The Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Section, located in the Office of Prevention and Emergency Health Care (OPEHC), is charged with developing and maintaining an EMS delivery system throughout Wisconsin. Our system provides consistent, high-quality care to pre-hospital and interfacility patients. The Wisconsin EMS Office provides leadership, quality assurance, administration, training, coordination, and technical assistance to all EMS personnel and providers.
Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services Section staff are responsible for licensing and coordinating the following statewide services and activities. All numbers represented below are as of August 22, 2017.
Licensed and/or certified EMS services (791 total statewide)
- First Responder Groups (329 certified groups)
- Ambulance Services - Basic (133 licensed services)
- Ambulance Services - Intermediate Technician (133 licensed services)
- Ambulance Services - Intermediate (10 licensed services)
- Ambulance Services - Paramedic (89 licensed services)
- Ambulance Services - Critical Care (57 licensed services)
- TEMS Services (34 licensed services)
- Air Medical Services (10 services licensed at one of the above levels)
Licensed and/or certified EMS personnel (17,820 total statewide)
- First Responders (3,057 certified personnel)
- EMT-Basics (7,798 licensed personnel)
- Intermediate Technicians (2,228 licensed personnel)
- Intermediates (127 licensed personnel)
- Paramedics (3,549 licensed personnel)
- Critical Care Paramedics (1,061 licensed personnel)
- TEMS (230 personnel licensed at one of the above levels)
Annual calls by all services statewide for 2016 = 693,754
Annual calls by all services statewide for 2015 = 646,289
Annual calls by all services statewide for 2014 = 704,759
Annual calls by all services statewide for 2013 = 677,471
Annual calls by all services statewide for 2012 = 656,278
Annual calls by all services statewide for 2011 = 629,537
Last Revised: August 23, 2017
