EMS Grants
EMS1’s Grants section provides a comprehensive database of grants, news, information and resources to help EMS providers identify and secure available grant funding.
Health Information Exchange participation and funding for EMS agencies is a pathway to improving patient care and safety
Here are three questions to ask as your department or agency works through the question of whether to partner or collaborate for an application
Collecting data in the pre-planning phase will make your application more competitive
Drastic changes in the program’s funding levels will have overwhelming effects
Approximately $390 million will be awarded to fire departments and nonaffiliated EMS organizations throughout the country
$600 million is available nationwide via the program, but applications are awarded on a first come, first serve basis
Towns, counties, fire departments, EMS, and other agencies all benefitted from money, with the main goal of building NIMS compliance
Money can be used for emergency medical training or to buy equipment
Nine ambulances will get mounted radios, 20 portable units will be used in the field and a station will get radio equipment
Most if not all of the money would come out of a $1 billion grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
10 EMS workers to receive commendation for bravery
Institution authorized as Maine EMS Advanced Life Support Training Center
