Menter Ambulance

What Menter Ambulance does

Menter Ambulance, operating under the legal name Oswego County Ambulance Service, is a private, family-owned emergency medical services provider founded in 1952 by Alfred Menter and headquartered in Fulton, New York. The company delivers 24/7 Advanced Life Support (ALS) emergency ambulance response and non-emergency medical transportation across Oswego County, serving as the primary contracted EMS provider for 12+ municipalities (City of Fulton, Towns of Granby, Volney, Hannibal, Schroeppel, Oswego, Minetto, Scriba, Hastings, West Monroe, and Villages of Phoenix and Central Square) and secondary provider for the City of Oswego. Its core operational platform consists of 16 ambulances, 4 hearses, 1 squad, and 2 paramedic fly cars, distributed across headquarters in Fulton and substations in Oswego and Central Square to optimize response times across a large rural service area.

The company's clinical capabilities include RSI (Rapid Sequence Intubation) credentialed agency status, an in-development Specialty Care Transport team for interfacility critical transfers, and an EMS Bike Team for crowded special events. Supporting its workforce of 140+ EMS professionals, Menter operates an internal EMT Academy offering earn-while-you-learn certification and tuition-funded Paramedic pathways. Ancillary offerings include special event medical coverage contracts with government and private event organizers, and the "My Medical Emergency Files" community preparedness program co-developed with Oswego Health.

The revenue model is a mix of recurring government EMS contracts (subscription-style municipal payments for primary response coverage), transaction-based non-emergency medical transport fees billed through third-party MultiMed Billing, and event-based special coverage contracts. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: contracts are negotiated directly with municipal governments and event organizers, supported by community outreach and institutional partnerships rather than digital marketing. The business has remained family-owned across multiple generations with no disclosed outside funding, acquisitions, or parent company.

Name

Menter Ambulance

Legal name

Oswego County Ambulance Service

Website

https://menteramb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Menter Ambulance is a private, family-owned EMS provider in Fulton, New York, delivering 24/7 Advanced Life Support ambulance response and non-emergency medical transport as the primary contracted provider for 12+ Oswego County municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Ambulance Services (621910)

SIC

Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

Private EMS Providers (Contract/Interfacility) (HLAFANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

911/Public EMS Agencies (Municipal/County/Fire-Based) (HLAFANAA), Community Paramedicine & Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH/CP) Programs (HLAFANAI)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Ambulance transportation
• Advanced life support
• Non-emergency medical transport
• Municipal EMS contracts

Headquarters

HQ city

Fulton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Emergency Medical Services Contracts: Government contracts with municipalities in Oswego County for primary EMS response and secondary coverage in the City of Oswego. Services available 24/7, seven days a week.
2. Special Event Medical Coverage: Contracts with government agencies and private entities to provide emergency medical services for special events in the communities served.
3. Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: Billable medical transportation services for non-emergency patient transfers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Menter Ambulance is a private ambulance service operating 24/7 Advanced Life Support emergency ambulance transport and non-emergent medical transportation throughout Oswego County, NY. The service is delivered through a fleet of 16 ALS ambulances, four hearses, one squad, and two Paramedic fly cars dispatched from a Fulton headquarters with substations in Oswego and Central Square. Revenue is generated from contracted primary EMS coverage for twelve Oswego County municipalities, contracted special-event medical coverage, and billed non-emergency medical transportation.

Product overview

Menter Ambulance (Oswego County Ambulance Service) is a private ambulance service operating as a single unified offering—emergency and non-emergency medical transportation—augmented by several specialized service modules. The core product is Advanced Life Support ambulance service providing 24/7 emergency response and non-emergent transportation throughout Oswego County. Supporting modules include: RSI (Rapid Sequence Intubation) credentialed agency services for advanced airway management; a developing Specialty Care Transport team for critical interfacility transfers; Special Event EMS coverage with EMS Bike Team for venue events; an EMT Academy providing earn-while-you-learn training with Paramedic certification pathways; and the My Medical Emergency Files community outreach program delivering patient information organization tools in partnership with Oswego Health. The service operates 16 ambulances and multiple paramedic fly cars from headquarters in Fulton, NY with substations throughout the county.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advanced Life Support Ambulance Service Quality Advanced Life Support ambulance transport staffed with highly trained professionals, available 24/7 for emergency response throughout Oswego County. Provided as the contracted primary EMS service for twelve municipalities in Oswego County and as the secondary provider for the City of Oswego.
• Non-Emergent Medical Transportation

Quantifiable outcome

• Fleet of 16 Advanced Life Support ambulances available 24/7 for emergency response
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Oswego HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014In early 2014, Oswego Health and Menter Ambulance partnered on a community health initiative to help citizens be better prepared for medical emergencies. Together they developed My Medical Emergency Files - special magnetic folders designed to organize patient information needed by EMS and hospital staff. The partnership has conducted multiple presentations to local assisted living facilities and senior citizen groups to reach at-risk community members.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Mercy Flight Central: New York-based air medical and critical care transport provider serving Upstate NY including Oswego County region. Comparable as a specialty/critical care transport provider operating in the same geography.

Broad incumbents

• Global Medical Response: Parent of multiple national EMS brands including AMR, Air Evac, and Med-Trans. Comparable as the largest private ambulance and air medical operator in the US with similar municipal contract model.
• Falck (Falck North America): International EMS provider with North American private ambulance operations. Comparable as a private ambulance service serving municipal contracts with similar business model and clinical scope.
• American Medical Response (AMR): National private ambulance provider operating across hundreds of municipalities. Directly comparable as a private EMS contractor serving municipal 911 contracts and non-emergency transport, though at vastly larger scale than Menter.

Direct peers

• Monroe Ambulance: Upstate New York private ambulance provider serving multiple municipalities with ALS and specialty transport. Comparable as a privately-held regional EMS competitor with similar municipal contract model.
• Cataldo Ambulance Service: Privately held New England ambulance service providing ALS, BLS, and specialty transport to municipalities. Comparable as a family/privately-owned regional EMS contractor with municipal 911 and interfacility contracts.
• Acadian Ambulance Service: Large private ambulance service providing 911 response, ALS, and non-emergency transport across multiple states. Comparable as a private-sector EMS contractor with strong municipal contract relationships and advanced clinical capabilities.
• Medic Ambulance: Private ambulance provider offering emergency and non-emergency transport. Comparable as a private EMS operator of similar mid-market scale serving multiple municipalities.

Regional players

• Northwell Health Center for Emergency Medical Services: Hospital-based EMS system operating in the New York metropolitan region. Comparable as an ALS ambulance provider in New York State with hospital affiliation and similar clinical capabilities.

Others

• Town of Volney Volunteer Ambulance: Volunteer ambulance service serving one of the same municipalities Menter Ambulance contracts with. Comparable as a competing local EMS provider in Menter's primary service territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/Oswego-County-Ambulance-Service-Menter/159802220707892

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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