Year |
Event |
1975 |
Company founded by four Emergency Medical Technicians to provide non-emergency ambulance service and medical supply delivery in Fresno. |
1976 |
American Ambulance acquires Fresno Ambulance. |
1984 |
American Ambulance enters into a joint venture with Jones Ambulance to form a county wide EMS group and is awarded a 2 year 7 month exclusive contract to be the paramedic provider in Fresno County. |
1984 |
American Ambulance purchases Jones Ambulance. |
1987 |
American Ambulance wins a competitive bid process and is awarded an extension on the exclusive contract to be the sole paramedic provider in Fresno County. |
1991 |
American Ambulance enters a joint venture with Rogers Helicopters to form ROAM and begins critical air transportation service as SkyLife of Central California. |
1994 |
American Ambulance, in cooperation with the County of Fresno, builds a state of the art EMS Communications Center. |
1996 |
American Ambulance is awarded a 3rd Fresno County Exclusive Operating Agreement. |
1999 |
American Ambulance begins operations of Basic Life Support division to provide non-emergency ambulance transportation. |
2000 |
American Ambulance is awarded a Kings County Ambulance provider contract. |
2000 |
American Ambulance is accredited by the Commission of Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) with a CAAS Gold standard. |
2001 |
American Ambulance is awarded an extension to its Fresno County Ambulance provider contract. |
2002 |
American Ambulance relocates its administrative, billing and operations department to a new building in the downtown Fresno Area. The new facility has been specifically designed to support the company's operations and technology needs. |
2002 |
SkyLife of Central California is national accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS). |
2004 |
American Ambulance is awarded an extension to its Fresno County Ambulance provider contract. |
2005 |
American Ambulance is awarded an extension to its Kings County Ambulance provider contract. |
2006 |
American Ambulance begins dispatching for Madera County Ambulance Providers and Fresno City Fire. |
2006 |
American Ambulance begins dispatching for Clovis City Fire. |
2007 |
American Ambulance wins a competitive bid process and is awarded a contract to be the sole paramedic provider in Fresno County. |
2008 |
American Ambulance begins dispatching for Sanger Fire Department. |
2009 |
American Ambulance begins dispatching for Kingsburg Fire Department. |
2010 |
American Ambulance wins a competitive bid process and is awarded a contract to be the sole paramedic provider in Kings County. |
2011 |
American Ambulance is awarded an extension to its Fresno County Ambulance provider contract. |
2012 |
American Ambulance begins providing paramedic services and dispatching services for the City of Selma. |