Ventura County Emergency Medical Services Agency

03/21/2026

📱Pass the Phone 📱
New Paramedic Edition 🚑🚨

03/19/2026

Collaborating for a safer Ventura County🤝 We recently teamed up with to exercise our sheltering and alternate care plans at Moorpark College 🏥✨

Our incredible volunteers were on the ground practicing & coordinating care📋🌡️
Preparation is a team sport- putting in the work today so we’re ready for whatever tomorrow brings!

06/15/2025

Happy Father’s Day from VCEMSA! We would like to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to all the Ventura County First Responder Dads! These individuals embody the spirit of dedication, balancing the demands of family with the responsibility of serving and protecting our communities.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from
VCEMS! Stay safe everyone!

06/26/2023

That’s a wrap on the Bike MS: Los Angeles/Ventura Coastal Challenge 2023! VCEMS coordinated seven first aid stations with the Ventura County Medical Reserve Corps volunteers, AMR and Federal Fire Ventura across the county over two days from Malibu to Ojai!

This Bike MS event had 400+ riders with various courses of 30-50-60-100 miles and raised $436,229 for the MS Society. Did you know? Bike MS is the largest fundraising cycling series in the world. Each year, nearly 50,000 cyclists and more than 5,000 teams ride together to change the world for people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

06/10/2023

We are overwhelmed by the ASPR MRC-STTRONG announcement that our Ventura County Medical Reserve Corps unit was awarded $600,000! We were the only county in the nation and the only award issued in the state of California.

This award focuses on emergency preparedness, response, and health equity needs. Funding from the first-ever MRC State, Territory and Tribal Nations, Representative Organizations for Next Generations (MRC-STTRONG) grant program is from the American Rescue Plan. To see the full announcement please go to https://aspr.hhs.gov/MRC/Pages/STTRONG.aspx

Our unit will focus on the following:
-Workforce Growth Initiatives in EMS / Healthcare Educations
-Emergency Staffing
-Current VCMRC / EMS Leadership Training
-Staffing
-Full-Scale Sheltering Exercise
-Disaster Response
-Blood Pressure / Blood Sugar Education
-Mental Health Unit for First Responders and Their Families
-Backpack Medicine
-Community Outreach Programs
-Promotional Campaigns for New Recruitment
-Borrow an AED Program

Thank you to the following agencies for providing letters of support for our grant application: / / / / VCMC / Gold Coast Ambulance / Ventura County Human Services Agency

06/09/2023

Thank you Suprivisor Parvin for having us!

Repost from Today my staff and I completed STOP THE BLEED. This course demonstrates lifesaving care during traumatic events, natural disasters, and active attacker events. Thank you and for taking the time to teach us proper tourniquet use and wound packing.

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06/05/2023

Did you know? All County of Ventura staff (including VCEMSA) are California Disaster Service Workers (DSW). The State of California DSW Program includes all public employees impressed into service by a person having authority to command the aid of citizens in the ex*****on of his or her duties during a state of war, a state of emergency, or a local emergency.

Today, our EMS staff started a series of Disaster Preparedness Training to Ventura County Public Health staff. Teams today were the Spice Girls, Brave Hearts, Bags Up!, Team Too Prepared. Topics included Preparing Yourself (Karen Beatty, RN), Disaster Service Worker (Randy Perez, Paramedic), Psychological First Aid (Julie Frey, Paramedic), Go-Bag Exercise (Erik Hansen, EMT / Kyle Culkin, RN) to help prepare individuals physically and mentally for emergencies.

05/26/2023

05/26/2023

05/25/2023

A special shoutout and thanks to the team from Community Memorial Hospital for hosting an awesome EMS Week BBQ yesterday.

05/24/2023

Happy Emergency Medical Services Week 2023, celebrating the hard work and dedication of all of the EMS professionals that serve Ventura County everyday! This year’s theme is, “Where Emergency Care Begins”, which fittingly describes the important role our system plays in providing quality out-of-hospital emergency medical care to those who experience sudden illness or injury. To our Ventura County EMS providers, we recognize your service and sacrifice and thank you for all you do! Wishing you all a safe and enjoyable EMS Week!