Emergency Medical Services Educational Facility

About the Program

Category: Criminal Justice and Public Safety (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Chesterfield County Fire and EMS provides fire-based emergency medical services to the citizens, visitors and guests of Chesterfield County Virginia. This system is built upon the ability to deliver paramedic level care. To this ability, Chesterfield County Fire and EMS needs to maintain an appropriate number of paramedics to account for service demand. Previously the department relied upon a medical university to educate our paramedic students. This methodology was expensive and had mixed results. By becoming our own Emergency Medical Services training facility, student pass rates have increased, as well as our return on investment. In addition, the service quality to the citizens has increased.