EMS in Texas

Prepared for All Responses

EMS agencies are prepared to offer life-saving services in every Texas community.

TEMSA was founded in 2015 to serve as the united voice of Texas EMS agencies.

Click here to learn more about the evolution of EMS in Texas.

Texas communities feature many different EMS models. Click here to learn more.

Click here to learn more how legislative and regulatory issues affect EMS.

What is a paramedic? What is a dispatcher? Why does a fire truck often respond first?

Click here to learn about the different EMS professionals.

Click here to learn about the “conductor of an orchestra.”

Click here to read about an EMS agency’s cost of readiness.

Click here to view the EMS response to Gatesville’s explosion.

Click here to learn more about rural EMS in Texas.

Click here to learn more about EMS and public health issues.

Click here to learn about peer assistance for EMS professionals.

Click here to view TEMSA’s EMS primer for lawmakers.

Click here to learn how Texas EMS agencies are also saving pets.

TEMSA was founded in 2015 to serve as the united voice of Texas EMS agencies.

TEMSA’s board seat features a seat for each type of EMS agency in Texas. Click here to meet TEMSA’s board of directors.

TEMSA serves as the stakeholder voice for Texas EMS agencies in Austin. Click here to learn more about the issues that affect Texas EMS agencies.

TEMSA features regular membership Zooms. In addition, EMS EVOLUTION is held every August to educate EMS leaders.

Texas EMS agencies that deliver 911 services to communities are eligible to join. Click here to learn more and join today.