HEALTH CARE
ESD 11 Mobile Healthcare ocials look back on 1 year of service
EMERGENCY RESPONSES From November 2021 to July 2022, ESD 11 Mobile Healthcare conducted 26,810 transports with an average emergency response time of 7 minutes, 24 seconds .
In 2020, Cypress Creek EMS had an average response time of 7 minutes, 43 seconds .
Average emergency response time
6 0 7 9 8
BY WESLEY GARDNER
the district to procure common items such as rain gear, coats and uniforms, although he said ocials are catching up on those items. Additionally, ination has increased the cost of almost every- thing the district purchases and has doubled the cost of fuel, Hooten said. However, the district’s decision to purchase hybrid ambulances that run o gasoline as opposed to diesel fuel has saved hundreds of thou- sands of dollars, Hooten said. Construction is also underway on ESD 11’s new 43-acre campus, which entails remodeling the district’s old facility to include its main admin- istrative building, 911 call center, billing center, and eet maintenance and deployment facilities. Hooten said the rst phase of construction, which wrapped up in August, was projected to cost around $18 million, but ination pushed that
Harris County Emergency Services District No. 11 Mobile Healthcare— which provides emergency medical services for 177 square miles in north Harris County, including Spring and Klein—reached the one-year anniver- sary of its launch Sept. 1. The launch of the EMS provider came following decades of emer- gency services provided by Cypress Creek EMS after ESD 11 commission- ers voted in September 2020 to form its own ambulance service. “Things have gone really well,” ESD 11 Mobile Healthcare CEO Doug Hooten said. “We’re on track to prob- ably do close to 65,000 responses this year, which was a little bit more than we had anticipated, but because we had staed the way that we have, we have been able to handle that.” Hooten noted, however, supply chain issues have made it dicult for
In 2020, Cypress Creek EMS conducted 50,821 transports.
Number of Transports
2,000 0 3,000 4,000
SOURCES: HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NO. 11, CYPRESS CREEK EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICESCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
gure to around $23.7 million. Hooten also said rot and termite damage found in the walls of existing facilities required a more extensive rebuild than initially expected.
Depending on weather and the availability of supplies, the second phase of construction, which will cost an estimated $11.7 million, is slated to be completed by early 2023.
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