Waunakee Area EMS

What Waunakee Area EMS does

Waunakee Area EMS is a municipal emergency medical services district chartered in 1979 and headquartered at 201 N Klein Drive, Waunakee, Wisconsin. The organization provides 911 emergency response, pre-hospital medical care, and ambulance transport to residents of the Villages of Waunakee and Dane and the Towns of Westport, Springfield, Vienna, and Dane in Dane County, Wisconsin. Operations are delivered through two staffed dual-paramedic ambulances responding to over 2,000 calls annually, supported by 12+ full-time employees plus part-time paramedics and volunteer staff. The service was upgraded to paramedic-level capability between 2020 and 2022 following a progressive workforce professionalization that began with the 2015 hiring of the first full-time Service Director.

The core product portfolio is centered on emergency medical services, complemented by community education offerings that include hands-only CPR courses (approximately 45 minutes each), Stop the Bleed training, Basic First Aid instruction, and COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics. Historical technology initiatives include pioneering electronic EKG transmission from the field to receiving hospitals as a state pilot program in 2001-2002. Clinical oversight and medical direction are provided through a partnership with UW Health.

Revenue mechanics operate on two streams: municipal/government funding from the five constituent communities (managed-services style appropriations) and patient billing for ambulance and emergency services, with billing administered through the third-party partner EMSMC via a dedicated patient portal (1-800-814-5339). The organization is governed by an EMS Commission with representatives from each municipality and has no parent company, private equity ownership, or external funding rounds. Distribution is exclusively via the 911 dispatch system within the chartered five-municipality district, with no geographic expansion planned or permitted under its current structure.

Name

Waunakee Area EMS

Legal name

Waunakee Area EMS

Website

https://waems.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Waunakee Area EMS is a municipal emergency medical services district chartered in 1979, providing 911 response and ambulance transport via two dual-paramedic ambulances to the Villages of Waunakee and Dane and four surrounding Towns in Dane County, Wisconsin, alongside community CPR and first aid education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

911/Public EMS Agencies (Municipal/County/Fire-Based) (HLAFANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Paramedicine & Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH/CP) Programs (HLAFANAI), Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Operations & Dispatch (HLAJAGAC)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Pre-hospital medical care
• Paramedic ambulance services
• Community CPR training
• First aid education

Headquarters

HQ city

Waunakee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal/Government Funding: Government-funded emergency medical service supported by the municipalities it serves (Villages of Waunakee and Dane, Towns of Westport, Springfield, Vienna, and Dane). Funding comes from civic and municipal leaders of the communities.
2. Patient Billing: Ambulance and emergency medical care services are billed to patients. Billing inquiries handled through EMSMC patient portal at 1-800-814-5339.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Waunakee Area EMS is a municipal emergency medical services district providing 24/7 pre-hospital emergency medical care and ambulance transport through two staffed dual-paramedic ambulances. The service responds to over 2,000 calls annually across the Villages of Waunakee and Dane and the Towns of Westport, Springfield, Vienna, and Dane. The organization also delivers community education programs including hands-only CPR courses, Stop the Bleed training, and Basic First Aid instruction.

Product overview

Waunakee Area EMS is a public emergency medical services organization providing a unified suite of pre-hospital medical care services. The core offering is 24/7 emergency ambulance response staffed with dual-paramedic crews, supported by community education programs including hands-only CPR training, Stop the Bleed, and basic first aid courses. The organization operates two fully-staffed ambulances from its North Klein Drive station, responding to over 2,000 calls annually. Historically, the service has included electronic EKG transmission technology and has expanded to paramedic-level care as of 2020-2022.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Responds to over 2,000 calls annually with two dual-paramedic ambulances
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UW HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical direction and oversight provided by UW Health, ensuring providers are held to the highest standards as set forth by leadership and medical direction through UW Health.
• Dane County Emergency BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Dane County Emergency Board to create the EMS district in 1977, with Bob Brunning from the Dane County Emergency Board helping to establish the district.
• EMSMCminorOthersThird-party billing partner for patient billing and payment processing. Patients can pay bills via 1-800-814-5339 or through the EMSMC patient portal.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Verona Area EMS: Municipal EMS district serving Verona and surrounding towns in Dane County, Wisconsin. Closely comparable as a multi-municipality chartered EMS district providing paramedic-level 911 response in a similar suburban Wisconsin setting.
• Oregon Area Fire & EMS: Combined fire/EMS service for the Village and Town of Oregon in Dane County. Comparable as a small-town public EMS agency in the same Wisconsin county, providing ALS response on a similar scale to Waunakee Area EMS.
• Middleton EMS: Municipal EMS service in Middleton, Wisconsin, also in Dane County. Comparable in operating model (municipal funding, ALS ambulance response) and as a neighboring agency within Waunakee's mutual-aid network.
• Sun Prairie EMS: Municipal EMS service serving Sun Prairie, Wisconsin — a Dane County neighbor. Comparable as a similarly sized municipal 911/ALS ambulance service operating in an adjacent growing suburban community.
• Madison Fire Department EMS: Municipal 911 EMS provider serving the City of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin. Directly comparable as a public, ALS-level emergency medical service within the same county that Waunakee Area EMS would rely on for mutual aid.

Broad incumbents

• Falck: Global ambulance and healthcare services provider operating across the U.S. and Europe. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the EMS space, including contracted municipal 911 service in some U.S. markets.
• American Medical Response (AMR): Largest private ambulance and EMS provider in the United States, contracted by many municipalities to deliver 911 and interfacility transport. Comparable as a high-scale alternative EMS delivery model, though structured as a private contractor rather than a municipal district.
• MedStar Mobile Healthcare: Public utility model EMS agency serving Fort Worth and 14 surrounding cities in Texas. Comparable as an established municipal/public-status 911 ALS EMS provider that has scaled across multiple jurisdictions, illustrating a potential growth template.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/waunakeeems
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/waunakee-area-ems

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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