Emergency Medical Systems

The Vendor is required to provide for the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of the statewide Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) system in accordance with the Emergency Medical Services Act.
- EMS system is organized into three geographic regions, each supported by a regional office responsible for system planning, development, coordination, and technical assistance.
- These regional offices play a critical role in supporting EMS agencies, healthcare facilities, and communities through coordination, education, data support, and system improvement initiatives.
- While each region has a different geographical, county, and population size, they approximate each other in the resources used for planning and development of emergency medical services.
- EMS caregivers, assisting with development and propagation of EMS treatment modalities, inspections of EMS dispatch and ground response agencies, assisting agencies with EMS Fund and Trauma Fund application processes & EMS data entry, and working with various entities to improve emergent prehospital response and treatment, with a particular focus on the appropriate regionalization of EMS systems, and the trauma, stroke, and heart attack systems of care in the EMS regions.
- Provide technical assistance to Emergency Medical Dispatch agencies in completing the online application and requirements for the EMD agencies to successfully acquire certification per the Certification of EMS Agency rule. Priority should go to applicants applying for initial certification. Contract staff may be asked to perform inspections on behalf of or with EMSB personnel.
- Provide technical assistance to ground and air EMS agencies in completing the online application and requirements for the EMS agencies to successfully acquire certification per the Certification of EMS Agency or Air Ambulance rule.
- The regional office will aid and direct EMS agencies to facilitate meaningful and impactful regional initiatives.