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WELCOME TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON, AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT GUESTS TO START OFF WITH.
TODAY WE HAVE GLORIA CARILLO, AND WE HAVE CLAUDIA FROM OUR CITY, OUR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
AND LADIES, IT MUST BE MAY BECAUSE SOMETHING BIG IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN IN MAY, RIGHT, GLORIA? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE STARTING OFF, UH, CINCO DE MAYO.
IT'LL BE ON SATURDAY, MAY THE FOURTH.
THE LINEUP IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, GETTING TOGETHER AT TRAVIS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE AND WE'VE GOT A BIGGER PARKING LOT.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE AT TRAVIS ON, ON 15TH STREET LINING UP OUR GRAND MARSHALL NATIONAL LULAC PRESIDENT DOMINGO GARCIA, DEPUTY GRAND MARSHALL STATE REPRESENTATIVE JA JESSICA GONZALEZ.
AND GLORIA, TELL US WHAT YOUR POSITION IS NOW WITH OS EI AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE HISPANIC ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURE AND EDUCATION.
THAT'S A 5 0 1 C3 THAT PUTS ON CINCO DE MAYO.
IT ALSO PUTS ON NO, IN DECEMBER, AND ALSO PARTICIPATES ON NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE A HUGE CONS CONCERT IN, UH, OCTOBER, OCTOBER THE FOURTH.
WE'RE BRINGING IN SOME TENDERS FROM MEXICO AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENT.
AND, UM, ACTUALLY THE PARADE IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PARADES IN THE CITY.
THAT IT IS THE LARGEST PARADE IN THE CITY.
LAST YEAR THAT PARADE HAD OVER 3,500 PEOPLE IN THE PARADE, AND, UH, THE PARADE TOOK OVER TWO HOURS.
OUR OPENING CEREMONIES WERE SUPPOSED TO START AT 12, AND THE PARADE JUST KEPT COMING.
SO WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, OUR SOCIAL GROUPS, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR CITY.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.
AND IT BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, DOESN'T IT? ABSOLUTELY.
IT BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
BILL SCAR WILL DO OUR INVOCATION TO START OUR FESTIVITIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CELEBRATION.
AND AT CITY HALL DOWNTOWN THE ENTIRE DAY, WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF ENTERTAINMENT.
UH, THE BEST PART, I THINK ARE THE KINDERGARTEN KIDS WHEN THEY COME UP THERE ON THE STAGE TO PERFORM.
AND ANOTHER, UH, ASPECT IS WE, UM, GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS AWARD WINNER.
WE ARE HONORING, UH, 20 STUDENTS FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND, UH, THIS YEAR, UH, AS CINCO DE MAYO WILL BE AWARDING $40,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRAND PRAIRIE STUDENTS, THIS MAKES RIGHT AT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT OUR GROUP HAS GIVEN OUT IN SCHOLARSHIPS.
UH, WE HAD OVER 70 THAT APPLIED FOR OUR SCHOLARSHIP, AND WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO, TO 20, AND I WISH THAT I COULD HAVE DONE 70.
UM, WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENT.
GREAT FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR STUDENTS.
EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED NOW, UM, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE BEEN DOING THIS? THIS IS OUR 36TH YEAR, 36 YEARS.
AND, UH, MS. RUTHIE WAS, WAS WITH US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
SHE SERVED, UH, SHE WAS IN THE PARADE.
SHE WAS A JUDGE FOR THE PARADE, AND SHE ALWAYS, ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME IN, IN THAT EVENT, SO, OH, YES.
AND YOU HAVE SO MANY OTHER WAYS THAT, UM, HASEK, UH, CONTRIBUTES TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE, IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, IS THE ART CONTEST.
ALL OF THOSE, THE STUDENTS AND THE ART CONTEST WILL BE FEATURED IN OUR 2024 CIN DE MAYO BOOK, WHICH WILL FEATURE ALL OF OUR SPONSORS.
WE HAVE, UM, UH, A LOT OF NEW SPONSORS THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE LA TAPIA BAKERY, WE HAVE SARAH NATIONAL, AND AIRBUS.
AND, UH, IT JUST, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT THEY SUPPORT OUR MISSION.
AND OF COURSE, THIS IS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN YOU ALL AND THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO, YEAH, YOU CAN TELL THERE'S EXCITEMENT AROUND THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? NOT JUST, UH, WITHIN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, BUT IN GENERAL.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST, UH, ATTENDED EVENTS IN OUR CITY.
SO WE ARE, ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE A GRAND PRAIRIE PRIDE.
WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS EVENT THAT MAKES, UM, THAT BRINGS SO MUCH JOY, NOT ONLY TO THE GRAND
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PRAIRIE, UM, DISTRICT, BUT ALSO TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.THEY COME OUT, UM, UH, FAMILIES JOIN THE FESTIVITIES.
SO IT'S A GREAT CELEBRATION OVERALL.
YES, IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR THE WHOLE CITY, WHICH IS EXCITING.
AND WHAT TIME SHOULD THEY START LINING UP AND WHERE DO THEY PARK? WELL,
AND, UH, THE PARADE ROUTE IS FROM 15TH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CITY HALL PLAZA.
UH, IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EVENT.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE COMES OUT AND ENJOYS THE FOOD, THE MUSIC, OUR MARIACHI PROGRAM IS INCREDIBLE.
OUR, OUR STUDENTS WILL BE PERFORMING AND THEY HAVE WON ALL SORTS OF NATIONAL AND STATE AWARDS, SO WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THEM.
NOW WILL THERE BE FOOD TRUCKS OR, YES.
UH, AND WILL THERE BE ARTS AND CRAFTS WHERE I CAN SHOP A LITTLE BIT
SO
COME AND SEE YOUR CHILDREN PERFORM, COME AND HEAR OUR, OUR STUDENTS, OUR MARIACHI PROGRAM.
AND I'M SO PROUD OF MARIACHI AND BALLET FOLK LOCO.
UH, OVER SOME 30 SOME ODD YEARS AGO, WE PETITIONED THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THOSE PROGRAMS, AND NOW THEY'RE RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND, UH, IT IS CLAUDIA, IS IT FAMILY FRIENDLY? OH, YOU BET.
WE WANNA HOLD THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO ATTEND.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SAFE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.
YOU'LL SEE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENT.
SO COME ON OUT AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.
AND I LOVE, THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS AS, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, IS SEEING THE KIDS NOT ONLY ON THE FLOATS, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE LINED UP ON THE STREET AND THEY'RE SO EXCITED TO GET A LITTLE PIZZA.
LADIES, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW? JUST THAT WE ARE ALL PRAYING FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY, A BEAUTIFUL, SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL DAY, COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
AND ESPECIALLY, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LINDA ELLISON, TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE, UH, THEIR PARTICIPATION, CITY PARTICIPATION, THIS EVENT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND ALL OF OUR SOCIAL SERVICE GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL DAY.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, UM, PHILANTHROPIST AND BEING SO GOOD TO GRAND PRAIRIE AND GIVING BACK SO MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UH, I'M EXCITED THAT YOU ARE BACK IN GRAND PRAIRIE AND, UH, WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.
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IT TARGETS THE ENTIRE CITY, OR SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE CRITICAL COMMUNITY ALERTS ARE NECESSARY.
IF WE CAN'T REACH YOU, WE CAN'T ALERT YOU.
VISIT GPTX.ORG/ALERT GP AND SIGN UP TODAY.
WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO OUR NEXT WONDERFUL GUEST FROM THE FABULOUS GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AND YOUR ASSISTANT CHIEF CHAD WHITNEY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO PROUD OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, FOR MANY REASONS, BUT WE KNOW YOU'VE WON SOME SPECIAL AWARDS AND YOU TAKE CARE OF US ALL THE TIME.
SO, CHAD, TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY YEAR, UH, THE LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK PROBABLY TWO OF THE MOST THINGS THAT WE'RE PROUD OF OR ARE THE, UH, THE ISO ONE RATING.
UH, WHICH PUTS US IN THE TOP 1% OF ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
UH, WE ORIGINALLY GOT THAT AWARD IN APRIL OF 2017, AND WE WERE DUE FOR OUR RENEWAL THIS YEAR.
UH, SO WE WENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND WE WERE AGAIN AWARDED, UH, AN ISO CLASSIFICATION OF ONE, AND THAT WILL BE GOOD, UH, FOR ANOTHER SEVEN TO 10 YEARS.
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AND I KNOW OUR CITIZENS APPRECIATE THAT TOO, BECAUSE DOESN'T THAT INFECT, UH, AFFECT THEIR INSURANCE RATES? IT DOES.THE IS ONE IS THE HIGHEST RATING, AND SO IT ALLOWS FOR THE LOWEST POSSIBLE INSURANCE RATES FOR HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND THAT'S FROM THE MONEY STANDPOINT, BUT THE FACT THAT IT AFFECTS THEM AS FAR AS THEIR SAFETY GOES, THAT'S EVEN BIGGER.
