Paris EMS is celebrating its 37th year serving the citizens of Lamar County. The city of Paris took over emergency medical calls from McQuistion Medical Center in September of 1979 with one ambulance and 6 EMT’s running almost 900 calls a year. Today, Paris EMS has 21 Paramedics with three 24/7 Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulances plus 12 part-time EMT’s and averages almost 9,000 calls per year.