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Welcome to the official Forsyth County Emergency Medical Services (FCEMS) Website.  Thank you for visiting, we hope that you find your experience here enjoyable.  Please let us know what you think.

Department Profile

Forsyth County EMS (FCEMS) provides 24 hour-a-day advanced life support, pre-hospital emergency medical care for a population of over 306,000 in a 410 square mile area.  With an annual call volume in excess of 36,000 responses, FCEMS operates a minimum of thirteen (13) ALS ambulances and two (2) ALS Quick Response Vehicles (QRV's) each day.

Separated into five (5) Divisions (Administration, Operations, Training, Equipment and Billing), the Department has approximately 106 full-time career employees, 20 part-time career employees and fifteen 15 EMS Reserve personnel.  In excess of 90% of FCEMS full-time personnel are National Registry EMT-Paramedic certified.  The Operations Division works a combination of 24/48 and 12 hour schedules.  The Training Division works a 12 hour schedule.  Established in 1968, Forsyth County EMS has grown from a small, basic life support provider into a high-volume, EMT-Paramedic service.  FCEMS was awarded Model System Status by the North Carolina Office of EMS in 2003.

Forsyth County EMS also offers:

• Critical Care Program
• Honor Guard
• Certified Preceptors
• Public Education Program
• Special Event Coverage
• Bike Team
• Tactical Medic Team
• Mobile Data System
• Electronic Patient Care Reporting (PCR) System

Contact Information

Should you have questions or comments concerning FCEMS, please contact us at any of the following:

Telephone

(336) 703-2750

        Billing Questions Only: 800-814-5339

Medical Records Requests: (336) 703-2770

FAX

(336) 727-8088     Billing Fax: (336) 766-6870

Postal address

911 E. Fifth St. ● Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Ambulance Billing Address:

P.O. Box 863 ● Lewisville, NC 27023

Electronic mail

General Information: Major R.L. Overman overmarl@forsyth.cc
EMS Director: Col. D.L. Ozimek ozimekdl@forsyth.cc

Employment Questions:  Lt. Col. D.W. Huie huiedw@forsyth.cc

Training Division: Captain T.D. Black blacktd@forsyth.cc 

NC Wage & Tax Garnishment: Angela Munsie munsieae@forsyth.cc

Webmaster: overmarl@forsyth.cc