IT, IT, IT LETS OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT, UH, WE, WE TAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRIDE, EFFORT, UH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND BEING PREPARED TO SERVE THEM.
AND IF, UM, OUR CITIZENS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT DOES ISO MEAN? IT, IT IS INSURANCE SERVICE ORGANIZATION MM-HMM
AND IT IS AN ENTIRE GRADING PLATFORM THAT TAKES, UH, MONTHS AND MONTHS, AND THEY, THEY ACTUALLY SHOW UP ON SCENE AND THEY EVALUATE US FROM EVERYTHING FROM WATER SUPPLY AND COMMUNICATIONS, TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND THEN THE ACTUAL DELIVERY OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS.
UH, THEY GRADE US ON ALL THAT.
AND THEN, UH, FORTUNATELY WE CAME OUT WITH A ONE.
IT'S VERY COMPLICATED AND HARD TO ACHIEVE.
AND I KNOW WHEN YOU DID THAT 10 YEARS AGO, UH, WE WERE THE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IN THE METROPLEX TO HAVE A ONE.
WE WERE, WELL, WE, WE BEAT, UH, DALLAS.
AND, UH, IT'S, UH, VERY PRIDEFUL FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND IT, AND IT, AND IT LETS OUR CITIZENS KNOW HOW MUCH WE ENJOY SERVING THEM.
AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, AMBULANCE SERVICE.
UH, ON THE AMBULANCE SIDE, THE EMS DELIVERY SIDE, WE HAVE WON THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION'S GOLD PLUS AWARD FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
NOW, THE GOLD PLUS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO, UH, ATTAIN THAT? SO THE GOLD PLUS AWARD IS OUR DELIVERY OF SERVICE FOR HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES TO THE CITIZENS.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY GRADE US ON OUR ABILITY TO, UH, ARRIVE, TREAT, TRANSPORT STRAIGHT TO THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT, IF WHETHER IT'S A HEART ATTACK OR A STROKE.
AND YOU ARE TIMED ON THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? WE ARE, WE'RE TIMED ON AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION TIMES THIS, AND, UH, WE, WE SUBMIT ALL OUR DATA AND, UH, IT GOES THROUGH A GRADING PERIOD ALSO SIMILAR TO ISO MM-HMM
AND, UH, THEY EVALUATE OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER IT WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND LET'S SEE, UH, THAT'S EVEN HARDER TO DO SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A HOSPITAL THAT'S, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, NOT HAVING A HOSPITAL, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, UH, DOES, UH, MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US.
BUT IT'S JUST, UH, ANOTHER LAYER OF, OF OUR, UH, DESIRE TO, TO, TO HIT THOSE POINTS.
UH, AND IT JUST PUSHES US HARDER TO, TO ACHIEVE IT EVERY YEAR.
AND THAT SHOULD MAKE OUR CITIZENS FEEL VERY SAFE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE IN ONE OF THE TOP RATED CITIES IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NOW, UH, CHAD, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LONG, SKINNY CITY, 32 MILES LONG IS WHAT I'VE HEARD IN THE LONGEST CITY IN TEXAS, IS WHAT I'VE HEARD AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER TO SERVICE, DOESN'T IT? IT DOES.
AND, AND, AND WITH THAT COMING AND WITH THE, THE LENGTH OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND THE ADDITION OF, OF, OF MORE AREA TO GRAND PRAIRIE, ESPECIALLY DOWN SOUTH, UH, UH, LAST YEAR, WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF ADDING A NEW FIRE STATION AND, AND THE ABILITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS IN THE FAR SOUTH PART OF TOWN, UH, WILL HAPPEN WITH, UH, THE ADDITION OF FIRE STATION 11, FIRE STATION 11.
AND WHERE IS THAT LOCATED? FIRE STATION 11 IS LOCATED, UH, THE GENERAL AREA IS, UH, 360 AND 2 87, BUT THE ACTUAL ROAD IS DAVIS ROAD.
SO IT'S ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 2 87 AND 360.
AND, UM, WHEN COULD YOU ESTIMATE WE WOULD SEE THAT COME TO PASS? UH, IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UH, UH, BUILDING AND TURNING DIRT AND, UH, AND IN THE PROCESS, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE IT OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF SUMMER NEXT YEAR, 2025.
BECAUSE IT TAKES AT LEAST NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR OR SOMETHING, DOESN'T IT? IT DOES TO DO THAT.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING FOR 12 MONTHS.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH CONSTRUCTION AND, AND WEATHER AND, AND ALL THE FACTORS THAT COME INTO PLAY, UH, IF WE CAN HIT THE SUMMER OF 2025, WE WILL BE VERY HAPPY.
