10/11/2026
October 1, 2026 marked the one-year anniversary of 24-hour/7-days a week Emergency Medical Service being provided from the Camden Public Safety Building. On July 1, 2025 the public/private collaboration with Camden Fire and North East Mobile Health Services started daytime service for Camden, Hope and Lincolnville. On October 1, 2025 the service transitioned to 24-hour coverage.
We're incredibly grateful for the teamwork of the sincerely authentic people who provide Fire & EMS for the Town of Camden, Maine. Typically our comments are tempered to "Job Well Done!"
However, these fine people deserve more recognition and respect than those three words. They have been delivering high quality EMS in a public/private partnership with North East Mobile Health Services for 16 months now. They have only been offering emergency medical services for a few, short years - specifically since 2023. The development of their skills has been through teamwork and shared experiences. Their success rate in achieving ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) while providing CPR over the last 10 months is statistically off the charts. Part of that success rate can be attributed to the lower response times which came about when ambulances moved into the Camden Public Safety building in the summer of 2025. Another part is the hard work and effort of our compassionate, empathetic people.
The people are to be commended for the culture that exists within the department. The level of positive, enthusiastic energy they bring to the job every day is infectious. They are enthusiastic and eager to be involved with anything happening in Camden. They are genuinely skilled and passionate about their work. The combination of community-minded & professionally excellent is inspiring to witness.
This culture comes about because of teamwork: the collaborative effort of a group of people working together to achieve a shared goal efficiently and effectively. We share goals: everyone aligns their individual efforts toward a common objective. We ask for open communication: members share updates, flag risks and speak freely. We have interdependence: members rely on each other's unique skills and strengths to succeed. We provide psychological safety: feeling safe to take risks, admit mistakes and share honest feedback. There is accountability: we own our personal tasks and commit to high standards.
It's human nature to speculate about what the future will bring. We can confidently say the future of Fire & EMS is looking bright in Camden. Its future is in well-qualified, competent hands of upcoming generations.
We are proud of the work our Fire & EMS professionals deliver as a result of the widespread community support we receive. It's a team effort. As Brandon repeatedly says "Teamwork makes the Dreamwork."
We're genuinely proud of our people and the service they regularly provide to not just Camden, but Town of Hope, Maine and Lincolnville as well.
Camden, Maine Fire & Rescue Job Well Done!
- Chief Farley
