AMR Begins New 9-1-1 Contract in Manchester, New Hampshire and Announces Strategic Acquisition in Riverside County, Calif.
January 05 2011 - 4:21PM
Business Wire
AMR recently started providing 9-1-1 emergency ambulance
services to the City of Manchester, New Hampshire, the largest city
in the state. AMR was awarded the contract after a competitive bid
process, and began providing service on December 18, 2010. The
addition of this contract makes AMR the largest provider of
pre-hospital emergency medical care in the State of New Hampshire.
Adding to its current Somersworth and Derry locations, AMR will
operate from a base location within the City of Manchester. AMR
also has recently contracted with one of the hospitals within the
City to provide inter-facility transport services as well as
Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Critical Care Transport (CCT)
services. AMR plans to use its Manchester location as the service
hub for expansion into other markets north and south of the
City.
The company also announced that it has completed its acquisition
of Blythe Ambulance Service, a full service ALS provider in Blythe,
California. Blythe Ambulance is located in Riverside County,
where AMR holds the 9-1-1 contract. With the acquisition of Blythe
Ambulance, AMR now covers 95% of Riverside County’s 7,300 square
miles as well as a significant state prison contract and adds to
AMR’s Critical Care and long distance transport capability with
both Riverside County facilities and AMR’s Lake Havasu, Ariz.,
operations.
Mark Bruning, AMR President, stated, “We continue to execute on
a number of growth opportunities, through both competitive RFP
processes such as Manchester and strategic acquisitions such as
Blythe Ambulance. Moreover, we are excited about the number of new
market opportunities we expect to see, especially in competitive
procurements, through 2011 along with our continuing robust
pipeline of strategic acquisition opportunities.”
About American Medical
Response
American Medical Response Inc. (www.amr.net), America’s
leading provider of medical transportation, provides services in 38
states and the District of Columbia. More than 17,000 AMR
paramedics, EMTs, RNs and other professionals, with a fleet of
4,100 vehicles, transport more than three million patients
nationwide each year in critical, emergency and non-emergency
situations. AMR, a subsidiary of Emergency Medical Services
Corporation (NYSE: EMS), is headquartered in Greenwood Village,
Colo.
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