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About CIMA

Where expertise meets urgency for a safer tomorrow, CIMA stands ready.

We take pride in our highly trained emergency personnel and a meticulously maintained fleet of specialized equipment, boasting over 200 pieces, including rescue trucks, high-volume foam pumpers, and fully equipped ambulances. Our joint operations are orchestrated from advanced command vehicles, utilizing a sophisticated radio system with a coverage range of 500 square miles.

Our Story

CIMA is an organization whose primary purpose is to respond to industrial fire alarms and extinguish fires in the Greater Houston Metropolitan area through the mutual efforts of its members, which shall include various industries, municipalities, and government entities that have the resources required to participate in these activities. CIMA is founded on the belief that the pooling of available resources of its members will provide a more efficient and effective response for firefighting, rescue, hazmat, and emergency medical manpower. It is not the intent of CIMA to be its member’s first responder to minor emergencies, including incipient and/or single source fires.

The Greater Houston Metro area has one of the largest concentrations of refineries, petrochemical facilities, and pipeline networks in the world. These facilities recognize their responsibility to protect neighbors in their surrounding communities.

Each company participating in this plan must reserve manpower, material, and equipment for its own protection before releases can be made in an emergency. This matter is entirely the judgement of the management of each Member. No Member, therefore, is obligated by their manpower and equipment listings.