TEXAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BOARD

Welcome to the Texas Emergency Medical Services Board website! The main TEMSB web page is still under construction, but you can find information on the TEMSB as well as membership forms here.

Texas Emergency Medical Services Board (TEMSB) has been formed to address the needs of Texas EMS including:

• Representing ALL EMS Personnel
• Representing 911 EMS Organizations
• Providing/Facilitating Continuing Education
• State Wide EMS Legislative Support
• Many Member Benefits & Discount

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News

6/23/10

Acadian's SMS service is asking for Paramedics and EMTs to deploy for oil spill operations. Pay is $20/$15 per hour and NREMT is requested.
Deployments of one week blocks are preferred, and daily duties vary from 12 to 24 hours a day. Assignments can be both land and ship-based.

Contact Jeff Johnson at
jeff.johnson@acadian.com for more information. They've said they will consider state certified personnel, but they are harder to deploy (require side-by-side deployment with Louisiana certified personnel) and NREMT is strongly preferred.

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TEMSB/SFFMA Member Benefits Information

• Membership with 20,000 other Texas Emergency Services Professionals
• Certification Programs available in Fire Suppression, Investigation, Inspection, and Prevention, Driver/Operator, Extrication, and Instructor
• SFFMA Online – Web-based Online Training Reporting Tool
• Legislative and lobbing representation through the
1. State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association (SFFMA)
2. Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board (TIESB)
3. Texas Emergency Medical Services Board (TEMSB)
• The Emergency Service’s Legislative Voice at the various State and Federal Levels
• Sponsorship of Texas Fire Training School at Texas A&M University with new EMS tracks
• Close working relationship with TEEX/ESTI EMS
• $3000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Policy for all Members
• $5000 Immediate Line of Duty Death Benefit
• Discounts on IFSTA, Delmar, Jones & Bartlett, McGraw Hill, International Code Council, Action Training Systems, PennWell & Brady Materials
• Monthly Email based Newsletter, two print publications
• Annual Training Conference & Convention in June, with include a new EMS learning track.
• Approval Entity for Certified Firefighter Automobile License Plates
• Nominating Authority for Governor's Appointments to various State Agencies
• Authority for additions to the State Firemen's Monument at State Capitol
• Up to date website for Emergency Services Personnel (www.sffma.org and www.temsb.org)
• Credit Card Discount Program –Bank of America Credit Card 
• Travel, Retail and Insurance benefits through Association Member Benefits Advisors 
• Discounts on Security Alarm Monitoring through Monitronics 
• Cellular Phone Service/Equipment Discounts through AT&T (11%), Sprint (23%), Nextel (13%), and T*Mobile (10%)
• COMING SOON – Association Member discounts on the purchase of medical supplies

EMS Organization/Department Membership Application (911 Response Organizations/Depatments Only)

EMS Individual Membership Application

TEMSB Commitee Roster

The next meeting of the TEMSB will be:

To Be Announced