What NEMSIS does

NEMSIS (National Emergency Medical Services Information System) is a federally administered Technical Assistance Center that maintains the national data standard and database for emergency medical services in the United States. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and operating under the direction of NHTSA's Office of EMS, NEMSIS defines and enforces the Version 3 Data Standard — a specification covering how patient care information resulting from 9-1-1 calls is collected, stored, and transmitted — using data dictionaries, XSD schemas, Schematron validation libraries, and defined lists. The national database aggregates submissions from 13,225 EMS agencies across all 53 U.S. states and territories, processing over 30.5 million Patient Care Reports year-to-date with a fastest data arrival time of seven minutes from record completion.

NEMSIS's core products include the Version 3 Data Standard, software compliance testing and certification services, the annual Public-Release Research Dataset (the largest publicly available EMS dataset in the U.S.), the interactive EMS Data Cube, and a suite of Tableau-based public dashboards covering drug overdose surveillance, heat-related EMS activations, prehospital pediatric quality measures, STEMI care, naloxone administration, motor vehicle crashes, and data quality. Specialized datasets such as the Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose Tracker (developed with the White House ONDCP) and the Violence Against EMS Personnel Dataset (launched April 2026) extend the platform into public health policy and responder safety. Technical resources are hosted on a public Bitbucket repository at git.nemsis.org, with web services supporting Version 3 data submission and retrieval.

The organization is not a commercial entity: it is funded through NHTSA oversight and serves four primary stakeholder groups — state and territorial EMS offices, local EMS agencies and clinicians, EMS software vendors (who must certify compliance), and academic researchers. Datasets and compliance resources are provided at no charge; the TAC operates as a public-good technical assistance center rather than a revenue-generating business, and source data explicitly notes that revenue information is unavailable. Distribution is direct via the nemsis.org portal, bimonthly V3 Implementation Calls, and the annual NEMSIS meeting (2025 in Park City, UT; 2026 scheduled for Heber City, UT).

Name

NEMSIS

Legal name

National Emergency Medical Services Information System Technical Assistance Center

Website

https://nemsis.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NEMSIS is the federally administered Technical Assistance Center for the national EMS data standard, aggregating patient care reports from 13,225 agencies across all 53 U.S. states and territories under NHTSA oversight. It serves state EMS offices, local agencies, software vendors, and researchers via free datasets, compliance certification, and public dashboards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services Data Management

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health & Immunization Data Exchange (ELR, case reporting, registry reporting) (HLACABAL)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services data
• EMS data standard
• Prehospital care reporting
• EMS software compliance
• Public health research datasets

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Good / Government Service: NEMSIS operates as a technical assistance center providing the national EMS data standard and database as a public resource. Research datasets are provided free of charge to researchers. The organization appears to be government-funded through NHTSA.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NEMSIS develops and maintains the national data standard and accompanying database for how patient care information from emergency 9-1-1 calls is collected, stored, and transmitted across the United States. The Technical Assistance Center (TAC) operates the National EMS Database, publishes annual public-release research datasets, provides interactive public dashboards for surveillance topics, runs compliance testing and certification for ePCR software vendors, and delivers training and implementation support to state EMS offices, local EMS agencies, software vendors, and researchers.

