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The City of Allentown's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a public service system that includes al Each ambulance is staffed with 2 paramedics.

The Allentown Paramedics respond to over 17,000 calls annually and have 4 ambulances in three stations. Allentown EMS is under the Allentown Fire Department and our stations are located within fire stations across Allentown. Central Fire Station is home to Medic 1, Medic 2, Medic 100 (EMS Supervisor), and EMS Administration. Mack South Fire Station is home to Medic 3, our Special Events Cart, our Bike Medic unit, and the training division. Hibernia Fire Station is home to Medic 4. During peak times, we have four medic units staffed during the day and three that operate 24/7. Our paramedics also participate on the Allentown Fire Department Hazmat Team, Allentown Technical Rescue Team, Allentown Fire Department Dive Team, Allentown Bomb Squad, Allentown Police ERT, and our paramedics staff bicycles and utility vehicles during our many special events. Also, we have six USAR Medical Specialists on our special operations team, which works in conjunction with Lehigh County Special Operations and Lehigh Valley Hospital. On average we have four paramedic ambulances and a supervisor per day shift and three ambulances and a supervisor at night.

09/05/2026

Halfway through fair week at The Great Allentown Fair!

We are here from open to close on both the midway and in the arena.

We want to send a special thanks to the Emergency Preparedness staff at Jefferson-Lehigh Valley Health Network for providing a portable medical center for our staff to assist patients in.

It is a welcome addition to our on site medical plan.

Also, we want to thank Macungie Ambulance Corps for partnering with us with our trial of EMtrack by Juvare. It has streamlined our patient tracking and management. They also loaned us a Starlink for our infield staff. These upgrades drastically improve our capabilities.

08/16/2026

Our team was proud to be part of the annual Allentown School District Back to School bash in Cedar Beach!

Thousands of students took part in the annual event to help them prepare for the upcoming school year.

08/09/2026

Our special events team is happy to assist the Allentown Police with their annual Classics and Cruisers car show on Hamilton.

We are here from 12-4 with some of the nicest cars on the east coast!

08/01/2026

Our special event team and physicians are covering the 49th annual DCI Eastern Classic!

This 2-day festival is one of the largest in the country and the last major DCI show before the championships in Indianapolis.

07/11/2026

The City of Allentown Paramedics join the entire EMS profession in mourning the death of Randolph "Johnny Gage" Mantooth.

The television series "Emergency" paved the way for modern paramedics, and an entire generation of responders got their first taste of EMS through the weekly antics of Johnny and Roy.

The show was responsible for the development of Paramedic programs around the world, and Randolph was an ambassador of EMS until his death.

His legacy will live on.

07/03/2026

Allentown EMS is pleased to assist the City of Reading Fire Department EMS with today’s FIFA watch party.

We are glad to lend a hand making the experience a safe and enjoyable one.

05/27/2026

The Lehigh County Special Operations medical component along with ER residents from Lehigh Valley Health Network / Jefferson Health participated in the annual wilderness medicine day at Blue Mountain Resort today. Component team members consist of Paramedics from the City of Allentown and Physicians, Nurses and Paramedics from LVHN. Our members set up scenarios to treat and provide extended care in the austere environment.

05/23/2026

As we close out National EMS week we would be remised if we didn’t acknowledge the hard work and dedication of our part time and per-diem staff, and our hardworking administrative team.

These folks make up Allentown EMS and keep us going.

Part-Time - Doug Gernerd

Per-Diem - Andrew Dalpezzo, Rose Denommee, Brock Dalton, Crystal Diaz, Tom Fuehrer, Hailey Gianoni, Andrew Glass, Daniel Gordon, Justin Hilbert, Brett Keane, Angelica Kirkpatrick, Tyler Kunz, Dominic Lombardo, Jonathan Pozniak, Donald Rogers, Ben Schearer, Shannon Scoble, and Ryan Weir.

Administration - Kristen Vargo, Melody Newhard-Kirk, and John Bower

As we celebrate this week, we also celebrate the 50th year of Allentown EMS.

What started as Cardiac Care Technicians with Police Officers for drivers has evolved into the first rate EMS organization we are today.

We are grateful for the support of our Mayor, City Administration, and City Council, for the daily support of the Allentown Fire Department and Allentown Police Department, and for the folks in the garage and technical services who keep us on the road.

Allentown EMS is not one person or one idea. Our success is because of every member of our staff and every level of city administration who work together to ensure the residents of our city have someone to come when they call for help. That is the reason we were created 50 years ago, and patient care is why we still do it.

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Allentown, PA
18102

Telephone

+16104377531

Website

https://www.allentownpa.gov/EMS-Paramedics

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