Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services

What Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services does

Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services (MLEMS), legally Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services, Inc., is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Tax ID 22-3370709) headquartered at 201 Masonville Road, Mount Laurel, New Jersey. The organization delivers emergency pre-hospital Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance services to residents and visitors of Mount Laurel Township under a municipal franchise arrangement, supplemented by community public-education programs. It operates a combined career-and-volunteer staffing model: more than 60 volunteer EMTs cover weeknights, weekends, and special events, while paid career staff handle weekday shifts; members hold State and National EMT certifications. MLEMS was the first EMS service in Burlington County to deploy specialized bariatric response equipment, logging 97 bariatric calls in 2018, of which 43 were mutual aid to neighboring Burlington and Camden County municipalities. Logistics and training also use a secondary site at Mount Laurel Fire Headquarters, 69 Elbo Lane.

The core product portfolio consists of (i) emergency BLS ambulance response, (ii) free community preparedness programs (File of Life, Yellow Dot, Stop the Bleed, FEMA Until Help Arrives, Friends and Family CPR), and (iii) fee-based and free training offerings including AHA Heartsaver CPR ($10/participant), AHA/ARC CPR instruction, and credentialed FEMA courses (Hurricane Awareness AWR-343, Natural Disaster Awareness for Community Leaders AWR-310). There is no proprietary software, no mobile application, and no public API; digital infrastructure is limited to the mlems.org website, Facebook, email, and a third-party class registration platform (ASAP Connected / Eventbrite). Class registrations are PCI-DSS compliant via the third-party payment providers. Strategic alliances are with the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Mount Laurel Police Department (background checks), Mount Laurel Fire Department (joint training), and Burlington/Camden County municipalities (mutual aid).

Revenue mechanics are split across three streams: a managed-services-style municipal contract for primary EMS response, tax-deductible donations and contributions (the primary support mechanism for training, recognition, and on-duty volunteer incentives), and modest professional-services fees from community and FEMA credentialed training classes. The organization is independently governed by a Board of Trustees including President Mark Haas, Vice President Patricia Barlow, Treasurer Kevin Cooper, Director Michael Beringer, Deputy Chief John Hamilton, and Trustees Fran Pagurek, Karen Fechter, John Francescone, and Michelle Logan. There is no parent company, no venture capital, and no M&A activity disclosed; the volunteer base contributed over 7,500 hours in 2018, estimated to save the township more than $120,000 in salary costs.

Name

Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services

Legal name

Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

Website

https://mlems.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing emergency pre-hospital Basic Life Support ambulance services, community preparedness programs, and CPR/disaster training to Mount Laurel Township residents and volunteers in New Jersey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191), Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Emergency Response & On-site First Aid/Paramedics (BPABANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Education (CPR/First Aid/Disaster Readiness) (EDAAAFAJ), Evacuation, Shelter, Mass Care & Family Reunification (HLAJAGAG)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Basic life support
• Ambulance services
• Cpr training
• Community education

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Laurel

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Emergency Medical Services: Provides emergency pre-hospital basic life support ambulance services to residents and visitors of Mount Laurel Township. Primary service delivery model.
2. Donations and Contributions: Tax-deductible donations from the public. Donations support training division, volunteer training, annual awards and recognition banquet, food for on-duty volunteers, and other incentives. Tax ID: 22-3370709.
3. Training and Classes: Fee-based professional training and community education classes including CPR certification, FEMA courses, and disaster preparedness training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services provides emergency pre-hospital basic life support ambulance services to the residents and visitors of Mount Laurel Township using a combined volunteer and paid career staffing model. The organization also delivers free and fee-based community education programs including CPR, Stop the Bleed, FEMA Until Help Arrives, and disaster preparedness training, plus free File of Life and Yellow Dot emergency preparedness programs for residents.

Product overview

Mount Laurel Emergency Medical Services is a combined career and volunteer EMS organization providing emergency basic life support ambulance services to Mount Laurel Township. The core service operates alongside a community education division offering free and low-cost training programs including CPR certification (Friends and Family CPR, Heartsaver CPR), emergency response courses (Stop the Bleed, FEMA Until Help Arrives), and professional training (Natural Disaster Awareness, Hurricane Awareness). Free community programs include the File of Life and Yellow Dot emergency preparedness initiatives for residents. The volunteer program provides EMT training, tuition credits, and scholarship opportunities for members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Medical Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Volunteers contributed 7,500 hours in 2018, saving the township over $120,000 in salary costs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Heart AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLEMS offers CPR training classes using American Heart Association curriculum and issues AHA certification cards to students upon completion. Classes include Friends and Family CPR and Heartsaver CPR courses taught using AHA's research-proven Practice-While-Watching technique.
• American Red CrossminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLEMS partners with the American Red Cross for CPR training instruction. CPR classes are taught by certified instructors working in conjunction with the organization.
• Mount Laurel Police DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolunteer applicants undergo background checks and fingerprinting conducted by the Mount Laurel Police Department as part of the membership application process.
• Burlington and Camden County MunicipalitiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLEMS provides mutual aid emergency response to neighboring towns, having responded to 43 bariatric calls in 2018 for towns in Burlington and Camden counties. The organization is the first EMS service in Burlington County with special bariatric equipment.
• Mount Laurel Fire DepartmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLEMS partners with the Mount Laurel Fire Department for joint training and community education programs. Professional training classes such as Hurricane Awareness and Natural Disaster Awareness are held at the Mount Laurel Fire Headquarters.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Falck USA: US arm of the Denmark-based global EMS and healthcare services group, providing ambulance, fire, and medical services to municipalities and industrial clients. Comparable as a professional ambulance operator that contracts with local governments for emergency response coverage.
• American Medical Response (AMR): The largest private ambulance and EMS provider in the United States, operating thousands of vehicles across most states. It is comparable to MLEMS as an emergency medical services provider serving municipal contracts, though at vastly greater scale and with full ALS capability rather than BLS.
• Acadian Ambulance Service: A large private ambulance company serving Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Tennessee with emergency and non-emergency transport, air ambulance, and EMS education. Comparable to MLEMS as a community-rooted EMS provider that pairs ambulance operations with public training programs.

Others

• American Red Cross: A national humanitarian organization that delivers CPR, first aid, and disaster preparedness training and supports emergency response nationwide. Comparable to MLEMS as an adjacent training and emergency preparedness partner — MLEMS itself partners with the Red Cross for CPR instruction — rather than a direct ambulance competitor.
• American Heart Association: A national nonprofit that sets CPR and ECC training standards and licenses curricula to instructors nationwide. Comparable to MLEMS as the credentialing body whose curriculum MLEMS uses to issue AHA-branded certification cards to community students.

Direct peers

• Priority Ambulance: A private ambulance company operating in more than 10 states with a mix of 911, interfacility, and specialty transport services. Comparable to MLEMS as a community EMS provider, though operating at greater scale and with broader service tiers than a single BLS township squad.
• MedStar Mobile Healthcare: A public utility-model EMS agency serving Fort Worth and 14 surrounding North Texas communities with 911 response and inter-facility transport. Highly comparable to MLEMS as a community-oriented 911 EMS provider contracted by municipalities, though at substantially larger scale and with a paid-staff model.
• Mecklenburg EMS Agency (MEDIC): The exclusive 911 EMS provider for Mecklenburg County, NC, operating as a public, county-managed agency that combines career staffing with public education programs (CPR, Stop the Bleed, community paramedicine). Highly comparable to MLEMS in mission, public education focus, and contracted municipal service delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mlemsnj
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mount-laurel-ems

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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