Richmond Lenox E.M.S.
Ambulance Authority
History of Richmond Lenox EMS:
RLEMS is a municipally owned Ambulance Authority; our shared service has been providing E.M.S. to northern Macomb County since 1975. Richmond Township and Lenox Township are the joint owners, of the authority.
RLEMS contracts to provide cost effective service to the City of Richmond, City of Memphis, Village of New Haven, and Township of Ray. As well as Casco, Columbus, Riley and Wales Township in St. Clair County. The EMS answers over 3,800 Emergency calls each year.
Funding:
RLEMS operates on a budget of nearly 2.5 million dollars, The EMS averages over $100,000.00 annually in grant funding, with much of our remaining revenuecoming from insurance companies, community support and various donations.
Personnel:
The EMS currently employs 16 full time and 32 part time employees. Its Directorhas been employed by the EMS since 1989.
Stations/Equipment & Response Times:
RLEMS operates out of 3 stations, each is staffed 24 hours per day. The EMS has 6 Advanced Life Support/Paramedic Ambulances. These are dispatched through agreements with the Macomb County Sheriff’s Department, The City of Richmond, and the St. Clair County Central Dispatch Authority.
Station # 1 (headquarters) is located on 32 Mile Rd in Richmond Township, Station # 2 (built in 1999) is located in the Richmond Township Offices on School Section Rd in Richmond Township, Station # 3 (built in 2003) is located next to the Lenox Township Fire Station # 1 and the Lenox Township Department of Public Works Building on Gratiot Ave.
Each EMS station is equipped with full living quarters for personnel, operational offices including radios/internet, maintenance bays for our vehicles, and exercise equipment. All EMS stations have back up power supply generators.
The EMS also has a special operations trailer equipped for mass casualty care/including an all-terrain vehicle for rescue situations.
EMS response times are under 8 minutes and the quality of care our staff provides exceeds industry standards.
Accomplishments & Other Services Provided:
Through a relationship with the Macomb County Health Department, Richmond EMS provides flu immunizations each fall in an effort to improve the health of our citizens.
RLEMS offers classes in community safety, Blood borne Pathogens, First Aid, CPR, EMT and MFR certification.
Other services offered by our local EMS include, free blood pressure screenings, community blood drives and Life Line emergency call access. We have also been and remain very involved in lobbying for community public safety.
The EMS provides no-cost standby services at events, such as: high school football games, Richmond Good Old Days, The Memphis Daze, St. Clair Counties 4-H Fair, and any numerous other public gatherings.
Richmond Lenox E.M.S.
Community Transit Operations
In 1999 Richmond Lenox E.M.S. partnered with S.M.A.R.T, and local communities to provide door to door transportation service for area residents that need assistance getting to medical appointments, medical procedures, banking, nutritional trips and for personal business.
EMS transit staff are trained in First Aid and CPR and assist our passengers from there door to the vehicle then transport them safely to their destination where drivers unload and assist riders inside. Through the community partnership we developed there is no cost for this service.
Appointments may be scheduled up to six weeks in advance with a minimum of 48 hours in advance; appointments are available on a first come first serve basis.
Our service operates in a public transit model and may involve picking up multiple residents going in the same direction at near the same time. This type of routing provides us the necessary economy of scale to serve the greatest number of residents with the funding available.In 2014, the EMS transit service provided nearly 22,000 rides for area residents, on a total budget of just over $400,000.
Richmond Lenox EMS community transit, serves residents in Armada, Chesterfield, Lenox, Memphis, New Baltimore, New Haven, Ray and Richmond.
For more information, please contact our transit office at (586) 749-7713