Fire/EMS

The Greenwood Area Fire and EMS District covers the Townships of: Eaton, Warner, Hendren, Mead and Foster. This also includes the City of Greenwood. If an area service has a call when they are out or a call with numerous patients we will respond as a mutual aid department. The same exists if we are out and a call comes in, the closest service will be called to cover our call. We work with Marshfield Fire & Rescue and Eau Claire Fire Department for ALS intercept. We utilize the LifeLink III, Mayo 1, and Aspirus Medevac Air, for air transport, to assist in treatment of our patients. These paramedic units are able to start IVs and administer some advanced drugs, which we are unable to. 

The Greenwood Area Fire and EMS District continues to strive to be the best. We have monthly training sessions to better ourselves and also strive to have the most updated, current equipment available. We are always looking for new people to join our professional services. If you would like information on becoming an EMT, EMR a firefighter, or anything about the Greenwood Area Fire and EMS District please contact Del Horn at (715) 563-7996.

History of Greenwood Area Ambulance Service

In 1967 the Greenwood Firefighters started the Ambulance Department. The Association purchased a 1967 Ford (special made) station wagon. It had a raised roof, room for one patient and one attendant in the rear area. The firefighters had a small amount of Red Cross training, making it a real challenge.

In 1975 six firefighters took the EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) class in Marshfield, at the hospital. It took six months of every Wednesday nights, plus state testing to complete. This was a total of 82 hours. (It is now over 180 hours, with a required refresher training of 40 hrs every three years). The “original 6” were: Jack Abel, Doug Bottlemy, Bud Brown, Francis Carl, Jerry Hinker and Norm Mayenschein. A new van style ambulance was also purchased in 1975. As time went on, more people became trained as EMT’s.

The current 2022 Braun ambulance is on a Ford chassis with state of the art equipment. This makes treating and transporting our patients the most effective and efficient that we can. We currently have 12 EMT’s, 4 EMR's and 3 drivers that handle about 200 calls annually.