UT Health EMS teams deployed as part of state’s hurricane response efforts

TYLER — UT Health East Texas EMS deployed two ambulances to assist statewide efforts to respond to Tropical Storms Marco and Laura. UT Health announced Monday that 5 EMS members are part of a state strike team. The teams are staging in San Antonio before deploying to targeted locations once the storms’ paths are better known. Roy Langford, regional director for UT Health EMS, said the strike teams respond to all weather situations when activated by the state, and they go in and help evacuate residents from nursing homes and hospitals when needed.