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Health Care Resource Guide | 2017-2018 49 Private ambulance services Private ambulance services Ranked by number of vehicles Name No. of vehicles/ local employees License/ profit or nonprofit No. of locations/ areas served Description Head of company Year founded 1 Wood's Ambulance Inc. 457 Main St., Gardner 01440 978-632-1530 • www.woodsambulance.com 19 75 Paramedic profit 1 Greater Gardner, Athol and Lancaster; scheduled transportation available outside of these areas Emergent and non-emergent medical transportation; fleet includes ambulances, chair vans and a wheelchair bus James Wood president & CEO 1954 2 UMass Memorial EMS 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-421-5705 • www.umassmemorialems.com 18 98 * Paramedic nonprofit 4 Worcester, Shrewsbury 911 provider, advanced life support and transport service; 15 Class I ambulances, three Class V ambulances Stephen Haynes chief, WEMS 1977 ** 3 K's Personal Transport Inc. 94 Main St., Oxford 01540 508-987-2254 • www.kambulance.com 9 30 Basic profit 1 Central Mass. and Northeastern Conn., within a 30-mile radius of Worcester Basic life support ambulance and wheelchair van services David Krevosky president 1986 4 Webster EMS 67 Thompson Road, Webster 01570 508-943-2218 • www.websterems.com 7 31 Paramedic nonprofit 1 Webster with mutual aide to Oxford, Dudley, Douglas, Thompson (Conn.), Southbridge, Auburn, Charlton 911 emergency care to a population of 16,800 residents and primary provider for Harrington Memorial Hospital Gary Milliard Jr. EMS chief 1923 5 Spencer EMS 6 Bixby Road, Spencer 01562 508-885-4476 • www.spencerrescue.org 4 45 Paramedic nonprofit 1 Spencer High-quality emergent response and event coverage; three ambulances and one utility vehicle Ted Flanagan executive director 1959 6 West Brookfield Rescue Squad 18R W. Main St., West Brookfield 01585 508-637-1778 • www.westbrookfieldrescuesquad.com 2 14 Basic nonprofit 1 West Brookfield and surrounding areas New state-of-the-art ambulances and latest technology in equipment Dan McCall president 1952 7 North Brookfield Emergency Squad Inc. 58 School St., North Brookfield 01535 508-867-6308 • NA 1 25 Basic nonprofit 1 North Brookfield 911 provider for the town of North Brookfield Patrick Kiritsy director 1956 8 UMass Memorial LifeFlight 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-421-5700 • www.umassmemorialems.com 1 13 Critical care nonprofit 1 All of New England Air medical transport Gina Smith program director 1982 9 Community EMS Inc. 401 Cedar Hill St., Marlborough 01752 508-485-4544 • www.community-ems.com DND DND Paramedic profit 4 Marlborough, Milford, MetroWest Ambulance service with advanced and basic life support, medical transportation Randy Jusseaume president & CEO 1965 10 MedStar Ambulance *** 62 Washington St., Worcester 01608 508-799-0004 • www.medstarma.com DND DND Paramedic profit 5 Greater Worcester, Pioneer Valley, MetroWest Emergency basic life support and advanced life support as well as non-emergency transportation Eric Gordon division manager 2000 11 Vital Enterprises Inc. EMS & Medical Transport 1013 Main St., Worcester 01603 508-757-9111 • www.vitalems.com DND DND Paramedic profit 4 Worcester County Ambulance service with advanced and basic life support, medical transportation David Loiselle business development manager 2000 Source: Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services, each provider via survey and their websites. Notes: Ambulance service licensure is available at the basic, intermediate, paramedic and critical care service levels. Unable to confirm information for Events EMS Inc. of Medway. DND = did not disclose. * Licensed paramedics ** Transferred to UMass in 1991, and to UMass Memorial in 1998 *** MedStar declined to respond to the survey; data taken from website. - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com