Fire Department
Welcome! The Princeton Fire Department is a combination department staffed with approximately forty-five (45) firefighters who are either full time, part-time, or volunteer. Our department serves roughly forty-four (44.62) square miles of incorporated city, and unincorporated county area, plus we have an additional 10 squares miles of Lake Lavon responsibility. We currently have one central station housing seven (7) pieces of primary response apparatus and several support vehicles. All of our full and part-time firefighters hold multiple certifications with the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and are either an EMT or paramedic with the Texas Department of State Health Services. The majority of our volunteers also hold both state fire and EMS certifications. We provide Advanced Life Support EMS and an All Hazards Fire Response capability. These firefighters spend many hours, serving the community, training, and responding to over 2,200 calls annually. In addition to responding to emergencies, our firefighters also provide public education programs and assist the Fire Marshal’s Office with fire prevention initiatives. Commendably, our volunteers do much of this on their own personal time. Our goal is to provide an effective, well trained team of professionals to be there when called upon. Our current Insurance Services Office (ISO) Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating is a 2. We hope this website provides you the information you need. Please navigate through the site using the links on the right to see the services we can provide.
Mission Statement
To provide the City of Princeton and the surrounding community with a qualified team of trained professionals whose primary focus is to protect life, property, and the environment through public education, fire prevention, and emergency scene management.
Tom Harvey,
Fire Chief
Tom Harvey is the Fire Chief for the City of Princeton. He has been with the city since October of 2013. The Fire Chief is primarily responsible for evaluating the community’s risks to prevent loss of life or destruction of property as a result of fire or other hazards, and to provide administrative direction and leadership for all Fire Department functions, operations, and personnel through the supervision of its staff. His responsibility also includes development, review and implementation of all fire protection policies and procedures in accordance with the municipal, state and federal legislation, and the office of the Fire Marshal. Most importantly, the Fire Chief is charged with providing for the health, welfare, and safety of the community’s citizens and the department’s emergency response team. [email protected].