Administration
Island Community Center
4700 Broadway
Galveston, TX 77551
Emergency Medical Services Welcome
Phone: 409-765-2524
Fax: 409-765-2503
Primary Role:Emergency Medical Service (EMS)
Operates out of fivestations with
six
twenty-four hour MICU ambulances and aSupervisor unit covering the 140 square miles of Galveston
County, Texas. The service area
includes the Cities of Galveston, Tiki Island, Bayou Vista, Hitchcock and the
unincorporated areas of Galveston County on east Highway Six and in the Bayshore
area off of Highway 146.Call 911 for emergenciesor
(409) 765-2524 for EMS business
Secondary Role: Non-emergency transport
– Galveston(EMS)
GAAA dedicates two ambulances twenty four hours daily and
up to five
during periods of peak demand to provide
non-emergency transport of ambulance patients. patients in
the southern portion of Galveston County, including the
cities of Texas City, La Marque,
Dickinson, Galveston, Hitchcock, Bayou Vista and Tiki
Island. Additional units can be called
into service should the requests for service dictate. Phone:(409) 938-2424 or 1-800-687-8133
Additional
Programs
Air
Med One – Off shore
aero-medical rescue GAAA responds with PHI Helicopters, Inc.
to rescue the sick and injured in the adjacent coastal waters
from Corpus Christi to the Louisiana border. Air Med One has
responded to more than 150 rescues. Phone: (409) 765-3703
Bike
Team GAAA provides a bicycle response team
for mass gathering events on Galveston Island. This service
has proven itself with several quick responses to critical
patients in the midst of large crowds as in Mardi Gras and
Beach Party Weekend. Phone: (409) 765-2504 - speak to Training and Safety
Officer, Thomas Leigh.
Hazardous
Materials / Bio-terrorism GAAA is establishing a “Tox”
medic program to adequately respond to Hazardous Material
Incidents and any Bio-terrorism threats. GAAA is equipped
to protect the patients and its personnel from most of the
worst agents EMS might face. Phone: (409) 765-2504
for more information.