EMS Capitol Day 2001 Facts about Kansas EMS Response Kansas Emergency Medical Services agencies responded to 214,707 calls for assistance in 1996.
Most services exceed the required staffing guidelines when they respond.
Their staffing depends on how their agency functions and theirdetermination as to what is best for their communities. There are 184 ambulance services licensed in Kansas. Of this number 40 to 45 services primarily use full time staff, supplemented with part time or volunteer staff. There is a high level of excellence and commitment to community service on the part of all Kansas certified EMS professionals, regardless of their status as full time, part time or volunteer participants. In the State of Kansas there are 10,204 certified Emergency Medical Services personnel.