tower and a truck and hose wash bay. The fire department also has a chief's car, a rescue van, two 19-ft. The department's Search and Rescue Team is frequently called upon by all areas of Orange and Jefferson Counties for assistance, because of its capability and equipment availability.