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Our Mission

The mission of the Office of Emergency Medical Services is to foster emergency medical systems, trauma systems and credentialed EMS personnel to improve in providing responses to emergencies and disasters which will result in higher quality emergency medical care being delivered to the residents and visitors of North Carolina.

Click the link above to read an article by former Chief Pratt on the history of The North Carolina Office of EMS. 

Please enjoy our informational video from 1975: A will and A way