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Occupational cancer throughout the fire service industry has been rarely discussed in the past but is a fight firefighters face daily.

Check out HCFMO's newest episode of Responder 360, dedicated to Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month, as members from Ponderosa Fire Department and Spring Fire Department discuss personal stories of occupational cancer and what their departments are putting in place to reduce the risk after each fire.

Children misuse fire for different reasons. Understanding their motivation can many times cease the behavior.

The HCFMO Youth Firesetters Intervention Program (YFIP) is a FREE program designed to provide education and intervention for children who have misused fire in order to prevent fires, injuries, deaths and destruction of property.

HCFMO is NOW HIRING!

Join the team that serves the 3rd largest county in the U.S.

As you're doing your spring cleaning this year, keep fire safety in mind!

Check out HCFMO's Spring Cleaning Checklist for a fire-safe home.

Special Events Permits are required for any organized, temporary event with an estimated number of participants and spectators of 100 or more people set up outdoors in a parking lot, side of the road, open land, or any outdoor venue not generally used for an assembly or using a building for an event with an anticipated occupancy load of 50 or more if the building is not permitted and constructed as an assembly occupancy in unincorporated Harris County.

Harris County requires boarding homes to obtain 2 permits to legally operate. Having these safe measures in place protects residents.

Effective March 1, 2021, Class 1 and Class 2 Boarding Home Permits are now required to operate any boarding home in Harris County.

If you didn't see, here's your chance to look at our 2021 Annual Report.

Just wait until you see what we did in 2022!