Operational since 1998, Coastal EMS has been one of the leading private medical transportation companies providing ambulance service to residents of Northwest Harris County. Located in Houston, Texas, it is a provider of emergency medical services for NASA at the Johnson Space Center and Ellington Field. Its list of equipments include Stryker Power Pro XT ambulance stretcher, LIFEPAK diagnostic cardiac monitor-defibrillator, paraPAC Medic critical care transport ventilator, Nonin 8500, The Hartwell Evac-U-Splint system and ResQPOD.