The City of San Antonio began
its fire fighting service with volunteer companies. The year was
1854 just eighteen years after the Battle of the Alamo.
In the 1960’s if
you were in need of emergency care out in the field, your
chances of surviving the trip and actually making it to the
hospital were about as good as you winning the lottery.
March 1, 1974, EMS was
officially open for business. The first run went to unit
808 on the West Side and
history was made.
