Fort Worth’s newly created Emergency Management & Communications Department is expected to operate on a $20.7 million budget, giving the city’s 911 call-taking team its own department and streamlining the city’s emergency response, officials said.
The department will be Fort Worth’s lead for disaster preparedness, hazard mitigation and coordination of response and recovery operations.
The funding isn’t entirely new expenses for the city. It’s mostly being reallocated from other areas that used to house the department’s operations, according to the city’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year…