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Provide automatic fire sprinkler inspection, testing and maintenance services on a scheduled and emergency response basis for University fire sprinkler systems campus-wide. UT Southwestern is an academic medical center, world renowned for its research, regarded among the best in the country for medical education and for clinical and scientific training, and nationally recognized for the quality of clinical care. UT Southwestern, with an operating budget over $4.1 million and a workforce of nearly 23,000, was named one of the 10 best large employers in the United States in 2022 and among the top 5 health care employers in 2022, according to America's Best Employers 2022 list compiled by Forbes and Statista. The University ranked No. 3 in the nation on Forbes' list of America's Best Employers For New Graduates, placing it in the top 1%, and highest among academic medical centers. UT Southwestern Health System includes the No. 1 ranked hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth region - the nation's fourth-largest metropolitan area - whose faculty and residents provide care to more than 117,000 hospitalized patients, almost 360,000 emergency room cases, and oversee approximately 3 million outpatient visits annually at institutions including two of the top 100 largest hospitals in the U.S. UT Southwestern faculty physicians offer patient care at UT Southwestern University Hospitals & Clinics, Parkland Health & Hospital System, Children's Medical Center, Scottish Rite for Children, VA North Texas Health Care System, and other affiliated hospitals and community clinics. UT Southwestern faculty physicians and health care professionals provide approximately $106.8 million in uncompensated clinical services annually. UT Southwestern also is part of Southwestern Health Resources, a clinically integrated network with roughly 6,000 physicians and advanced practice providers, 29 hospital locations, and more than 650 outpatient locations and clinics across Texas. The Medical Center has four degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, and UT Southwestern Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health. Collectively, the schools train nearly 3,700 medical, graduate, and health profession students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows each year, and include some of the nation's and state's largest residency programs and the largest public GME program in Texas. In 2022, UT Southwestern Medical School ranked among the top 25 for research and in the top 20 (#16) for primary care, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2022-233 Best Graduate Schools rankings. Training facilities include one of the largest medical training simulation centers in the United States and 20 core facilities labs that utilize state-of-the-art equipment and provide the support services necessary to help scientists effectively and efficiently conduct research. Ongoing support from federal agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, along with foundations, individuals, and corporations, provides almost $554.4 million per year to fund faculty research. UT Southwestern is ranked the No. 1 institution globally among Nature Index healthcare institutions in 2022 for publishing high-quality scientific research and ranked globally among the top 25 life sciences institutions and among the top 25 academic institutions in Life Sciences in the U.S., North America, and globally. UT Southwestern has been recognized by The Scientist as among the best places to work for postdocs. UTSW faculty includes four active Nobel Laureates, 25 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 16 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 14 HHMI Investigators. UT Southwestern's campus covers more than 15 million square feet including more than 1 million square feet of state-of-the-art research space. Facilities include 20 endowed centers with investigations ranging from genetics and regenerative science to neurodegeneration and depression; the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of just 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive centers in the nation; the Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute and designated as a Neuroscience Clinical Trials Center Network of Excellence; one of 12 NIH Nutrition Obesity Research Centers in the nation - and the only one in Texas; one of 30 research sites in the U.S. participating in the National Human Genome Research Institute's Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium; one of 31 Rare Disease Center of Excellence (charter member) in the nation; and is one of 12 Howard Hughes Medical Institute principal laboratories nationwide. UT Southwestern is committed to being at the frontiers of science through its faculty and activities in basic, translational, and clinical research; to promoting clinical transformation through a dedication to excellence and innovation in patient care; and to educating and training future physicians, scientists, and allied health care professionals in programs that optimally prepare them for the changing landscape in scientific research and health care delivery. In its mission, priorities, and programs, UT Southwestern represents the future of medicine, today.