Org Unit

Fleet Maintenance

The MSB Department of Emergency Services includes its own Fleet Maintenance department to keep our diverse fleet of emergency vehicles and equipment running smoothly. Fleet is responsible for preventative maintenance, repairs and required inspections of over 100 large fire and rescue apparatus as well as over 450 other combined vehicles and pieces of emergency equipment. Our skilled mechanics work on our large apparatus and other response vehicles including ambulances, command vehicles, boats, off-road vehi-cles and trailers. Our current staff of five full time mechanics, including our shop foreman, are all certified Emergency Vehicle Technicians and operate out of a modern maintenance facility co-located at West Lakes Fire Station 7-3. The mechanics, along with administrative staff and several part time mechanics, are respon-sible for keeping all of the DES and City of Houston emergency vehicles and equipment in a safe operating condition 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Occasionally, Fleet Mechanics are even called into duty while on emergency scenes. Without the Fleet Maintenance department, Emergency Responders would not be able to respond safely to our community.