Emergency Medical Services

The Montgomery County Hospital District provides emergency and non-emergency ambulance transportation for the citizens and visitors of Montgomery County, Texas. Responding to over 45,000 calls a year, the agency canvas’s over 1,100 square miles and serves a population of more than 485,000.EMS units are tactically positioned to most efficiently cover the calls. MCHD’s 20 EMS stations house 22 ambulances, four supervisors and one Advanced Life Support Squad.

MCHD Administration Building

Main Telephone Number 936-523-5000

1400 S. Loop 336 West

Conroe, Texas 77304

http://www.mchd-tx.org/

Montgomery County Office of Homeland Security, and Emergency Management

Health and Safety Code

Title 9. Safety

Subtitle B. Emergencies

Chapter 772. Local Administration of Emergency Communications

Sec. 772.319.  PUBLIC REVIEW.

(a) Periodically, the board shall solicit public comments and hold a public review hearing on the continuation of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service fee. The first hearing shall be held three years after the date the order certifying the creation of the district is filed with the county clerks. Subsequent hearings shall be held three years after the date each order required by Subsection (d) is adopted.

(b)  The board shall publish notice of the time and place of the hearing once a week for two consecutive weeks in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the district. The first notice must be published not later than the 16th day before the date set for the hearing.

(c)  At the hearing, the board shall also solicit comments on the participation of the district in the applicable regional plan for 9-1-1 service under Chapter 771. After the hearing, the board may choose to participate in the regional plan as provided by that chapter.

(d)  After the hearing, the board shall adopt an order on the continuation or dissolution of the district and the 9-1-1 emergency service fee.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.