Welcome to EMS

Clarksville-Montgomery County is a vibrant community located in Middle Tennessee, directly off of I-24, 40 miles northwest of Nashville. As the ninth-fastest growing city in the nation, Clarksville is experiencing tremendous change. New industries, new schools, a new hospital, and new residential developments are just the beginning. Clarksville-Montgomery County has a total area of 544 square miles and it's population was 172,331 at the 2010 census.

We are the sole 911 provider for Clarksville-Montgomery County, providing 24-hour emergency and non-emergency medical transportation, rope rescue, dive rescue/recovery, trench rescue, tactical medics and many other specialized rescue operations.

Departmental Overview and Projections

Our department holds an “A” rating by the State of Tennessee Department of Health, Division of Emergency Medical Services. In order to achieve this rating the State of Tennessee requires the service to provide capabilities for advanced life support or special critical care on ninety-five percent (95%) of emergency runs within their service area, providing this service twenty-four (24) hours a day. We exceed this requirement by staffing every unit with a Paramedic.

In fiscal year 2010-2011 (July 1 through June 30), Montgomery County EMS operated on a budget of approximately $6,741,366.00, responded to 21,115 calls (an average of 58 calls per day), having ten (10) stations strategically located throughout the county that’s an average of 2,112 calls per station a year. Total collections for fiscal year 2010 were $3,411,496.00; costing the citizens of Montgomery County only $3,329,870.00 which comes out to approximately $19.32 per capita to provide excellent emergency medical care.

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Our department (to date) staffs fifty-nine (59) Paramedics, three (3) Critical Care Paramedics, four (4) Registered Nurses and forty-nine (49) Emergency Medical Technicians.

Our department is lead by the Chief and Deputy Chief these individuals are responsible for the planning, organizing and directing of all activities of the department to provide the best pre-hospital medical care available for Montgomery County and the City of Clarksville.