Dallas Fire-Rescue has a new chief, but he’s a familiar face.
City Manager T.C. Broadnax announced he promoted one of the department’s Assistant Chiefs, Dominique Artis, to Chief. At a news conference Friday morning, Chief Artis said, “I feel we have the best department in the country and I want to continue that momentum that we feel we’re on right now.”
Chief Artis has moved up the ranks in his 23 years at the department.
So he’s well aware of the challenges.
In a memo sent to the City Council December 14, city administrators said its average response time for a first paramedic was five minutes, 18 seconds.
That was 18 seconds more than the goal of five minutes, which equated to a 6 percent difference.
That earned a “Caution” ranking.