The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.

Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center is open, and we’re continuing to schedule appointments and procedures. We know that your health is important every day, even during a shutdown, and we’re taking steps to ensure your care continues without interruption.
Our emergency room and inpatient services are fully operational. We will not cancel any medical or dental appointments or procedures. Pharmacy, laboratory, and radiology services are also available to support your care.
To schedule or cancel appointments, call Patient Appointing Services at 254-288-8888, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can also use the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal to make appointments or communicate with your provider.
We’re here for you—stay informed and know that your care continues without interruption. For questions about TRICARE during the shutdown, please visit www.tricare.mil/shutdown

Health Services

Environmental Health

Mission

Protect and promote public health by preventing environmental exposures to hazardous conditions and assuring compliance with environmental health laws and regulations.

Scope of Practice

  • Provide services, activities, and programs that prevent or mitigate adverse health effects through the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of health hazards identified within the environment (water, food, land, and other environmental media or settings that may adversely affect human health).
  • Services and activities incorporate health risk management processes to continuously anticipate, identify, assess, and control health hazards, and document activities within prescribed systems of records.
  • Entomological services encompass prevention, identification, surveillance, management, documentation of medically important pests.

Programs and Services

  • Drinking Water Program
  • Environmental Program
  • Food Service Sanitation Program
  • General Sanitation Program
  • Recreational Water Program
  • Solid, Hazardous, and Regulated Medical Waste
  • Entomology Program
  • Training and Certification

Service Requests

  • Field Sanitation Team (FST) Course
  • Food Handlers Certification
  • Water Container Inspection
  • Water quality

Contact Us

Hours

Monday–Friday
7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Phone

Drinking/Recreational Water
254-288-1665
Environmental Health
254-288-1055
Food Sanitation Services
254-288-9193
Water Trailers/Containers & Food Handlers' Certification
254-288-9112
Email 
dha.cavazos.darnall-amc.list.environmental-health@health.mil

Location

36045 Wratten Drive
Fort Hood, Texas 76544

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