FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Central Dispatch

Somerset Central dispatches 8 fire companies which are all volunteer-staffed, and two ambulance companies.

Station 1, Ewell Fire Department and Station 7, Tylerton Fire Department, serving island communities, respond with EMS personnel to all medical calls and arrange for patient transport by boat or by the Maryland State Police helicopter to either Tidal Health McCready Pavilion or Tidal Health in Salisbury.

Due to the distance from the ambulance station in this largely rural county, Station 3 – Marion Fire Department, Station 4 – Deal Island Fire Department, Station 6 – Mt Vernon Fire Department and Station 9 – Fairmount Fire Department respond with an EMS crew on every medical call in their jurisdictions.