Houston Fire Department
Houston, TX Doing business as Houston Fire Dept Part of City Of Houston
- UEI
- QTABT6EYMGT3
- CAGE
- 71BY9
- Primary NAICS
- 922160 Fire Protection
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
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Its parent company, City of Houston, ranks:
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Corporate family
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Parent
City Of Houston · Houston, TX
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Parent
City Of Houston · Houston, TX
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 600 Jefferson St #700, Houston, TX 77002, USA
- Website
- houstontx.gov
- Founded
- 1836
- Employees
- 5K-10K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1B-$10B
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Specialized Consumer Services
- Legal Services
- SIC code
- 91 Executive, Legislative, & General
- Profiles
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Houston Fire Department (doing business as Houston Fire Dept), a municipal entity and division of the City of Houston, is a federal grant recipient that receives direct project grant awards from civilian agencies to support firefighting operations, emergency medical services, and public safety infrastructure. The department operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient; it does not compete for federal contracts, does not hold seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles, and does not perform work as a federal contractor subrecipient.
The department's federal footprint consists entirely of project grants awarded by five federal agencies over the past several years. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) dominates the portfolio, accounting for fourteen awards under the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program (CFDA 97.044) and six additional FEMA awards, for a combined total of twenty awards. Recent AFG grants include a $2.16 million award (October 2, 2025, completion October 1, 2027) supporting equipment acquisition, facility modifications, training programs, health and wellness initiatives, emergency response vehicle procurement, and personal protective equipment; a $4.7 million award (September 22, 2022, completion September 21, 2024) for firefighter and public safety resources; and smaller awards such as $546,387.20 (July 7, 2023, completion July 6, 2025) and $363,990 (February 13, 2023, completion February 12, 2025) for fire prevention and safety activities. Beyond FEMA, the department received a $3.4 million project grant from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program (CFDA 20.939, awarded June 9, 2026, completion June 30, 2030) to deploy technology at high-injury intersections and railroad crossings in Houston for emergency route planning and crash monitoring. The department also holds congressionally directed spending grants from the Department of Health and Human Services Healthcare Systems Bureau for mobile stroke unit development ($906,584, awarded September 1, 2022) and Emergency Telehealth and Navigation (ETHAN) ($450,000, awarded August 1, 2022), and a community project funding award from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (August 13, 2024, completion August 31, 2032).
Annual award volume has declined from three awards each in 2022 and 2023 to one award in each of 2024, 2025, and 2026. Combined obligated dollars across all twenty-four awards total $34 million. Only one award is scheduled to reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The department's grant work targets the operational needs of the Houston Fire Department, which responds to approximately 340,500 calls annually across the Houston community.
Quick answers
Is Houston Fire Department registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Houston Fire Department's SAM.gov registration is active through May 19, 2027.
How does Houston Fire Department rank among federal contractors?
Houston Fire Department's parent company, City of Houston, ranked #5 in NAICS 92219, #5 in PSC X1BG and #40 in PSC M1JZ in FY2025.
What is Houston Fire Department's most recent federal award?
Houston Fire Department's most recent federal grant award is Deploy technology at high injury intersections and railroad crossings to improve emergency route planning, monitor… (693JJ32640509), from Federal Highway Administration, on June 9, 2026.
On GovTribe
See Houston Fire Department's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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