Emergency medical services planning and regulation

An attempt is made to schedule all meetings in advance. Dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please review all meeting notices carefully for last minute changes.

Ambulance medical directors subcommittee 

• Agenda (proposed) ambulance medical directors subcommittee (11-24-15) (PDF)
• Summary (draft) ambulance medical directors subcommittee (10-27-15) (PDF)

Ambulance service personnel subcommittee 

• Agenda (proposed) ambulance service personnel subcommittee (11-5-15) (PDF)
• Summary (proposed): ambulance service personnel subcommittee (5-19-15) (PDF)

Council

• Summary (draft) EMS Council (10-8-15) (PDF)

Ebola pre-hospital preparedness work group

• Draft (summary): Ebola pre-hospital preparedness work group (12-17-14) (PDF)

Executive committee

• Summary (draft): executive committee (9-14-15) (PDF)

Medical standards committee

• Summary (draft): medical standards committee (6-4-15) (PDF)
• Agenda (proposed): medical standards committee (9-3-15) (CANCELLED)

Operations committee 

• Summary (draft):operations committee (10-13-15) (PDF)
• Agenda (proposed): operations committee (10-13-15) (PDF)

Quality committee 

• Agenda (proposed) quality committee (10-6-15) (PDF)
• Summary (draft) quality committee (10-6-15) (PDF)

Meeting location codes, addresses and maps

• EF = Edina Fire, 6250 Tracy Avenue, Edina, MN 55436 Map to Edina Fire
• FVSD = Fairview Southdale Hospital, 6401 France Avenue South, Edina, MN 55435 Map to Fairview Southdale Hospital
• HF = Hopkins Fire Department, 101 - 17th Avenue South, Hopkins, MN 55343 Map to Hopkins Fire Department
• HSB = Health Services Building, 525 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415 Map to Health Services Building
• NAS = North Ambulance Service, 4501 – 68th Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, MN 55429 Map to North Ambulance Service
• 212 MC = 212 Medical Center, 111 Hundertmark Road, Chaska, MN 55318 Map to 212 Medical Center

Bylaws and membership

• EMS Council bylaws (PDF)
• EMS Council and Committee membership (PDF)

Five ambulance providers respond to 911 calls for emergency services in Hennepin County. A list of these ambulance providers by city is below. Of note: ambulance provider service areas do not perfectly coincide with county or city boundaries. View this primary service area map for more specificity.

• Primary service area map for Hennepin County (PDF, 1MB) 

Ambulance providers by city

• Bloomington – Allina Medical Transportation
• Brooklyn Center – North Ambulance Service
• Brooklyn Park – North Ambulance Service
• Champlin – Allina Medical Transportation (primary)
• Champlin – North Ambulance Service (secondary)
• Chanhassen (portion located in Hennepin County) – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Corcoran – North Ambulance Service
• Crystal – North Ambulance Service
• Dayton – North Ambulance Service (primary)
• Dayton – Allina Medical Transportation (secondary)
• Deephaven – Hennepin EMS
• Eden Prairie – Hennepin EMS
• Edina – Edina Fire
• Excelsior – Hennepin EMS
• Fort Snelling – Allina Medical Transportation
• Golden Valley (Southeast area South of Highway 394 and East of Highway 100 regardless of community) – Hennepin EMS
• Golden Valley (West of Highway 100) – North Ambulance Service
• Greenfield – North Ambulance Service
• Greenwood – Hennepin EMS
• Hanover – North Ambulance Service
• Hassan – North Ambulance Service
• Hopkins – Hennepin EMS
• Independence – North Ambulance Service
• Long Lake – North Ambulance Service
• Loretto – North Ambulance Service
• Maple Grove – North Ambulance Service
• Maple Plain – North Ambulance Service
• Medicine Lake – North Ambulance Service
• Medina – North Ambulance Service
• Minneapolis (both sides of Plymouth and Penn Avenues, and all other areas of Minneapolis not covered by NMTS) – Hennepin EMS
• Minneapolis (North and West of the line formed by Plymouth Avenue East from the city limits to Penn, North on Penn, East on Golden Valley Road, North on Girard and East on Broadway to the Mississippi River. Of this line, NMTS will serve both sides of Golden Valley Road, Girard Avenue and Broadway) – North Ambulance Service
• Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport – Allina Medical Transportation
• Minnetonka (Highway 394 and North of Highway 394, Ridgedale Shopping Center and Hillcrest Nursing Home) – North Ambulance Service
• Minnetonka (South of 394, except Ridgedale Shopping Center and Hillcrest Nursing Home) – Hennepin EMS
• Minnetonka Beach – North Ambulance Service
• Minnetrista – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Mound – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• New Hope – North Ambulance Service
• Orono – North Ambulance Service
• Osseo – North Ambulance Service
• Plymouth – North Ambulance Service
• Richfield – Hennepin EMS
• Robbinsdale – North Ambulance Service
• Rockford – North Ambulance Service
• Rogers – North Ambulance Service
• Saint Anthony (portion located in Hennepin County) – Hennepin EMS
• Saint Bonifacius – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Saint Louis Park – Hennepin EMS
• Shorewood (East of Highway 19 to Country Club Road South to Tee Terrace to Wood Drive to Highway 7) – Hennepin EMS
• Shorewood (West of the boundary of Highway 19 to Country Club Road South to Tee Terrace to Wood Drive to Highway 7) – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Spring Park – North Ambulance Service
• Tonka Bay – Hennepin EMS
• Wayzata – North Ambulance Service
• Woodland – Hennepin EMS

Hennepin County regulations

• EMS Council bylaws (PDF, 1MB) 

• Ordinance 9 (related to emergency medical services)

Minnesota State EMS regulations

• Statute 144E
• Rules Chapter 4690

Hennepin County EMS system policies

• ALS protocols 4-8-2021 (PDF, 5MB)
• Hospital closure and ambulance diversion policy (PDF, 1MB)
• Communication policy (PDF, 1MB)
• Contacting the system medical director (PDF, 1MB)
• Required documentation policy (PDF, 1MB)
• Standards for medical control (PDF, 1MB)
• Transport policy for STEMI patients (PDF, 1MB)

Hennepin County EMS Medical Control Radio Checks

• Policy for monthly radio checks (PDF, 1MB)
• Instructions for monthly radio checks (PDF, 1MB)

Initial certification

The following documents should be used by physicians seeking initial certification as a Hennepin County Medical Control physician.

• Instructions for medical control certification (PDF, 1MB)
• EMS medical control – training for emergency department physicians (YouTube)
• Medical control certification form (PDF, 1MB)

Additional forms

• Incident report form (PDF, 1MB)
• Proposed ALS medical protocol revisions form (PDF, 1MB)

EMS providers of 911 emergency care in Hennepin County

Allina Health EMS
651-222-0555
167 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55102

Edina Fire EMS
952-826-0330
6250 Tracy Avenue South, Edina, MN

Hennepin EMS
612-873-5678
701 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55415

North Memorial Health EMS
763-581-9900
4501 68th Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, MN 55429

Ridgeview Ambulance Service
952-442-4222
500 South Maple Street, Waconia, MN 55387

Partner agencies

• Minnesota EMS Regulatory Board
• Metro Region EMS Program
• West Medical Resource Control Center (MRCC)
• East Medical Resource Control Center (East MRCC)
• Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES)