Emergency Medical Services (MN)
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This article is designed to address larger Emergency medical Services in Minnesota of the following Types
- EMS's that operate their own Secondary PSAP
- EMS's the operate in Multiple counties
- EMS's that are larger in operational size
Minnesota Has 4 Secondary PSAP's which by definition, are secure centers that are capable of recieving 911 calls. Secondary PSAPs are:
- Mayo Clinic Medical Transport
- North Memorial Ambulance Service
- Hennepin EMS
- Allina Health EMS
Contents
Medical Resource Control Centers
The Twin Cities breaks EMS up into 2 major groups - East and West Metro, each spearheaded by their own Control Center. Medical Resource Control Centers operate as the hub of patient information and the coordination points for their side of the river.
- East MRCC is located in the Emergency Department of Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Ramsey County
- West MRCC is a service of Hennepin Emergency Medical Services Communications Center
Allina Health Emergency Medical Services
Allina Health Emergency Medical Services is one of the region's largest ambulance and medical transport services.
We serve more than 100 Minnesota communities, where about one million people live. We employ nearly 570 paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), dispatchers, special transportation drivers, maintenance and administration and support personnel.
Field Operations
We annually respond to more than 100,000 emergency calls. Allina Health Emergency Medical Services crews respond exclusively to medical emergencies at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport.
Allina EMS provides coverage through a number of Bases
- North Metro (Mounds View)
- South Metro (Savage (Eagle Valley))
- Cambridge
- Wright County (Buffalo)
- A.L.F. (Apple Valley, Lakeville and Farmington)
- New Ulm
- Hutchinson
- Glencoe
- Saint Peter
- River Falls WI
Unit Numbering
Unit ID | Group ID | Notes |
---|---|---|
100-199 | Special Transportation & Greater MN Program | |
1801-1802 | Rivers Edge Ambulance - St. Peter | Dispatch Contract - 1810 Supervisor |
202-208 | Isanti County ALS | 201 Manager |
2771-2775 | Hutchinson Ambulance | 2710 Manager |
300-310 | Northfield Ambulance | Dispatch Contract - 310 Supervisor / Manager |
3501-3503 | River Falls WI Ambulance | |
371-372 | Glencoe Ambulance | 3710 Supervisor |
401-408 | Dispatch Management | |
501-506 | Clinical Services | |
511-536 | South Metro ALS | 550 Manager - 510 On Duty Supervisor |
5601-5602 | Elk River Ambulance | Elk River FD |
5603-5604 | Elk River Medic Chase Vehicles | Allina Medics |
5702-5706 | CentraCare EMS | Dispatch Contract - 5701 Manager - 5710 Duty Supervisor |
587 | South Metro Critical Care Truck | |
592-597 | ALF Ambulance | 590 Manager |
600 | Allina Communications Center | Dispatch Call Sign |
610 | On Duty Paramedic Supervisor/Manager | |
620-685 | North Metro ALS | 660 Manager |
6290-6299 | Saint Mary's EMS | 6201 Manager |
686-689 | North Metro Critical Care | |
691-699 | Wright County ALS | 690 Manager |
671-676 | Bike Team | |
800-806 | Lakeview EMS Ambulance | Dispatch Contract |
905-915 | New Ulm Ambulance | 910 Manager |
931-932 | Community Paramedic | |
950-953 | Interfacility Manager/Supervisors | |
983-999 | Metro Area BLS units | |
UPDATED 06/2017 |
Communications
In 2015, Allina Health was recognized for its work to improve public health care and maximum efficiency of the 911 system. The Allina Health Emergency Medical Services Communications Center was awarded the [Accredited Center of Excellence from the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch.][1]
In addition to Dispatching Allina EMS Site, Allina Communications also provide dispatch services for:
- CentraCare EMS (Formerly New River Medical Center EMS)
- Lakeview Hospital EMS
- Lakes Regions EMS (1SEP2016)
- Rivers Edge / St. Peter Ambulance (2JAN2017)
- Saint Mary's EMS Detroit Lakes (1MAY2017)
Allina Communications has 13 Dispatch Positions and conducts all of its operations on ARMER. Allina uses TriTech's visiCAD.
