Emergency medical services planning and regulation

EMS Council and Committee membership (PDF)

Council and committee meeting calendar

• 2023 EMS Council calendar (PDF)
• 2022 EMS Council calendar (PDF)
• Dates, times and locations are subject to change. Please contact chd.ems@co.hennepin.mn.us if you are a guest who does not receive email meeting notices to check if a meeting has been cancelled.

Meeting agendas and summaries

• For electronic copies of agendas and summaries from previous meetings, please contact: chd.ems@co.hennepin.mn.us

Ambulance medical directors subcommittee

• Summary (draft) ambulance medical directors subcommittee (9-27-2022) (PDF)

Ambulance service personnel subcommittee

• Summary (draft) ambulance service personnel subcommittee (5-5-2022) (PDF)

Council

• Summary (draft) EMS council meeting (10-13-2022) (PDF)

Executive committee

• Summary (draft) executive committee (9-12-2022) (PDF)

Medical standards committee

• Summary (draft) of medical standards (3-3-2022) (PDF)

Operations committee

• Summary (draft) of operations committee (10-11-2022) (PDF) 

Quality committee

• Summary (draft) quality committee (8-2-2022) (PDF) 

Meeting location codes, addresses and maps

EF = Edina Fire

Map: Edina Fire
6250 Tracy Avenue, Edina, MN 55436

FVSD = Fairview Southdale Hospital

Map: Fairview Southdale Hospital
6401 France Avenue South, Edina, MN 55435

HF = Hopkins Fire Department

Map: Hopkins Fire Department
101 South 17th Avenue, Hopkins, MN 55343

HSB = Health Services Building

Map: Health Services Building
525 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415

NAS = North Ambulance Service

Map: North Ambulance Service
4501 North 68th Avenue, Brooklyn Center, MN 55429

212 MC = 212 Medical Center

Map: 212 Medical Center
111 Hundertmark Road, Chaska, MN 55318

• Primary service area map for Hennepin County (PDF) 

Ambulance providers by city

• Bloomington – Allina Medical Transportation
• Brooklyn Center – North Ambulance Service
• Brooklyn Park – North Ambulance Service
• Champlin – Allina Medical Transportation (primary)
• Champlin – North Ambulance Service (secondary)
• Chanhassen (portion located in Hennepin County) – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Corcoran – North Ambulance Service
• Crystal – North Ambulance Service
• Dayton – North Ambulance Service (primary)
• Dayton – Allina Medical Transportation (secondary)
• Deephaven – Hennepin EMS
• Eden Prairie – Hennepin EMS
• Edina – Edina Fire
• Excelsior – Hennepin EMS
• Fort Snelling – Allina Medical Transportation
• Golden Valley (Southeast area South of Highway 394 and East of Highway 100 regardless of community) – Hennepin EMS
• Golden Valley (West of Highway 100) – North Ambulance Service
• Greenfield – North Ambulance Service
• Greenwood – Hennepin EMS
• Hanover – North Ambulance Service
• Hassan – North Ambulance Service
• Hopkins – Hennepin EMS
• Independence – North Ambulance Service
• Long Lake – North Ambulance Service
• Loretto – North Ambulance Service
• Maple Grove – North Ambulance Service
• Maple Plain – North Ambulance Service
• Medicine Lake – North Ambulance Service
• Medina – North Ambulance Service
• Minneapolis (both sides of Plymouth and Penn Avenues, and all other areas of Minneapolis not covered by NMTS) – Hennepin EMS
• Minneapolis (North and West of the line formed by Plymouth Avenue East from the city limits to Penn, North on Penn, East on Golden Valley Road, North on Girard and East on Broadway to the Mississippi River. Of this line, NMTS will serve both sides of Golden Valley Road, Girard Avenue and Broadway) – North Ambulance Service
• Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport – Allina Medical Transportation
• Minnetonka (Highway 394 and North of Highway 394, Ridgedale Shopping Center and Hillcrest Nursing Home) – North Ambulance Service
• Minnetonka (South of 394, except Ridgedale Shopping Center and Hillcrest Nursing Home) – Hennepin EMS
• Minnetonka Beach – North Ambulance Service
• Minnetrista – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Mound – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• New Hope – North Ambulance Service
• Orono – North Ambulance Service
• Osseo – North Ambulance Service
• Plymouth – North Ambulance Service
• Richfield – Hennepin EMS
• Robbinsdale – North Ambulance Service
• Rockford – North Ambulance Service
• Rogers – North Ambulance Service
• Saint Anthony (portion located in Hennepin County) – Hennepin EMS
• Saint Bonifacius – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Saint Louis Park – Hennepin EMS
• Shorewood (East of Highway 19 to Country Club Road South to Tee Terrace to Wood Drive to Highway 7) – Hennepin EMS
• Shorewood (West of the boundary of Highway 19 to Country Club Road South to Tee Terrace to Wood Drive to Highway 7) – Ridgeview Ambulance Service
• Spring Park – North Ambulance Service
• Tonka Bay – Hennepin EMS
• Wayzata – North Ambulance Service
• Woodland – Hennepin EMS

Hennepin County regulations

• EMS Council bylaws (PDF) 

• Ordinance 9 (related to emergency medical services)

Minnesota State EMS regulations

• Statute 144E
• Rules Chapter 4690

Hennepin County EMS system policies

• ALS protocols 4-8-2021 (PDF)
• Hospital closure and ambulance diversion policy (PDF)
• Communication policy (PDF)
• Contacting the system medical director (PDF)
• Required documentation policy (PDF)
• Standards for medical control (PDF)
• Transport policy for STEMI patients (PDF)

Hennepin County EMS Medical Control Radio Checks

• Policy for monthly radio checks (PDF)
• Instructions for monthly radio checks (PDF)

Initial certification

The following documents should be used by physicians seeking initial certification as a Hennepin County Medical Control physician.

• Instructions for medical control certification (PDF)
• EMS medical control – training for emergency department physicians (YouTube)
• Medical control certification form (PDF)

Additional forms

• Incident report form (PDF)
• Proposed ALS medical protocol revisions form (PDF)