EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FIRE SAFETY, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PARKING PLANS.
Fort Worth City Code § 20-424
in effect§ 20-424 EMERGENCY SERVICES AND FIRE SAFETY, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PARKING PLANS.
(a) Plans.
(1) The applicant for any special event or parade is required to provide an emergency services and fire safety plan, police services plan, traffic control and parking plans, as defined, for the event, and shall be required to provide and pay for firefighter, emergency medical technician, emergency medical personnel and/or ambulance service(s) for such emergency medical and firefighting services. The contents of the emergency services and fire safety plan, police services plan and traffic control and parking plans shall be determined by the anticipated number of attendees at the event per § 20-423.
(2) Applicants shall submit their plans to the outdoor events manager 30 days before the applicant’s scheduled pre-event meeting.
(3) The emergency services plan must comply with the Fort Worth fire code and the fire department’s street closure guidelines and maintain adequate fire lanes within each closure area.
(4) The traffic control and parking plans shall provide traffic and parking controls for the event including the street(s) to be closed and all other streets or public areas in close proximity that may be utilized for alternative routes or for parking of vehicles of persons attending the event.
(5) The outdoor events manager, in consultation with the city’s police, fire and transportation and public works departments shall be responsible for determining whether to approve, modify or deny the respective plan. In evaluating the plans, the outdoor events manager shall not take into account any of the factors set forth in § 20-405(b).
(b) Compliance with the emergency services and fire safety plan and police services plan.
(1) If the outdoor events manager, the chief of police or the fire chief, or their designees determine that the services being provided at the event do not comply with the approved plans and should this determination be the event’s first violation of its approved plans, the outdoor events manager shall contact the applicant or his or her designee and shall provide him or her with one hour in which to bring the emergency services into full compliance with the approved plans. The outdoor events manager, if approved by the chief of police or the fire chief, or their designees, may allow additional time for compliance provided health and safety is not compromised. As soon as possible after this contact, the outdoor events manager shall prepare written detailed documentation of the name of the event contact, the time of the conversation and the corrective action required of the applicant.
(2) If the applicant does not comply in a timely manner, the city shall provide the necessary services and will include the full cost of providing these services in a supplemental services fee.
(3) If the violation is event’s second or greater violation of its approved plan, the city may provide the necessary services without giving the applicant an opportunity to take corrective action, and the city will include the full cost of providing these services in a supplemental services fee. As soon as possible after finding the violation, the outdoor events manager shall prepare written detailed documentation of the nature of the violation and the corrective action taken by the city.
(4) If the chief of police or the fire chief, or their designees, determine that the emergency services being provided at the event are not sufficient, given the actual circumstances of the event, the applicant or his or her designee shall be notified of such determination. The chief of police, or the fire chief, or their designees, using their sole judgment regarding the immediacy of the need to have additional emergency services, shall determine whether to allow the applicant to provide additional emergency services or whether to have the city provide additional emergency services. As soon as possible after the contact with the applicant or his or her designee, the chief of police or the fire chief, or their designees, shall prepare written detailed documentation of the name of the event contact, the time of the conversation, the findings of the chief of police or the fire chief, or their designees regarding the need for additional emergency services, the corrective action required, and who will provide the corrective action. This written documentation shall be provided to the outdoor events manager within five business days after the conclusion of the event. Where the city provides the additional emergency services, the city will include the full cost of providing these services in a supplemental services fee.
(5) Should the violator or applicant not comply in a timely manner with the corrective action plan required by the fire inspector, a stop work or stop operating order shall be given to the violator and applicant or his or her designee. The stop work or stop operating order shall stay in effect until the violator or applicant comes into full compliance.
(c) The emergency services and fire safety plan and police services plan for events with 1,000 or greater anticipated attendees.
(1) Pursuant to Homeland Security, a detailed site plan indicating proposed vehicle ingress and egress, medical treatment areas, public areas including fences and gates, all temporary structures, management offices, cooking areas, locations of all fuels that will be used and/or stored, including without limitation gas, and whether pyrotechnics or other special effects are planned; and
(2) The staffing plan for emergency medical personnel and fire inspectors, to include the number of each that the applicant plans to have at the event.
(Ord. 19255-08-2010, § 1, passed 8-3-2010, eff. 10-1-2010; Ord. 19373-09-2010, § 6, passed 9-28-2010)
Source: City of Fort Worth, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Zoning Ordinance (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/ftworth/latest/ftworth_tx/0-0-0-23519Fetched: 10/26/2026