Healthier People, Safer Communities

Emergency Medical Services Program

For more detailed information on the Alaska EMS program
visit the IPEMS Extranet site at www.chems.alaska.gov

The EMS Program engages in myriad activities to ensure that qualified and properly equipped emergency medical services personnel are available to respond to the emergency medical needs of Alaska's citizens and visitors. Some of the activities include:

  1. Certifying emergency medical technicians, emergency medical services instructors, emergency medical dispatchers, and ground and air ambulance services;
  2. Reviewing and approving Emergency Trauma Technician, Emergency Medical Technician, and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic courses in Alaska;
  3. Administering federal grants, like the Rural Automated External Defibrillator Grant Program, which improves emergency medical services in Alaska;
  4. Providing training and technical expertise to local EMS agencies.

Assisting the department's Section of Injury Prevention and EMS in these activities are seven Regional EMS Programs (three non-profit EMS councils, three programs based in regional health corporations, and one program residing in a borough-wide fire department) and the Governor's Alaska Council on Emergency Medical Services. Working together, these groups can rapidly assess problems and, when provided the appropriate resources, they can affect change quickly and efficiently.

If you are an EMS provider or are interested in more information about EMS in Alaska, follow this link to the IPEMS EMS program.

Emergency Medical Services Unit
Section of Injury Prevention and EMS
Department of Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 110616
Juneau, AK 99811-0616
Phone # (907) 465-2262