Emergency Medical Services
Bobby Tripp, Director
Dougherty County Emergency Medical Service is an advanced life support ambulance service that provides quality pre-hospital medical care and transportation to the citizens of Dougherty County twenty-four hours per day. EMS also provides community service and education to the general public by teaching CPR and first aid and offering free blood pressure screenings. EMS responds to approximately 17,000 calls per year with an average response time of five minutes. The department uses eight Type I one-ton truck ambulances and three first responder vehicles operated by the director, on-duty supervisor, and the training officer. Three trucks are run out of a headquarters facility which houses three 2-person crews, the director, supervisor, training officer, and two administrative personnel. One truck is operated out of a satellite station in East Albany which houses one 2-person crew. One truck runs out of a satellite station in South Albany, also with one 2-person crew. The other crew is located in the Northwest part of Dougherty County.
Dougherty County EMS has 64 total employees, all of which consists of 51 Paramedics, 5 Cardiac Technicians, 6 Emergency Medical Technicians, 1 Administrative Assistant, and 1 Administrative Secretary. The annual attrition rate is approximately one percent. Of the 48 full-time personnel 42 are licensed paramedics, 4 are cardiac technicians.