Two ambulance agencies gained CAAS accreditation from the CAAS Panel of Commissioners during its December 2008 meeting.  They are Millville Rescue Squad, Millville, New Jersey; and San Diego Medical Services Enterprise, San Diego, California.

The panel also took action and granted re-accreditation to the following seven agencies, including; Ambucare, Inc., Bremen, Georgia; American Medical Response West Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Cary Area Emergency Medical Services, Cary, North Carolina; Lancaster EMS, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services, Little Rock, Arkansas; Mutual Aid Ambulance Service, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; and Richmond Ambulance Authority, Richmond, Virginia.

The CAAS-accredited agencies appear on the CAAS Web site Google map at www.caas.org. The site also allows the viewer to ask and receive answers to frequently asked questions about accreditation, view in-depth profiles of CAAS-accredited agencies and register for CAAS seminars and events online.

There are currently 123 CAAS-accredited agencies in 36 U.S. states, two Canadian provinces, Nova Scotia and Alberta, and one in Trinidad, West Indies.  More than 100 agencies are working on new applications. The CAAS Panel of Commissioners meets quarterly to consider submissions from those agencies which are seeking three-year accreditation for the first time and those seeking three-year reaccreditations.

About CAAS: The Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) was formed in 1990 as a not-for-profit agency to be a standard bearer for medical transportation systems. It is sponsored by the American Ambulance Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Association of EMS Physicians, the National Association of State EMS Officials, the National Association of EMTs, and the International Association of Fire Chiefs, with liaison representation from The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Accreditation signifies that ambulance services have met the "gold standard" determined by the ambulance industry to be essential in a modern emergency medical services provider.

For more information contact:
Sarah L. McEntee
Executive Director
Phone: (847) 657-6828
Fax: (847) 657-6825
Email: sarahm@tcag.com