Lake Mills Ambulance Service

10/29/2026

We had the pleasure of spending National First Responder’s Day with our local emergency services for a hands on bus extrication training tonight.

We’d like to give a big shout out and thank you to a few individuals that have helped put this together.
First we’d like to thank Chris Rogne and the Lake Mills Community School District for allowing us to utilize a retired school bus for this training.
Michel Wallin and Terry Ringham for teaching us some important information pertaining to buses, the layout, how to identify the power source (gas or LP), and where to locate some useful information. Also to Terry for coordinating the utilization of the bus.
Thank you to heavy tow operator David King with Tony’s towing in Clear Lake for coming up to Lake Mills to help setup our scenario today and haul the bus away once we were done with it.
Thank you to LMFD training officer Logan McCormick for coordinating the training topics with me to help provide hands on scenarios that allowed for further discussion pertaining to handling situations that may involve mass casualty incidents (MCI) with multiple patients.
Lastly, I think, thank you to David’s Market for catering chili and chicken noodle soup with homemade buns to feed everyone after. It was delicious!

Thank you to the surrounding agencies that participated, we hope you were able to learn something or take something away from this training that can lead to further trainings and discussions and we look forward to more opportunities to train with all of you and others.

Using a bus extrication as a training was a good hands on learning experience to explore what it may look like for an MCI, setting up incident command, triaging patients for the likelihood that the bus may be loaded, and for managing those patients after extrication. Being able to work through high-acuity calls with a low frequency of occurring, like this one, helps us freshen up on our skills and prepare for the unthinkable.

As a community, we’re blessed to have the agencies that we have and being able to work so well together when time calls on us to handle the heavy situations.
Thank you Lake Mills Iowa Police Department and Lake Mills Iowa Fire Department - LMFD for the services you provide.
Happy National First Responder’s Day!

10/25/2026

I’m sure you have all noticed that we’ve been kind of quiet this year. While we haven’t outwardly been present with community events, we’re still trying to be here for our community members.
Internally, we have been updating some really outdated policies, moving some admin and daily/weekly/monthly tasks online to be logged digitally. These behind the scenes objectives will help mainstream and organize our service so it can be a little more efficient and run more smoothly. It will also give us the opportunity to be more modernized with software many services utilize for patient care reports, truck checks, trainings, etc and allow us to more easily provide information to state when our inspection comes due over the next several months.

The best part of this year so far, has been the opportunity to host our first ever EMT class that includes high school students interested in EMS!
A couple of our members attended EMS instructor courses over the summer to help make this happen in our community. Hoping to gain a few more members from this, it has provided an opportunity for community members to attend EMT class as well without having to leave Lake Mills.

I know we’ve been asking for more members for years now as our service has been detrimentally low for some time. In hopes of providing more accessibility to becoming an EMT, we’re working on putting together a spring EMT course held right here in Lake Mills. If this is something you could see yourself doing please reach out to one of our members. Must be 17 or older by the start of the class!
We are also looking for drivers so if being an EMT isn’t feasible for you, maybe driving is!

10/21/2026

🎃👻 BOO! LAKE MILLS, IT’S TIME FOR A HALLOWEEN TREAT! 👻🎃

🚨🌭 The ghosts and goblins are coming, and the Lake Mills Police Department is ready for a spooktacular night! 🦇🕸️

Join us for our 4th Annual Halloween Trick-or-Treat Event! 🍬🎃

📅 Halloween Night — Saturday, October 31st
⏰ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Lake Mills Police Department

🌭 The Lake Mills Ambulance crew will be serving up a delicious hot dog meal, and our police officers will be handing out candy to all the little ghosts, goblins, witches, superheroes, and princesses! 🍭👮‍♂️🚑

Bring the whole family, wear your spookiest costume, grab a bite to eat, and enjoy a frightfully fun evening with your Lake Mills first responders!

🕷️ No tricks, just treats, tasty hot dogs, and Halloween fun! 🕷️

We can’t wait to see all our little monsters! Have a safe and happy Halloween, Lake Mills! 🧙‍♀️🎃👻

10/14/2026

Here is an opportunity to join and help your community!

Anyone can join. Drivers, EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedics, Nurses, NPs, PAs, Doctors! Training is provided and education assistance is available if requirements are met.

Do you Live in Vinje? Scarville? Not a problem! Do you live in another county or state? Not a problem! Do you work in the area and your employer will allow you to leave work? Great! This position is moved to whichever community needs the assistance. Please reach out if you are questioning if you qualify!

This is a good way to earn some extra money for Christmas, a Family vacation or even just because. Hourly rates vary for on-call time. Perdium is offered for shifts over 6 hours to encourage community involvement with grocery shopping or going out to eat in the community you are protecting.

Please reach out to learn more or request an application!

09/11/2026

07/24/2026

Join us for National Night Out! 🚓 🚒 🎉 Tuesday August 4th from 4:00-5:30 at Oakwood Park and the Lake Mills Community School South parking lot.

Come connect with your neighbors, meet our Police Department, Winnebago County, Iowa Sheriff's Office, Lake Mills Iowa Fire Department - LMFD, Winnebago County Attorney's Office - Iowa, Lake Mills Public Library, and Crisis Intervention and enjoy a fun evening featuring a bicycle, e-bike, and e-scooter safety course. 🚲🛴 Our Fire Department will also be bringing the fun with a water ball activity! 💦 There will be brochures, treats, and prizes!

Bring the family and help us celebrate community, safety, and togetherness. We can’t wait to see you there!

Parents have your kids bring their bicycle 🚲 or scooters 🛴and go thru our safety course to earn a prize!

07/04/2026

Happy 250th Independence Day, America!!

Have fun celebrating this weekend!
Stay safe.
Stay cool.
Stay hydrated.

06/05/2026

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05/25/2026

As we all know the storms that hit us on the 17th one of our own house got hit by the tornado. Mark and his wife have been helping our community years would mean alot to us if we could help them out in there time of need. if you want to send a donation please private message us and we can tell you where to send it thank you.

05/25/2026

Thankful for all who served and those who currently serve.