Melrose Area Ambulance

10/02/2026

Melrose FD has their annual pancake breakfast this Sunday. Take a break from the kitchen and allow this group to cook for you!

Talk with a Fire Fighter for advanced tickets or we they can be purchased at the door!!!!

09/12/2026

Today we remember and honor all the hero’s who gave it all. Never forget.

05/21/2026

Happy EMS week to this amazing group of individuals! This week, we get to recognize all the hard work, sleepless nights, and service to the community!

For a fun event we celebrated with our partners, Sauk Centre Ambulance, for some EMS Olympics. Our team members had a friendly competition and group training with knowledge, CPR, trauma scenarios, and finished up with a relay race. We had a guest speaker and volunteer judge from Bit of Grace, as well as a guest volunteer judge from other EMS partners. We also couldn’t have had the hands-on experience we did without our pediatric volunteers.

A huge thank you to Dan Welle Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram for donating a delicious pizza and salad meal from Shady's Hometown Tavern and Event Center.

Service awards go to:
Julie Ulbricht for 35 years 🚑
Nick Guzek for 5 years 🚑

Thanks again to these wonderful volunteers and to all who helped make tonight a fun and educational experience.

03/24/2026

We're excited to announce the arrival of our new ambulance!

As you may have already seen, we received our new ambulance. The new ambulance replaced our (tired) 2013 Road Rescue ambulance with over 175,000 miles, which has been serving our primary service area (PSA) since it was brand new. The new ambulance was originally ordered during COVID, but due to various shortages, it finally made its way to Melrose. All of the equipment and supplies have been transferred from the old ambulance into the new one.

As you can see, we’ve changed up our graphics to help us stand out and ensure we’re easily recognized as we continue to serve our community. Around every ten years, we try to update our graphics on the new ambulances to help maintain a fresh, clean look. We have added additional safety/reflective stripes to help motorists identify emergency vehicles, ultimately keeping our crews safer on our streets and highways.

We are proud to say we are maintaining our self-sufficient status, meaning there was no burden to the taxpayers for this new ambulance. Being a volunteer department, this is a huge deal, as most insurance companies do not reimburse for the total cost of a medical or transport call.

You might see the old ambulance parked outside our fire hall until we find its next place to call home.

Everest Emergency Vehicles, Inc.

06/19/2025

We had a little excitement at tonight’s meeting. Once a month, our team gets together for training in order to keep our skills up-to-date. This time, we had multiple pediatric trauma scenarios set up. Pediatric and adult traumatic events can vary due to their size and various developmental stages. It is important for our crews to be able to identify an injury/illness and determine the most appropriate treatment plan quickly.

While we were wrapping up the scenarios, our friends with Life Link III stopped by to finish our landing zone training. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate at last month’s meeting but we were pretty lucky that they were able to fly in tonight. The flight crew went over loading/unloading, their supplies, various scenarios, and provided tours of the helicopter.

If a crew determines a helicopter is needed, we can typically have one on the ground within 25 minutes (from the time of the request) anywhere in our primary service area. The benefit of a scene landing is that the flight crew can assess the patient and determine the most appropriate hospital based on the patient's needs. The flight crew could have the patient at the appropriate hospital within 10-25 minutes, saving valuable time compared to transporting to a local hospital. We are all very fortunate to have at least five medical helicopters based all over central Minnesota.

As always, please be safe and be kind to one another. We never know what the next person is going through.

05/22/2025

Happy EMS week to this group! We celebrate you and all you do for the community!

The rain made some last min changes to our night but with the help of Amy from ALee Photography the photos turned out great!

04/18/2025

Happy Friday Everyone! We are finally catching up after another busier week. We wanted to highlight two separate training house fires that two of our crews stood by at Saturday morning/afternoon.

One of the trainings was put on by Alex Tech and hosted by Grey Eagle along with Sauk Centre and Villard Fire Department.

The other training was Hosted by the St. Augusta Fire Department along with Rockville Fire & Rescue.

These training fires are one of the final tests for new firefighters to gain their certification. They also help keep the current firefighters up-to-date on their skills and new techniques. The property owners were gracious enough to allow the area departments to use the old houses to perform the necessary training.

Our crews stand by at all structure fires to help provide scene support as well as be on-site in the event someone is injured or needs to get checked out. After the firemen exit the fire (and before for trainings) we check their vitals to ensure they are safe enough to be on their own and possibly go back into the structure. It’s very common for most firefighter to have very high blood pressure and heart rates after exiting a fire with all of their gear, the high temperatures as well as the exertion from trying to extinguish the fire. We have had a situation before where someone's vitals have been dangerously high to the point where they could not return into the structure for fear that they could have a medical emergency and need to be rescued themself.