Oldham County EMS has a long and distinguished record of providing the
finest in emergency care. Our beginnings were in the volunteer fire
houses. As the county grew, the volunteers could no
longer provide the continuous coverage required by an increasing
populace.
Oldham County Emergency Medical
Service was founded in 1991 when the citizens of the county voted to
pass a tax to provide for a paid paramedic service. Prior to this, the
ambulances rolled from the volunteer fire departments with all volunteer
crews. Oldham County Paramedics was incorporated in 1989 as a
not-for-profit charity (501C3 #61-1164461).
Oldham County Paramedics merged with
the ambulance service and all 911 calls dispatch both an ambulance and
paramedic. Paramedics provide higher level of advance life support and
can administer drugs on the scene and en route to the hospital.
