Their primary responsibilities are to protect life, property, and the assets of the City from any emergency situation through preparedness, prevention, public education, the development and enforcement of fire codes, emergency medical services, fire suppression and hazardous material incident response. In addition to emergency related duties, the firefighters are responsible for the general upkeep and maintenance of each fire station including its equipment and surrounding grounds. Since there are more trucks than medic units, they usually get there sooner and begin treating the patient while the medic units are in route. Every fire truck is staffed with a captain, driver and ideally, two firefighters. The helmets are color coded for easy identification.
Yellow helmets identify captains, and red helmets are for drivers and firefighters.
The Fire Department has several levels of chiefs, who all wear white helmets. The Corpus Christi Fire Department's Fire Prevention Bureau is responsible for enforcing local fire codes and investigating all fires. The primary job of the inspector is to ensure that fire and life safety codes are obeyed.