River County EMS
River County EMS is a private company that provides ALS and BLS emergency medical services to Riverwoods, River Heights, and Riverwoods International Airport. There is an intergovernmental agreeement with the Fire Department's to allow the ambulances to be strategically stationed in the firehouses. The EMS crews work hand in hand with the firefighters as if they were one agency. All units in the fire stations are ALS. The BLS units mainly perform non-emergent patient transfers, however, they will be dispatched on known BLS 911 dispatches. If a BLS call turns into an ALS call, crews can call for an ALS intercept or call for a fire company, and the paramedic on the fire apparatus will join the BLS crew and perform patient care skills. Below you will see an example of one of the ALS units.