Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency
The Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency (ALCO EMS) is the Agency that plans, implements, and oversees all Emergency Medical Services (EMS) activities conducted in Alameda County.COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
In order to gather all relevant information and resources into a single location, we have have created a separate page for topics related to COVID-19. Click: ALCO EMS COVID-19 Page to learn more.
12/12/2020- Ambulance Patient Offload Time (APOT) Reports
APOT reports have been updated and are now available for viewing:
November 2020 | Archived Reports
12/12/2020- 911 Transport Provider Compliance Reports
Response time compliance reports for the contracted 911 EOA transport provider (Falck) are now available. You can view these reports by following the links below:
November 2020 | Archived Reports
01/06/2020- EMS System Plans Approval
The California EMS Authority (EMSA) recently approved our Agency's 2018-2019 System Plan and the STEMI, Stroke, Quality Improvement, and Trauma System Status reports. You can view any of these approved plans by visiting our Documents Page and scrolling down to the "Plans" section
12/31/2019- 2020 EMS Field Manual & Mobile Apps
Hard copies of the 2020 Field Manual are available through your provider agency or by visiting our office. The PDF version of the 2020 Field Manual is linked below. The iOS and Android versions of the mobile apps have been updated and are now available via the links below.
- Mobile Field Manual App for iOS-based devices
- Mobile Field Manual App for Android-based devices
- Alameda County EMS 2020 Field Manual (PDF Version)
- 2020 Field Manual Training & Reference Materials
11/21/2019- EMS System Redesign Meetings
In September, we met with all of our EMS system stakeholders to begin the process of redesigning Alameda County's EMS system. You can find the related documents and schedule for these meetings on our EMS System Redesign Page
Popular EMS Links:
- Administrative Policies
- Emergency Medical Services Ambulance Transport Provider Agreement (Agreement with Falck Northern California)
- EMS Corps Program (ALCO EMS' EMT Training Program for Under-represented youth from our community)
- EMS for Children Page (Including 2019 Pediatric Site Visit Information)
- EMS System Redesign Page
- EMT Certification & Paramedic Accreditation
- 2020 Mobile Field Manual App for iOS-based devices
- 2020 Mobile Field Manual App for Android-based devices
- Alameda County EMS 2020 Field Manual (PDF Version)
- 2020 Field Manual Training & Reference Materials
- Disaster Forms
- Make A Payment