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The Texas Department of State Health Services, Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination is the lead state agency responsible for: 

-Emergency Medical Services systems
-EMS professional certification and licensure
-EMS education, trauma systems and trauma facility designation 
-EMS information and injury prevention
-Medical Standards on Motor Vehicle Operations
-Texas EMS Conference
-Texas EMS Magazine

This Office is responsible for about 48,000 EMS professionals, 850 EMS provider agencies, 475 first responder organizations and 125 designated trauma facilities across Texas. In addition to certification, licensure and designation, the Office also takes a lead in educating the public about EMS and injury prevention, and provides millions of dollars in grants each year to Texas EMS systems and trauma facilities for education, training and equipment.

EMS Compliance Service Areas (Groups)
Revised 10/27/2006

Please go to the links at left for a detailed listing of this website's contents,
or 

Mailing Address:   1100 West 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756-3199   
(All mail must go to this address)
Map to main DSHS location

Street Address:    The Exchange Building, 8407 Wall Street, Suite N-410, Austin, TX 78754  
Map to DSHS-EMS location

Updated Phone/Fax Numbers!

Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination: (512) 834-6700
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Coordination fax: (512) 834-6736

EMS Certification and Licensing main line: (512) 834-6700, press option 2
EMS Certification fax: (512) 834-6714

EMS Compliance & Quality Assurance (criminal history checks, provider licensing, first responders, EMS complaints): (512) 834-6700, press option 3
EMS Compliance & QA fax: (512) 834-6713
EMS Complaints: 1-800-452-6086

Locations of DSHS field offices around the state


For information on certification address changes, click here.

Lists of the Office phone extension numbers
Alphabetical Listing (9KB)  4/06/07
By Program Area (9KB) 4/16/07

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Last Updated April 25, 2007