Denison Fire Rescue would go on answering fire and medical calls in unincorporated Grayson County for another year at an unchanged price under a contract headed to county commissioners on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
The county would pay the city $28,051 a month, or $336,612 over the year that began Oct. 1, according to the signed copy in the commissioners' agenda packet. The county's contract with Denison for the previous year, filed in an October 2025 packet, carried the same monthly figure.
The agreement is one of six emergency service contracts the county's Office of Emergency Management placed on the consent agenda, where items normally pass together in a single vote without discussion. The others cover Sherman's fire department and ambulances, Howe's fire department and ambulances, and the volunteer fire departments in Bells, Collinsville and Sadler.
What Denison agrees to do
Under the contract, Denison extends the fire and ambulance service it gives city residents to people living in county territory within the city's response area, which is drawn on two maps attached to the deal, one for fire and one for EMS. Ambulances on those calls must be stocked for a mobile intensive care (MICU) level of service.
The city also has to send the county a monthly operating report, with the first one due by Nov. 15, take part in after-action reviews of major incidents when the county asks, and use the National Incident Management System. Denison sets its own ambulance transport rates and handles its own billing; the county does not take part in collections.
The county can hold back payments if the city fails to provide the service, and either side can end the deal with 60 days' written notice. Payments are due by the 10th of each month.
What neighbors would get
The packet lists the other monthly rates as:
