The Odessa Fire Department has been the emergency medical service
provider for the City of Odessa and Ector County
since 1973. We currently operate eight (8) Mobile
Intensive Care Unit Ambulances and eight (8) Advanced
Life Support (ALS)
Fire Engines. Our coverage area
is approximately 904 square miles and we serve a
population of 135,000. The Odessa Fire Department
responded to 11,564 EMS incidents in 2009.
EMS Training
 The EMS training division is dedicated to keeping
the clinical proficiency of the Odessa Fire
Department personnel at the highest level. The
training division uses a hybrid model of online and
classroom training to meet the members of the
departments certification needs, to provide the most
up to date information regarding patient care and to
provide information on issues affecting the EMS
community. The EMS training division
facilitated 9200 hours of CEU's in 2009.
Accomplishments
The Odessa Fire Department was voted EMS Provider of
the Year in 1998 and 1999 for the Texas "J" Region,
which extends south from Andrews to Terlingua and
west from Coahoma to Pecos. In 1970, the City of
Odessa was the first city in the state to provide
the 911 emergency dialing system. In 1972, the City
of Odessa was first in the state to provide the Jaws
of Life. Odessa was also the first city in the state
to have state certified ambulances. Under the
direction of our Medical Director Dr. Dave Spear,
the Odessa Fire Department is also utilizing
portable ultra sound monitors on our ambulances. The
monitors have provided valuable pre-hospital
assessment information to the paramedics and
emergency room staff. 
The Odessa Fire Department was one of the first
services in the state to adopt a therapeutic
hypothermic protocol. The department has
worked closely with area hospitals to create a
successful STEMI and Stoke programs.
The Odessa Fire Department is a leader in
fire-based EMS. The Odessa Fire Department
deploys 154 professional medical providers; 104 of
these personnel are advanced care providers at the
Paramedic level. Last year the men and women
of the Odessa Fire Department provided care for over
11,000 patients. Under the leadership of Fire
Chief Roger Boyd the department is dedicated to the
delivery of the highest quality emergency medical
services available. Having eight frontline
ambulances the Odessa Fire Department is able to
deliver rapid care to any point in its service area.
The department is focused and driven to provide the
best quality care available to the citizens they are
sworn to serve.
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EMS - Emergency Medical Services