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The Shelby County Ambulance Service provides emergency medical coverage to all 598 square miles of Shelby County. We are a county owned service that provides county wide 911 service and interfacility transfers. We run Paramedic and EMT crews 24/7/365. We have the most up to date equipment and vehicles.
Shelby County also has volunteer ambulances owned and operated by fire departments or other rescue organizations in towns throughout the County. Volunteer ambulances are located in:
- Shelby
- Elk Horn
- Portsmouth
- Earling
- Defiance
- Irwin
- Harlan
Volunteer fire departments also assist the ambulance service by having first responder crews that can provide care until an ambulance arrives. These fire departments include:
- Panama
- Westphalia