Product overview

NEMSIS (National Emergency Medical Services Information System) is a national database and data standard for emergency medical services. The core offering is the Version 3 Data Standard, which defines how patient care information from 9-1-1 calls is collected and submitted to the national database. The primary data product is the Public-Release Research Dataset, the largest publicly available EMS dataset in the U.S. Supporting products include the NEMSIS EMS Data Cube for interactive data exploration and NEMSIS Public Dashboards built on Tableau for specific surveillance topics (drug overdose, heat-related activations, pediatric measures, STEMI, naloxone, motor vehicle crashes, data quality). The Technical Assistance Center (TAC) provides support and training for state data managers and software vendors, with compliance testing services ensuring software products meet the Version 3 standard. Additional specialized offerings include the Violence Against EMS Personnel Dataset for documenting workplace violence and the GIT Repository hosting technical resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NEMSIS Public-Release Research Dataset The nation's largest publicly available EMS dataset containing millions of emergency medical service activations from U.S. states and territories, provided free of charge to researchers for public health analysis and prehospital care research.
• NEMSIS EMS Data Cube Interactive platform for exploring a subset of data elements extracted from the National EMS Database, allowing users to build custom reports.
• NEMSIS Public Dashboards Interactive Tableau dashboards providing public access to aggregated EMS data including drug overdose surveillance, heat-related activations, prehospital pediatric quality measures, 911 call complaints, performance measures, STEMI care, naloxone administration, motor vehicle crashes, and data quality metrics.
• Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Provides support, training, and technical resources for NEMSIS compliant software companies, state EMS data managers, and EMS stakeholders implementing the NEMSIS data standard.
• Version 3 Data Standard National standard for how patient care information from emergency 9-1-1 calls is collected, including data dictionaries, XSD schemas, Schematron validation libraries, and defined lists, published free of charge for software vendors.
• Compliance Testing and Certification Testing and verification services that confirm EMS software products comply with the NEMSIS Version 3 data standard, with public reporting of compliant software status.
• Violence Against EMS Personnel Dataset Specialized dataset giving local EMS agencies and states a standardized way to document threats, assaults, and violent encounters against EMS personnel, fully aligned with NEMSIS Version 3 and designed to integrate into existing documentation workflows.
• GIT Repository Public Bitbucket repository hosting version 3 data standard resources, Schematron libraries, XSD files, and technical documentation for software developers building NEMSIS-compliant ePCR systems.
• CE Credit Course on ePCR Documentation Free continuing education credit course on ePCR documentation covering NEMSIS and changes to the v3.5 standard, developed in partnership with Prodigy EMS.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30,582,468 PCRs submitted year-to-date with 7-minute data arrival time
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Has API

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App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• NHTSA Office of EMScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe NEMSIS TAC operates under the direction of NHTSA's Office of EMS, which provides guidance and authority for the national EMS data standard. Dr. Jon Krohmer, Director of NHTSA's Office of EMS, has issued guidance letters regarding timely data submissions.
• NASEMSO (National Association of State EMS Officials)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEMSIS coordinates with NASEMSO through Data Managers Committee calls and collaborative initiatives. The organization has passed resolutions supporting data sharing at state levels.
• State EMS OfficescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState EMS offices submit data to the national NEMSIS database and serve as intermediaries between local EMS agencies and the national system. Each state has designated data managers coordinating compliance.
• White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerNEMSIS developed the Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose Tracker dashboard for the ONDCP as part of the Biden Administration's National Drug Control Strategy to help policymakers target responses to the overdose epidemic.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ImageTrend: Largest U.S. EMS software vendor providing NEMSIS-compliant ePCR solutions to thousands of EMS agencies. Directly comparable as a primary implementer and submitter of NEMSIS-formatted patient care records nationwide.
• ESO Solutions: EMS, fire, and hospital data analytics platform serving thousands of agencies. Comparable as a NEMSIS-compliant ePCR/eHR vendor and analytics consumer of prehospital data.
• ZOLL Data Systems: Provider of EMS billing, dispatch, and patient care reporting software widely used by U.S. EMS agencies. Comparable as a long-standing NEMSIS-compliant software vendor with broad agency footprint.
• FirstWatch: Real-time public safety and EMS data analytics platform that ingests NEMSIS-formatted records to deliver operational dashboards and early-warning analytics. Comparable as a downstream analytics user of the NEMSIS national dataset.
• Digitech: EMS billing and ePCR software vendor serving a large share of U.S. EMS agencies. Comparable as a NEMSIS-compliant software vendor in the same operational niche.
• MedaPoint (formerly RAM Software / AIM): EMS patient care reporting and billing software vendor with NEMSIS-compliant offerings for ambulance services. Comparable as a participant in the same NEMSIS ecosystem serving similar EMS customers.

Emerging players

• Pulsara: Clinical communication platform used across EMS, hospitals, and other care settings to coordinate patient events. Comparable as an adjacent prehospital data and workflow player increasingly integrated with EMS documentation systems.

Broad incumbents

• Lexipol: Provider of policies, training, and content for EMS, fire, and law enforcement agencies at national scale. Comparable as a broad public-safety vendor serving the same EMS agency buyer base with overlapping standards and compliance content.

Others

• EMS1 (Praetorian Digital / Lexipol group): Leading media and information source for EMS professionals in the United States. Comparable as a community and content layer that disseminates EMS data best practices and amplifies NEMSIS-aligned training.
• International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED): Standards body for emergency dispatch protocols (MPDS) that sit upstream of EMS activations captured by NEMSIS. Comparable as an adjacent data-standards organization influencing the upstream data flowing into NEMSIS-format records.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NEMSISTAC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UClM69mvcGFOg1U0ponCS9AQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/NemsisTac
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nemsis

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