Resources for Localities and EMS Officials

This page is designed to give city, town and county government officials more resources to help them manage and enhance their local EMS systems.

EMS System Development

• Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Review of Pre-hospital EMS in Virginia (2004)
  This study reviewed the statewide availability of EMS, recruitment, retention, and training of EMS Providers; funding of EMS in Virginia; and recommended organization and management improvements that could strengthen the Commonwealth's EMS System.
• House Bill 2521 - Local Maintenance of Emergency Medical Services
• Virginia City and County Ordinances
• Funding your Future: Establishing Fee-for-Service Programs in Non-Profit
  EMS Agencies
• The Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System
  A project headed by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
• Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future

Funding and EMS Equipment

• Grant Program for Non-Profit EMS agencies
• Four for Life Funding Guidelines
• Four for Life-Return to Localities funding
• State Ambulance Contract

EMS Technical Assistance and Consultation

• Office of EMS Program Representatives
• Virginia’s Regional EMS Councils
• EMS Helpline (VAVRS)

Statewide EMS Regulations, Training Standards and Data Collection

• Virginia's EMS Regulations
• EMS Agency and Personnel Information
  Personnel Statistics, EMS Agency Lists, Enforcement Actions, and Affiliation Changes.
• Training, Certification Requirements and Reciprocity Information
• Pre-hospital Patient Care Reporting
• Request Reports and Data from the OEMS Biostatistician

EMS Recruitment

• Recruitment Directory

EMS Retention (including leadership and management)

• Workforce Retention Project Updates
• EMS Leadership and Management Manuals
• Video Tape Lending Library (VAVRS)

EMS Leadership and Management Tool Kit

• Texas A&M EMS Leadership Academy
• Emergency Medical Services Management Association

Miscellaneous Links

• Local Government Links
• EMS Links