The Collier County Emergency Medical Authority was created by Ordinance No. 2016-44 on December 13, 2016, to assist the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) and other agencies with issues affecting pre-hospital emergency medical services, to work to improve pre-hospital medical care, to evaluate current and future EMS needs, to serve as a catalyst to effect cooperation among agencies, to evaluate requests of all Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (COPCN) in Collier County and make recommendations to the BCC. This is a five (5) member citizens committee, with members having no affiliation with any hospital, fire district, EMS, municipality or the Collier County Sheriff's Office. Terms are four years.

(Formerly known as the Public Safety Authority)