Emergency
Sweetwater takes caring for its citizens seriously, and our Fire, EMS, Medical and Police services are modern, professional and dedicated. Dial 911 for emergencies.

Emergency Medical Service/Fire Department
• Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• Professional staff of 24 firefighters
• 3 firefighting engines, 3 pumpers, 2 grass rigs
• 3 modular ambulances
• 14 certified paramedics and related support services ( 1 tanker, 3 vehicles)
• Dive team for three area lakes
• Hazardous materials technicians
• Rescue technicians equipped with jaws-of-life
• All medical direction through the Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital
• Life support services
• Helicopter service available to Abilene for traumas or Lubbock to the Burn Center, and San Angelo Shannon Hospital
Call 325-235-4304 for more information.

Medical
The community is served by the Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital, located at Interstate 20 and Highway 70 on a 20-acre campus. RPMH is a modern, not-for-profit tax district hospital, accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). The hospital offers the following services:
• Cardiac rehabilitation
• General, gynecological, orthopedic and urological surgery with in-house anesthesia service
• Intensive Care Unit/Critical Unit
• Outpatient day surgery
• Standard radiology diagnostic studies, include mammography, fluoroscopy, IVP and tomography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, CAT scans, MRI scans
• Inpatient and outpatient physical therapy with therapeutic pool
• Endoscopy laboratory
• Pulmonary function laboratory
• Clinical laboratory
• Emergency Care Center
• Private patient room accommodations and CARE INN rooms for visitors
• Home health agency and other assisting services
• Special diet kitchen
• Multi-specialty medical staff
• Patient and community health education
• Chapel
• Social Services
• Fit Trail

Total hospital beds in city: 85
Total doctors on active medical staff: 13
Total consulting specialists: 10

Active medical staff for:
• Family Practice
• General Surgery
• Radiology
• Obstetrics/Gynecology
• General Practice
• Pediatricians

Consulting medical staff available for the following at our specialty clinic:
• ENT (ear, nose, throat)
• Cardiology
• Osteopathy
• Internal Medicine
• Orthopedics
• Physical Medicine
• Neurology
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Gastroenterology

Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital
200 E. Arizona
Sweetwater, Texas 79556
325-235-1701

Police
Sweetwater and Roscoe both have municipal police departments, and Nolan County has a Sheriff's office. Sweetwater's department employs 26 officers. Contact the Sweetwater Police Department at (325) 236-6687 or the Nolan County Sheriff at (325) 235-5471 for more information.

810 E. Broadway
P.O. Box 785
Sweetwater, Texas 79556
phone: 800.658.6757
fax: 325.235.1026

Ken Becker
Executive Director
ken@sweetwatertexas.net