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Welcome to Peru EMS Website. Please feel free to browse around.
Please keep in mind that PeruEMS.com is a work in progress and is still a little
rough around the edges. Many areas
are still under construction. More pages will be added as they are finished.
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Peru EMS History
Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service was formed in 1980 and
was housed in the garage building behind the Peru Police Department. The
service was 100% volunteer. EMTs responded from their homes to the ambulance
building and went to the call from there. The fleet consisted of two
ambulances. The Service provided emergency transport to the hospital and
also began to do non emergency transports and hospital to hospital
transports.
By 1997 the call volume began to increase as the
volunteer ranks dwindled. As a result the first paid staff for the service
was hired to augment coverage.
In 1998 the Current home of Peru Volunteer Ambulance
Service was built. The building is now named the Patricia Jacklovich
Memorial Building, in memory of Patricia A Jacklovich who was a founding
member, and Director of the service from 1984 until the time of her death in
2003
One Year later in 1999 Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service
advanced from the Basic level to the EMT Intermediate level. This meant more
lifesaving techniques and more medications.
Currently Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service operates at
the state’s highest level, Paramedic. Again this entails more lifesaving
techniques and more advanced medications.
The fleet now consists of 5 ambulances, 3 of which
are Paramedic level, and 2 at the Basic level.
There are two non transport response vehicles. There are also Medic Bikes
that are utilized for special events like the 4th of July
celebration on Water Street. We also have a Polaris Ranger off road vehicle
that is used for special events and search and rescue operations. As the
number of Paramedics on the service increases, the ambulances will be
upgraded to the paramedic level.
Learning never stops in the EMS profession and even
though we have 13 Paramedics on our staff, many of the Basic and
Intermediate level EMTs are currently working toward their paramedic
licensure.
Peru Volunteer
Ambulance Service now employs twelve full time, five part time, and sixteen
Paid On Call personnel, as well as a full time Medical Billing
Administrator.
As the call volume has risen over the years, Peru
Volunteer Ambulance Service has kept up with the pace by updating to higher
levels of care and keeping the community safe with highly trained Paramedics
and EMTs and some of the area’s most up to date ambulances and medical
equipment. A Bariatric Cot was just added to the list of equipment. This
lets us provide care to patients of larger size with more safety and dignity
as well as safety for our Staff.
Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service has advanced by leaps
and bounds over the last thirty years and as the EMS field changes, one
thing has remained the same. Our caring, dedicated, professional staff of
Paramedics and EMT’s.
Please stop by and see us. We would love to give you a
tour of our facility.
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