Nicholas County EMS

05/29/2026

All first responders in the community are invited to attend! Please reach out if you have any questions.

05/29/2026

Nicholas County EMS had the opportunity to participate in High Performance CPR joint training alongside the Carlisle Police Department and the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Office.

Working together in emergency situations is critical, and this training focused on teamwork, communication, and delivering the highest quality patient care possible during cardiac emergencies. Strong partnerships between EMS and law enforcement help ensure the best outcomes for our community when seconds matter most.

Thank you to everyone who participated and continues to dedicate their time to training, preparedness, and serving Nicholas County.

05/26/2026

05/25/2026

🚑Provider Spotlight

Name: Emma Gill

Job Title: Assistant Director/Paramedic

Years in EMS: 6

Favorite Food/Snack: popcorn and sour patch kids

Favorite hobby outside of work: sleeping, watching tv, reading, spending time with my family

Favorite music, sports team, or TV show: 80’s/90’s country, UK/Reds, Friends and Survivor

Pets or family fun fact: 2 dogs (Bleu and Nibbler), 2 cats (Tyrion and Old Man)

Fun fact about me: I am currently pregnant with my first child, a baby girl.

What inspired you to work EMS? I originally was going to school to be a nurse, ended up taking an EMT class, and fell in love with it

What do you enjoy most about serving the community? Getting to follow up with patients, and see their outcomes.

What is one thing you wish the public knew about EMS? It may not always seem like it but we put a lot of time and effort into our jobs. Missing holidays, events, special occasions. We spend numerous hours training and learning. Everything we do is trying to help better our service and community.

What does community support mean to you? Giving grace when we need it. We aren’t perfect, and sometimes grace goes a long way.

Message to the community during EMS week: please have your house/mailbox clearly marked with numbers. It makes it so much easier to know where we’re going when we can see house numbers.

05/24/2026

🚑Provider Spotlight

Name: Andrew Songy

Job Title: Paramedic

Years in EMS: 8

Favorite Food/Snack: steak

Favorite hobby outside of work: video games

Favorite music, sports team, or TV show: metal core, blue jackets, Supernatural

Pets or family fun fact: related to Ulysses S. Grant

What inspired you to work EMS? My parents were in fire/EMS

What do you enjoy most about serving the community? helping people on their worst days

What does community support mean to you? It means a lot

Message to the community during EMS week:
We are only humans just like everyone else. We make mistakes, we sleep at the station (not at home every night), and have thoughts and feelings.

05/24/2026

🚑 Provider Spotlight

Name: Brandon “KJ” Ginn

Job Title: AEMT

Years in EMS: 2

Favorite Food/Snack: fried green tomatoes

Favorite hobby outside of work: fishing

Pets or family fun fact: I am the first in my family to attend college

Fun fact about me: I was an amateur boxer for 6 years

What inspired you to work EMS? I started at a gated community in CO, where you had to obtain an EMR cert to work. Since then, I’ve found EMS interesting and fun.

What do you enjoy most about serving the community? Getting to help a community I live and participate in. Gives me a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment.

What does community support mean to you? Recognition and understanding

Message to the community during EMS week: call us if you need us

05/24/2026

🚑Provider Spotlight

Name: Nathan Hall

Job Title: Director

Years in EMS: 16

Favorite Food/Snack: steak

Favorite hobby outside of work: coaching baseball

Favorite music, sports team, or TV show: country, Kentucky, Andy Griffith

Pets or family fun fact: 1 dog, 2 sons

Fun fact about me: I’m not fun

What inspired you to work EMS? I started at Montgomery County Fire/EMS, so I preferred dual roles

What do you enjoy most about serving the community? Seeing good outcomes

What is one thing you wish the public knew about EMS? Kentucky needs to recognize EMS as essential

What does community support mean to you? Better community experience, morale boost

Message to the community during EMS week: we have some of the best providers in this community. Support from the community is important to help maintain quality service.

