South Plains Emergency Medical Services
Saving Lives in the South Plains
Educational Opportunities
INJURY PREVENTION REPORTING LINK
TSA-B Injury Prevention link for training & education conducted in the TSA-B region: INJURY PREVENTION ACTIVITY
Downloadable pdf of the injury prevention activity report for review-NOT FOR SUBMISSION
EMT CLASS
Olton EMS will be hosting an EMT class in Olton beginning on September 3 with registration on August 27. This class will be a "Hybrid" in which the lectures will be live but via Zoom and all exams and skills will be in Olton. The classroom portion will be completed before Christmas.
The class will be on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6pm to 10pm with some Saturday classes
Cost of the class is $1,000 and includes digital textbook and one NR testing attempt.
The class will be taught by Rusty Powers.
For more information, please contact Rusty Powers at rustypowers917@yahoo.com or 806-786-7988 or Jimmy Brooks (Olton EMS Director) at oltonems1979@gmail.com or 806-285-7701.
Page Purvis and Whitney Davis will be teaching the ICS All-Hazards Planning Section Chief Course in Lubbock on Sep 21-24, 2026. (Mon-Thu) It’ll be held here at the DSHS Office at 6302 Iola Ave. Would you please share this with your distribution lists so that we can fill this one up? It’s open to 30 but she needs a minimum of 10 for it to make.
Karen McDonald, MS
Training and Exercise Specialist
Preparedness and Response - Northwest Region (PHR 1)
Texas Department of State Health Services
6302 Iola Avenue
Lubbock TX 79424
Desk: (806) 783-6456
Fax: (806) 783-6466
Cell: (806) 567-8273
