Health District

 

1700 3rd Street
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

940-761-7800

940-767-5242

Link: Health District Information

Wichita Falls - Wichita County Public Health District


Administration 

1700 Third St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

940-761-7804

940-767-5242

Link: Adminstration Division

Administration Division of the Wichita Falls - Wichita County Public Health District


Staff
Name Title Email Phone Additional Phone
Fagan, Amy Director of Health 940.761.7804  

Animal Services 

1207 Hatton Rd.
Wichita Falls, TX 76302

940-761-8894


Division includes animal control


Staff
Name Title Email Phone Additional Phone
Bacon, Nicki Animal Services Administrator 9407617834  

Emergency Response 

1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

940-761-7910

940-767-5242


Link: Emergency Preparedness Division

Responsible for planning and preparing to respond to a wide array of public health emergencies, from natural disasters to potential biological and chemical attacks that could result in mass casualties and fatalities.


Staff
Name Title Email Phone Additional Phone
Gonzales, Daniel Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator 940.761.7910  

General Environmental Health 

1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

940-761-7820



The Environmental Health Division is responsible for many aspects of public health in both Wichita Falls and Wichita County. Routine inspections are conducted quarterly on hotels, motels, and non-profit organizations that serve food such as Emergency Rooms, Ambulance Services, and Senior Citizens Centers. Public swimming pools, and hot tubs as well as tattoo parlors are inspected monthly. All schools, public and private, are inspected annually while the kitchens are inspected twice yearly. Those schools with summer lunch programs receive an additional inspection. Foster homes and day care facilities are inspected at the request of the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.



Staff
Name Title Email Phone Additional Phone
Blair, Samantha General Environmental Administrator 940.761.7822  

Laboratory/Water Pollution 

1700 3rd St
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

940-761-7862

940-761-7878

Link: Laboratory/ Water Pollution Division

The Laboratory's main purpose is in direct support of the Wichita Falls Health District's in-house clinics. These include the Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, Maternal and Child Health Clinic, the Women, Infant, and Children Clinic (WIC), as well as supporting the Water Pollution, Food Control, Environmental Health, and Animal Control Divisions. These support services range from clinical laboratory testing of blood, serum, urine, and other body fluids to analysis of food, water, and soft-serve ice cream samples. The Laboratory also provides some testing for outside agencies such as the Wilson Family Planning Clinic and the Family Health Center. 

Additionally, the Laboratory accepts animal heads for shipment to the Texas Department of Health (TDH) Laboratory in Austin for Rabies Testing (See the Menu Selection for Rabies Testing).

This division is also responsible for the Industrial Pretreatment Program, Grease Trap Program including Grease Trap permitting, Waste Hauler permitting, and is the contact point for water pollution complaints.



Personal Health Services 

1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

940-761-7892


Link: Nursing Division

The Division of Personal Health Services offers an array of primary and preventive services. The scope of services includes care of the individual through clinical services as well as disease prevention and health promotion directed toward the community as a whole.

Staff
Name Title Email Phone Additional Phone
Williams, Lynette Nursing Administrator 940.761.7892  

Vital Statistics 

1700 3rd St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

940-761-7801

940-761-7693


Link: Vital Statistics Division

The Vital Records Office of the Wichita Falls Health Department is responsible for the filing of records on all births records that occurred in Texas and all deaths that occurred within the city limits of Wichita Falls. Our records date from 1926 to the present.


Staff
Name Title Email Phone Additional Phone
Wise, Britney City Registrar 940.761.7802  
Kirk, Anna Assistant City Registrar 940-761-7801  

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 

1700 Third St.
Wichita Falls, TX 76301

940-761-7815


Link: WIC Division

Staff
Name Title Email Phone Additional Phone
Piper, Janice WIC Administrator 940.761.7815