Country United States CDP Spring Annual calls 6119 (2016) | State Texas Established April 1953 (1953-04) | |
Address 656 East Louetta Road
Spring, TX 77373 | ||
The Spring Fire Department (SFD) is a combination fire department located 25 miles north of downtown Houston, Texas in unincorporated Harris County in the town of Spring, Texas. SFD is contracted by Harris County Emergency Services District #7 (HCESD#7) to provide Fire and Rescue services to approximately 137,000 citizens that reside within the 110 square mile boundaries of HCESD#7.
As a part of the fire departments dispatched by Cypress Creek EMS, our department's designation for all units start with the number 7. The fire suppression district in which Spring Fire Department serves, has emergency medical services that are provided by Cypress Creek EMS, as the Spring Fire Department has no ambulances. The department does however provide BLS first responder services on priority medical calls such as cardiac and respiratory problems.
History
The Spring Volunteer Fire Association (SVFA) received its initial charter on April 29th, 1953 and started out with seven volunteer members and was called the Spring Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD). The SVFA/SVFD was entirely funded by private donations, including equipment donations from other departments.
In 1983, the members of the department formed Harris County Rural Fire Prevention District #1. This allowed the collection of ad valorem tax up to 3 cents per $100 valuation. In 1997, the members of the department and RFPD #1 had an election to form Harris County Emergency Services District #7 (HCESD#7). An Emergency Services District can assess an ad valorem tax up to 10 cents per $100 valuation. This means that the owner of a house that is valued at $100,000 pays $100 per year for fire protection for all of its occupants.
In the mid 2010s it was decided to rebrand the "Spring Volunteer Fire Department" to the "Spring Fire Department" since the organization evolved from a completely volunteer fire department to a combination fire department.