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The City of Mount Pleasant has a contract with Titus County to provide fire and rescue services to the unincorporated areas of the county. The contract expires in the year 2010. The contract went into effect in October of 1995 with the county paying the City $225,000 for the first year. In 1999, the payment was increased to $300,000 and increases annually by .75% of the Dallas-Fort Worth CPI until the end of the contract.

Provisions Relating to the City

1. Respond to all structure fires in the county with at least 2 men and 2 trucks.
2. Respond to all rescue calls in the county.
3. Respond to all hazardous materials incidents in the county.
4. Assist other county volunteer departments with grass and vehicle fires in their districts upon request.
5. Dispatch county volunteer fire departments to incidents.
6. Provide fuel and repairs for all county equipment within the control of the Mount Pleasant Fire Department.

Provisions Relating to the County

1. Assume all capital expenditures relating to county-owned firefighting vehicles and equipment.
2. Assume responsibility for grass and vehicle fires within their respective fire districts
3. Ensure that county volunteer fire departments provide incident information to Mount Pleasant Fire Department in order that Tex-Firs report may be completed.

There are seven (7) county volunteer fire departments with each having a fire district (non-taxing) in which they are responsible for grass and vehicle fires. Our department will respond to anything else along with them and will provide assistance with grass and vehicle fires at their request.