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Division Chief-Emergency Manager, Administrative Fire
Captain, and a Fire Services Coordinator. Firefighters
are certified by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection
and as emergency medical technicians or paramedics
by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Nacogdoches Fire and Rescue provides an all-hazard
response to calls involving fires, motor vehicle or industrial
accidents, medical emergencies, and hazardous
materials incidents. Fire and Rescue personnel attend
and engage in various training activities and scenarios
throughout the year to be prepared to respond when
needed. Nacogdoches Fire personnel conduct annual
fire and life safety surveys and inspections of properties,
provide public fire education programs in public
schools and tours of the fire stations and fire museum.
Additionally, firefighters help maintain and inspect the
City’s system of over 1,500 fire hydrants and maintain
stations, apparatus, and equipment to ensure that the
department is ready to respond night or day. The
department operates five engines, one tower ladder,
one medium duty rescue, and three wildland engines,
and responds to over 4,500 calls for service each year.
NACOGDOCHES CITY GOVERNMENT
The City of Nacogdoches has a council/manager form
of government. The elected city council members set the
policies for the operation of the municipal government.
The administrative responsibility rests with the city
manager, who is appointed by the city council. The
city council consists of five members — a mayor, who
is elected at large, and four council members who are
elected by district. City Council meetings are held in
City Hall the first and third Tuesdays of each month
at 5:30pm. Meetings can be attended in person or
accessed live via the City of Nacogdoches website.
936/559-2500, nactx.us.
The City of Nacogdoches uses the NacWise alert system
to quickly and easily spread information throughout the
city. Residents may register to receive NacWise alerts
directly from the city during emergency situations by
visiting www.nacwise.com or by calling 936/715-3322
and following the prompts
to sign up. Enrolling in the
NacWise system is the
simplest and quickest way
to receive emergency
communications in the
City of Nacogdoches.
Concerned citizens who
would like to report
a maintenance issue
somewhere in the city may
do so by using the Nac
311 app. This custom app
has been developed by
the City of Nacogdoches
and gives citizens the
power to report potholes,
sidewalk issues, unlit streetlights or other issues, all
from their cell phone. Additionally, residents can use
the app to pay their utility bills or traffic fines, search
for job opportunities with the city, and browse various
city websites. Find Nac311 in the app store on your
smartphone.
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Nacogdoches County government is administered
under a commissioner’s court system. The five-member
court is comprised of the county judge and four
commissioners. The county judge is elected at-large
and the commissioners are elected by precinct. The
county commissioners meet in the County Courthouse
every other Tuesday at 9am. 936/560-7755,
co.nacogdoches.tx.us.
