Editing North Richland Hills, Texas (section)

==Public services==
===North Richland Hills Fire Department / Emergency Medical Services===

The North Richland Hills [[Fire Department]] (NRHFD), also called the North Richland Hills Fire-Rescue (NRHFR), is a public health service geared towards combating uncontrolled fires. In addition to its role as a fire department, it acts like a traditional [[Emergency medical services|EMS]] service, and is dispatched to a wide range of [[medical emergencies]] unrelated to fires. To accomplish this mix of roles, all NRHFD staff are cross trained as [[firefighters]] and [[paramedics]]; likewise, all vehicles that they employ carry advanced life support equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nrhtx.com/FAQ.aspx?TID=21|title=Why does a fire truck respond with the ambulance?|quote=The City of North Richland Hills prides itself on the delivery of state of the art emergency medical services to our community. The ambulance and fire trucks are staffed by cross trained firefighter/paramedics. A fire truck is dispatched with the ambulance on many calls for various reasons. In some instances, the fire truck may be closer and can initiate medical care before the arrival of the ambulance. North Richland Hills uses very aggressive pre-hospital emergency care treatments and the fire truck and ambulance crews together make a highly efficient team to provide you with an unsurpassed level of care.|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nrhtx.com/161/Emergency-Medical-Services|title=Emergency Medical Services|quote=All four of our ambulances are licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services as mobile intensive care units (MICUs) and are staffed with firefighters / paramedics. Each fire apparatus is staffed with firefighter / paramedics that carry advanced life support equipment. Occasionally the fire company is the first to arrive at an emergency and this enables us to provide an advanced level of medical care as soon as possible.|access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref>

The department is currently recognized as a “Best Practices” department by the Texas Fire Chiefs Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.txfirechiefs.org/best-practices|title=Best Practices|website=txfirechiefs.org|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302084537/https://www.txfirechiefs.org/best-practices|archive-date=March 2, 2022}}</ref>