05/23/2026

🚑Provider Spotlight

Name: Kimberly Cool

Title: A-EMT

Years In Service: 11 years

My favorite food/snack:
Anything eggs (breakfast of course) or beans(supper). Eggs and grits from Dick’s. Beans and corn bread from tracks.

Favorite hobby:
Spending time with my three wonderful boys and my significant other, John (and of course his kids.)

Favorite hobby outside of work:
Cooking and anything and everything outside.

Favorite music or sports team:
I love Bluegrass music mostly. And watching UK basketball is a family tradition.

Our pets:
Little Miss Riley, my Pyrenees mix. She’s 11 and is the BEST dog ever.

Fun fact about me:
I’m a Christian, a mother of three boys, I’m a Republican, I LOVE GOD, my country, my family, I’m a Veteran (Army-Military Police), I love cooking, gardening, and enjoy shooting/collecting guns.

What inspired you to work EMS:
I was present when a dear (elderly) neighbor of mine had a major medical emergency. I was able to witness the first responders rendering aide to her. I was so impressed with their skills. I wanted to be able to help people in their time of need the way they did.

What do you enjoy about serving the community:
I just love Carlisle. I love that it is so similar to the community I grew up in. The folks here are like family. Whether it’s the people I see at Dick’s for breakfast, the people at Save-A-Lot (Ms. Cheryl), at Tracks, or out and about. They’re all so genuine. Just like my own family. The community comes together for the kids…we es**rt them in after big games. I love every part of it.

What’s something you wish the public knew about EMS:
I truly care. I come in your time of need (sometimes exhausted and sleep deprived) and give you my all. I’ve left my family to serve yours. I want provide comfort and life saving interventions when you have no other hope because you and your family matter to me.

05/23/2026

🚑Provider Spotlight

Name: Dylan L. Hunt

Job Title: Paramedic

Years in EMS: 8

Favorite food: any pasta dish

Favorite hobby outside of work: spending time with friends

Favorite music/ sports team/TV: listen to a variety of music so I can’t nail a favorite one down

Family fun fact: I have two toddlers who keep me on my toes.

Fun fact about me: I can walk in a room spend about 5-7 minutes inside it and come back out and draw that room almost perfect.

What inspired you to work on EMS: I was inspired to work in EMS because of the demand. It was something I had to have to be a career firefighter, but then it became my calling.

What do you enjoy the most about serving the community? Being honored to enter someone’s home as a complete stranger and care for a loved one. Nicholas county is a tight knit community and being allowed that opportunity means the upmost trust in myself and my partner.

What is the one thing you wish the public knew about EMS: I wish the public knew how hard it is to go from call to call on the hard call days. This job is one of the most mentally demanding jobs and sometimes it’s just been a long day and we tend to let that show on the next call. It’s not on purpose, it’s just the lesser part of the job

What does community support mean to you? Having the support of the community means that they back us up no matter what, having the support of the community boosts morale and boost the confidence of the community in our ability to serve.

Message to the community during EMS week: No matter what, we will be there to help you in your time of need. The community should never have to worry about if an ambulance will arrive at the call, we will be there.

05/22/2026

🚑Provider Spotlight

Name: Kelbee Gill

Job Title: EMT

Years in EMS: 1

Favorite Food/Snack: white monsters and uncrustables

Favorite hobby outside of work: hunting, fishing, bull riding

Favorite music, sports team, or TV show: The Last of Us

Pets or family fun fact: 2 dogs, 2 cats, salt water aquarium

A fun fact about me: I’m starting paramedic school in August (all thanks to the support of the community)

What inspired you to work EMS? My family

What do you enjoy most about serving the community? Giving back to people who gave to me

What is one thing you wish the public knew about EMS? We are more than just “ambulance drivers”

What does community support mean to you? Support is a necessity to reach goals

Message to the community during EMS week:
Don’t smoke while wearing oxygen