Johnson County Commissioners Court — Brent Stoball of CareFlight presented the service provider’s Q3 and fiscal‑year 2025 statistics to the commissioners on Nov. 10.

For Q3, CareFlight reported a 97 percent compliance rate and a 64 percent transport rate, with an average county response time of 12 minutes 18 seconds. For FY2025 the service reported 13,110 responses and 8,193 transports, for an overall 97 percent compliance and a 62 percent transport rate with an average response time of 12 minutes 20 seconds.

Stoball told commissioners the combined results were roughly 20 percent over what CareFlight had budgeted for demand, and that the system’s current resources were sufficient to meet that demand. He said the major receiving hospitals for county transports were Texas Health (locations noted), Texas Health Fort Worth and Methodist Mansfield (operating as a level‑2 trauma center at present), and that mutual aid figures include both emergency transfers and responses to assist local fire departments when they are overloaded.

Commissioners raised questions about capacity and future service demand in the county’s growing western areas, asking how often patients were transported to Mansfield or Fort Worth and whether future development could outpace available hospital services. CareFlight staff said the FY2025 figures show about 5 percent of transports went to THR Cleburne and said they would supply a separate report on transfers to tertiary care and interfacility transports next quarter.

The presentation also included air operations: in Q3 CareFlight logged 22 patient flights, 87 standbys and nine weather‑related declines; the average aircraft response time was about 18 minutes. Stoball noted aircraft use can substantially shorten transport times for distant or congested transfers.

Why it matters: Emergency medical services metrics inform county planning for public safety, budgets and mutual‑aid arrangements. Commissioners requested follow‑up transfer statistics and urged continued monitoring as the county and nearby municipalities add residential development.

What’s next: CareFlight will provide a supplemental report on interfacility transfers and mutual‑aid transport patterns at a future commissioner's court.