Rescue & Emergency Medical Services
Pasco County Fire Rescue, through the department’s Rescue division provides advanced life support (ALS) emergency medical services (EMS) county wide including all of the municipalities within the county. At a minimum, 23 patient transport capable rescue units provide services to the 740 square miles of Pasco County through geographical deployment at Fire Rescue’s 23 career fire stations. Each ALS rescue unit is staffed with two cross-trained certified firefighters who both are also certified as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and at minimum one of them as a Paramedic.