KYLE — Hays County Emergency Services District (ESD) No. 9 began conducting emergency services in house April 1.
The entity has been in service since 2015 and serves the southeastern portion of Hays County, including Kyle, Uhland, Mountain City and more. According to Chief Brandon Hill, ESD No. 9 has historically contracted out its emergency services from San Marcos Hays County EMS. The latter organization actually served most of the county, except Wimberley, continued Hill, but over the years, other agencies have begun providing their own services in house. So, after discussions, ESD No. 9 did, too.
“Bringing [the services] in house, we have a lot more control over the finances and the level of medicine that we’re providing [and] all of the things that we really didn’t have a lot of control over before with the contracted provider,” said Hill.