NOW, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OR ANYTHING ELSE? WE DO.
UH, WE HAVE DEMOLISHED FIRE STATION SIX, WHICH SERVES CURRENTLY THE CENTRAL PART OF GRAND PRAIRIE OFF OF WARRIOR ACROSS FROM SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE ARE REBUILDING A NEW FIRE STATION IN THE EXACT SAME LOCATION.
AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT? THAT ONE WE THINK IS GOING TO BE
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BETTER, UH, BUILT A LITTLE SOONER.SO WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER FOR 2025.
UH, FIRE STATION SIX, UH, WILL BE AT 6 0 2 STONEWALL, WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS.
UH, AND IT'LL JUST BE A NEWER BUILDING, UH, TO BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS.
THE LAST STATION WAS, WAS OVER 50 YEARS OLD, AND IT WAS TIME, YES, INDEED.
WE NEED TO UPDATE AND UPGRADE, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUILDING.
WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? EOC WE CALL IT THE EOC.
IT'S THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
AND THAT WILL BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE OFF OF MARSHALL AND ROBINSON.
AND THE NEW EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WILL HOUSE OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
UH, WE HAVE FOUR MAN MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT, THAT WORK WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY SERVE THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND CURRENTLY THEY HAVE OFFICES WHERE THEY OFFICE WITH US AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
UH, AND I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE EOC.
IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC ADDITION TO, UH, TO THE CITY AND, AND TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY, UH, BECAUSE IT WILL ALLOW FOR, UH, SEAMLESS TRANSITIONED WHEN ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY, WHETHER IT BE BAD WEATHER OR WHETHER IT BE CIVIL UNREST OR, OR WHETHER IT BE, UH, PLANNING FOR ALL THE EVENTS WE HAVE, LIKE CINCO DE MAYO PARADES.
NOW, CHA UH, CHASE WHEELER HEADS THAT UP AND HIS TEAM, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S AN APP THAT OUR CITIZENS CAN GET, UH, FOR ALERTS FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.
UH, AND IT CAN BE FOUND ON, ON THE, UH, GPTX UH, DOT ORG WEBSITE, UH, THROUGH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO COMMUNICATE.
UH, IT HAS THE ABILITY TO, UH, SEND OUT INFORMATION FROM, WHETHER IT'S WEATHER ALERTS OR, UH, UH, FLOODING ISSUES OR, UH, REALLY ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY WITHIN THE CITY, THEY CAN COMMUNICATE THROUGH THAT APP.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO KNOW? UH, I THINK WE'RE, UH, WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY, UH, HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF CITY MANAGEMENT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF, AND, UH, AND WE LOVE TO SERVE.
AND, UH, Y'ALL MAKE THAT EASY TO SERVE.
AND I KNOW THAT CHIEF FIGHT IS A FABULOUS LEADER AS WELL, AND YOUR OTHER TEAM AND YOUR TEAM MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IS THAT CORRECT? VERY CORRECT.
WE, UH, CHIEF FIGHT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO US.
UH, HE, HE'S LED US WELL AND, AND OUR MEMBERS, UH, ARE, ARE FANTASTIC.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DO THE WORK, THEY DO THE DAILY WORK AND THE DAILY SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS.
AND THE, THE, WHAT THEY PROVIDE TO THE CITIZENS AND HOW THEY PERFORM IS, IS JUST EXCEPTIONAL.
AND WE USED TO SAY FIREMEN, BUT NOW WE SAY FIREFIGHTERS.
WHY DO WE DO THAT? WE DO SAY FIREFIGHTERS,
WE HAVE, UH, UH, SEVERAL FEMALES WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY JUST HIRED, UH, ONE NEW FEMALE FIREFIGHTER AND WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW FIREFIGHTER, A FEMALE FIREFIGHTER SCHEDULED TO COME ON IN JULY.
UH, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR WOMEN.
UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OUR MEMBERS.
AND HOW MANY MEMBERS DO WE HAVE? UH, WE HAVE 260 FIREFIGHTERS, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT HELP US CHASE AND HIS PERSONNEL OR SOME OF THEM.
SO WE HAVE 273 TOTAL EMPLOYEES.
WE FEEL SO SAFE HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND IT'S, UH, BECAUSE OF YOU AND OF COURSE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
AND WE FEEL GREAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND PLEASE SEND OUR BEST TO CHIEF AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU ALL SAFE.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I'M GEORGIA CLEMSON, AND IT'S HAPPENING IN GRAND PRAIRIE.