Public Safety

Lampasas provides public safety services through the Lampasas Police Department, Lampasas Fire Department, the Fire Marshal's office, the Animal Control office, the Code Enforcement office, and Acadian Ambulance.

Lampasas Police Department

The Lampasas Police Department is staffed by eighteen police officers and eight civilian personnel. The department is organized into six divisions: Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Records, Communications, Animal Control, and Code Enforcement. The City of Lampasas Police Department provides:

• Community crime prevention services
• Conducts investigations in response to reported crimes
• Generates and maintains records of all police related incidents
• Generates and maintains records of all reported crimes
• Patrol to all parts of the city
• Provides emergency response to major accidents, natural disasters, civil disorders, and other public emergencies
• Responds to calls for animal control, code enforcement, and police service

Lampasas Fire Department

The Lampasas Fire Department proudly protects 25,000 people living in an area of 714 square miles in Lampasas County. They operate out of one station, and staff twelve full time firefighters. Services the Fire Department Provides:

• Emergency medical assists
• Extrication services within Lampasas County
• Fire suppression service
• Fire safety education
• Hazardous materials response at the technician level
• Search and rescue services within Lampasas County

Hamilton EMS

Hamilton EMS is the exclusive provider of emergency medical services to the citizens of Hamilton, Mills, San Saba, Lampasas, and Llano counties. The EMS Department began operations in May 1990 with one ambulance and a dedicated team of first responders serving Hamilton County licensed at the Basic Life Support with Mobile Intensive Care capabilities.  Today, Hamilton EMS operates a fleet of 10 full-time and 3 reserve Mobile Intensive Care Units, all equipped with the Stryker PowerLoad XTS System (auto-loading stretchers); and licensed at the highest-level of pre-hospital emergency medical care possible in Texas. In addition to 13 MICU ambulances, HEMS manages each county service area with a 24-hour Paramedic Supervisor in a 4x4 Command truck.  Each EMS Command truck is equipped and stocked as not only a command vehicle with communications and incident command equipment; but also carries a full complement of medical gear, medications, and equipment in a climate-controlled vehicle.  Not only does an EMS Supervisor provide an emergency response to 911 calls in a supervisory capacity; they also routinely assist EMS ambulance crew with complex emergency patient transports and interfacility transfers.  This ability to provide two Paramedics in the back of an ambulance performing critical care medicine in real-time while a third drives, truly allows the best possible patient outcome.