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Welcome to the Greater Northwest EMS
website!
NOTE: OUR OFFICE HAS MOVED,
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 21, 2007!!!!
Our new physical address is: 2300 24th St NW, Suite 103, Bemidji, MN 56601
(Next to the Hungry Bear restaurant).
Our mailing address will remain unchanged at this time due to the inability of
installing a mailbox in frozen ground!
All telephone, fax, and email information will remain unchanged.
Come visit our new office if you are in town!
| Our Mission
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The mission of Greater Northwest EMS is to establish, maintain, develop and
operate an emergency medical service (EMS) communication network to serve the
public and to serve all medical service entities, organizations and individuals
who provide medical services or services relative thereto; to do and perform
research and to provide educational training, instruction and information
relative to EMS and emergency services communication systems; to do and perform
such other and further actions as may maintain, develop and improve the quality,
effectiveness and availability of emergency medical services to the
general public.
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| Background Information
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Greater Northwest Emergency Medical Services is one of eight regional EMS
planning agencies statewide. It is designated as the lead regional EMS
program for the 12 county area of Northwestern Minnesota by the Emergency
Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB). Established in 1999 as a
non-profit organization, its appointed program responsibilities are facilitated
under federal EMS guidelines. Greater Northwest EMS serves over 100
departments including First Responder organizations, ambulance services,
hospitals, EMS support agencies and individuals region-wide. Greater
Northwest EMS is funded through Federal appropriations and private grants.
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| Geographic Area
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Greater Northwest EMS is responsible for the 12 county region of Northwestern
Minnesota which consists of approximately 14,703 square miles and encompasses
the counties of Beltrami, Polk, Lake of the Woods, Red Lake, Pennington,
Marshall, Kittson, Mahnomen, Clearwater, Hubbard, Roseau and Norman.
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