- Allina Communications uses Motorola Gold Elite Consoles, as such, every talkgroup at each dispatch console has a unique radio ID which can be found here.
Allina Health EMS dispatchers have 6 different jobs roles. 5 dispatch boards and call takers. The 4 boards are split up as such:
- North (North Metro, Cambridge, Critical Care)
- South (South Metro, ALF)
- Outstate West (Elk River/Wright County, CentraCare EMS, Hutchinson/Glencoe, New Ulm, Rivers Edge (St. Peter))
- Outstate East (Lakeview EMS, Lakes Region EMS, Saint Mary's EMS, Interfacility (1730-0930))
- Interfacility (GM, Active Ride, BLS, Community Paramedic, Critical Care)
- Call Taker (Phones - 911 / Interfacility)
F-M Ambulance (Fargo-Moorhead)
- F-M Ambulance operates in the Fargo-Moorhead Area and Thief River Falls. They have service area in Cass County, ND, Clay County, MN & Pennington County, MN
M Health Fairview EMS
- M Health Fairview EMS operates ALS and BLS ambulances. They have 911 PSA in Dakota County and Forest Lake in Washington County. M Health Fairview EMS provides Dispatch services for Northfield EMS.
- All operations are on ARMER
Hennepin County Medical Center EMS
- HCMC EMS is solely a 911 ALS Service within Hennepin County.
- All Ambulances are staffed with 2 paramedics.
- Maximum Staffing is 19 ALS Ambulances, minimum staffing is 6 ALS Ambulances
- 911 PSA is:
- Minneapolis (85%)
- St. Anthony Village
- Richfield
- St. Louis Park
- Hopkins
- Minnetonka
- Eden Prairie
- Golden Valley (Tyrol Hills Neighborhood)
- Excelsior
- Greenwood
- Woodland
- Deephaven
- All operations are on ARMER
LifeLink III
Air Operations
Rotor Wing bases in
- Blaine (Anoka County, MN)
- Rice Lake (Barron County, WI)
- Marshfield (Wood County, WI)
- Alexadria (Douglas County, MN)
- Brainerd (Crow Wing County, MN)
- Hibbing (St. Louis County, MN)
- Duluth (St. Louis County, MN)
- Willmar (Kandiyohi County, MN)
- Rush City (Chisago County, MN)
All operations are on Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response (ARMER), except Rice Lake, and Marshfield which use a UHF LTR system that is not in the database.
Mayo Clinic Medical Transport
Ground based operations in:
- Rochester
- Austin
- Owatonna
- Mankato
- Fairmont
- Litchfield
- Little Falls
- St. Cloud
- Eau Claire
- Duluth/Superior
Operates 4 Helicopters in:
- Mayo One - Rochester
- Mayo Two - Eau Claire, WI
- Mayo Three - Mankato
- Mayo Four - Red Wing (Part Time)
- Fixed Wing Operations with 2 Airframe based out of the Rochester Airport
- Critical Care Staffing of 2 Pilots, 1 Nurse and 1 Paramedic
North Memorial Ambulance Service
- 700 operates from North Memorial Ambulance Services Headquarters in Brooklyn Center
- Dispatches and provides Pre-arrival Instructions
Ground Operations Sites in:
- Metro (Brooklyn Center)
- Metro ALS-7000, BLS-8000 and Critical Care in Hennepin County
- Princeton-6000, Zimmerman and Milaca in Sherburne, Mille Lacs & Benton Counties
- Faribault-2000, Waseca, Kenyon and New Prague in Rice, Goodhue, Waseca, Le Sueur & Scott Counties
- Brainerd-5500, Crosslake, Aitkin, Deerwood and Longville
- Grand Rapids-5000
- Park Rapids
- Alexandria-4000 in Douglas County
- Burnett County, WI
- All operations are on ARMER
- Emergency Medical Services (MN) Radio IDs on ARMER.