At their June 21, 2006, meeting, the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services Panel of Commissioners granted reaccreditation to 10 agencies, including: American Medical Response, Gulfport, Mississippi; American Medical Response, Jackson, Mississippi; American Medical Response, Orange County, Garden Grove, California; American Medical Response of Ventura County, Moorpark, California; The Medical Center, Bowling Green, Kentucky; F-M Ambulance of Fargo, North Dakota; Guilford County EMS of Greensboro, North Carolina; Beech Grove Fire Department of Beech Grove, Indiana, Pride Care Ambulance of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Medix Ambulance of Mission Viejo, California.
There are now currently 102 CAAS-accredited agencies in 32 U.S. states and Nova Scotia, Canada, with more than 200 agencies working on new applications.
About CAAS
The Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) was formed in 1990 as a not-for-profit agency to be a standard bearer for medical transportation systems. It is sponsored by the American Ambulance Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Association of EMS Physicians, the National Association of State EMS Officials, the National Association of EMTs, and the International Association of Fire Chiefs, with liaison representation from The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Accreditation signifies that ambulance services have met the “gold standard” determined by the ambulance industry to be essential in a modern emergency medical services provider.