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Ambulance Service
Location
812 Cyclone Ave.
Harlan, IA 51537
Driving Directions
Contact Information
712-733-8053
712-733-8054 (Fax)
jthoreson@shelbycounty.iowa.gov
Hours
24/7
Holiday Closures
Our Team
Kenny Hansen
Service Director
Service Director
Jenny Thoreson
Assistant Service Director, Critical Care Paramedic
Assistant Service Director, Critical Care Paramedic
Dave Keane
Critical Care Paramedic
Critical Care Paramedic
Julie Kline
Critical Care Paramedic
Critical Care Paramedic
Trevor Shaw
Critical Care Paramedic
Critical Care Paramedic
Mary Yates
Critical Care Paramedic
Critical Care Paramedic
Adam McCall
Paramedic
Paramedic
Austin Tompkins
Paramedic
Paramedic
Dan Harding
EMT
EMT
Eric Heidenescher
EMT
EMT
Karen Schlueter
EMT
EMT
Andrea Syrstad
Part Time Critical Care Paramedic
Part Time Critical Care Paramedic
Venus Dreyer
Part Time Advanced EMT
Part Time Advanced EMT
Frannie Delauter
Part Time Advanced EMT
Part Time Advanced EMT
Charli Goff
Part Time EMT
Part Time EMT
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