Granbury~Hood County E.M.S., Inc. was born on April 20, 2002 at 12:01 a.m.

Now having said that, I need to tell you it was a long hard road for Granbury Hood County E.M.S. Inc. to get our first ambulance units on the street. As you may know, Hood County leased the hospital to an organization in the private sector, which is Community Health Systems, (now known as Lake Granbury Medical Center). When CHS started running the hospital in the late mid 1990’s it became apparent that they had little experience with EMS, in regards to us being part-of or attached to their facility. The hospital was, however, responsible and willing to provide these services as they went out to find a 3rd party Provider to handle the EMS system. The first company that was contracted by CHS was a ‘Mom and Pop’ EMS service from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. They were here approximately 2 ½ years before they subsequently failed. Next the hospital contracted temporarily with a large National company (AMR) which had a lot of trouble meeting the special needs and concerns of a small town like Granbury. In the meantime the Hospital contacted the paramedics that had worked through all of these transitions and expressed interest in them forming a private ambulance company that was more tailored to this community; with people that were local, and knew what it took to be successful while satisfying the needs of the hospital, doctors, and general public. This was a big task, but there were 8 paramedics that took on this challenge. There were some medics who worked tearlessly on their days off to negotiate / coordinate and work on the mounds of paperwork involved in a project this size, while others were in a muti-tasking nightmare. The pitfalls in the road were hugh, but having overcome the majority of these, finally, Granbury Hood County E.M.S. Inc. earned their Provider License from the State of Texas on April 20th of 2002, and the newest Non-Profit EMS provider in north Texas was born!

We had recently celebrated our 4th anniversary and from a ‘shack’ we called home on 377 East, to our like new EMS complex on Commercial Lane. We have grown to become one of the premier service organizations in North Texas. We have made every effort to serve this community in a manner it deserves. Granbury Hood County E.M.S. still has a lot of objectives to meet, and we have exciting short and long term goals. As always, we are trying to upgrade our fleet and our equipment, as we are our personnel and education. We are a progressive company that will never quit making our dedication and quality service to our community a forefront to carry us well into the 22nd century. I guess you can tell we don’t plan on going anywhere.

Other things that you can expect in the near future is an eastern station in DCBE/Acton VFD to make responses even better in the east sectors of Hood County. Also we are developing a Subscription Program to help our customers defray the out-of-pocket costs that aren’t covered by their insurance policies. Granbury Hood County E.M.S. Inc. is now running a ‘Day Truck’ on a regular basis, and we are planning on expanding that truck to serve Hood County better.

www.granburyhoodems.com is our new website(you can also access us from www.granburyhoodems.org). You may find the answers to why we have purple trucks, or why we named ourselves Granbury / Hood County E.M.S. Inc. even though we receive NO city or county funds? And you are always welcome to come by our station and visit , have a cup of coffee, and let the kids look at, and explore our ambulances.

Stay safe and stay well, but if you need us call 9-1-1.

Note: We would like to give Special Thanks to Dr. Cary Clark who served as our Medical Director from 2002-2005. Without his dedication and guidance, we would not be here today.