Established in 1979, CareFlite is the oldest joint use air medical service in the United States.
CareFlite’s helicopter EMS responds to requests from hospitals, fire departments, EMS agencies and law enforcement within a service area in and around the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex containing more than six million people. CareFlite currently has the youngest Helicopter EMS fleet in the country consisting of two new, state of the art twin engine Bell 429 helicopters and five Bell 407GX helicopters. CareFlite also operates fixed wing air ambulance within a 500 mile radius of the DFW Airport.
CareFlite operates ground ambulance/911 EMS service in SE Dallas County, Balch Springs, Ellis County ESD #5, Hill County ESD #2, Kaufman County and on the UT Southwestern campus in Dallas. Other ground ambulance services are offered in Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Erath, Hill, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall and Tarrant Counties.
CareFlite’s membership program protects families against out of pocket costs for air and/or ground ambulance transports operated by CareFlite and Halo Flight in Corpus Christi. More than 365,000 people in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma are Members of CareFlite.
As of December 31, 2020, CareFlite had transported 1,356,887 patients by air and ground since its founding in 1979.
Other services include an outstanding continuing education program for Nurses, Paramedics and EMT’s at CareFlite’s new state of the art Mabee EMS Training Center in Grand Prairie. The company also sponsors the annual CareFlite Emergency Care Update Conference at the Arlington Convention Center each year. First held in 1982, the ECU is believed to be the oldest first responder conference in the United States. It is open to first responders and health care professionals.
CareFlite also provides education, training and state required oversight for municipalities and fire departments wishing to become or maintain First Responder Organization (FRO) status.
CareFlite, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is sponsored by Baylor Scott & White Health, JPS Health Network, Methodist Health System, Parkland Health and Hospital and Texas Health Resources.
For more information, visit www.careflite.org or call James C. Swartz (972) 339-4201.