Kansas City area fire apparatus

[MFD76]

Johnson County Medical Action (Med-Act) EMS response agency for Johnson County, Kansas

2005 Freight liner/ E\-One walk around rescue

Support-Utility 1173



EMS in the State of Kansas:



Between 1971-1973 the State of Kansas placed EMS Transport responsibility on all counties in the state. This was and still is very progressive. The law requires that the county government must decide who will provide EMS Transport within their county. Currently in Kansas most Counties provide either ALS or BLS transport services IE Johnson, Sedgwick (Wichita). Across the state some fire department were chosen by their county to provide the EMS transport service IE Great Bend FD, KCKFD. Shawnee County (Topeka) contracts with AMR.



In 1973 Johnson County, Kansas (KC Metro) passed a county wide tax to fund a county EMS transport agency. In 1974 Johnson County Medical Action (Med-Act) opened its doors providing the first ALS Paramedic service to the citizens. For the first twenty years most cities within the county still provided BLS ambulance response. This resulted in two ambulances at every EMS call. During this time period most fire departments disbanded there BLS ambulances and began first response with Engine or Truck Companies. Currently out of fourteen fire departments only one provides BLS ambulance response in tandem with Med-Act.