Facility

All of our dispatching is done from a central office located on Sixth St., as well as dispatching for two volunteer EMS services and back-up to the Hancock County volunteer fire departments. We also provide dispatch and communication assistance for the Life Flight program.

Our ambulances consist of two medium duty units, three mini-mod units, and one van unit. We also use a custom built extended cab medium duty unit as our Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU). Hanco has been a participant of the St. Vincent's Critical Care Network since 1994. Our MICU, which is basically dedicated to perform inter-hospital transfers of critically ill patients, is staffed 24/7 by a medical crew consisting of a specially trained critical care nurse, paramedic and a qualified EMT. It is also used in a support role to the St. Vincent's Life Flight program when air response is not possible due to inclement weather.

In addition, Hanco utilizes a Chevrolet Tahoe as a command or echo vehicle and a boat with motor for use in water rescue. We make use of a set of Lukas and Hurst rescue tools and a set of high pressure airbags for specialty rescues. HANCO recently upgraded to the Zoll M-Series monitor/defibrillator to keep up with current ACLS treatment. These monitors are equipped with 12-lead EKG, SpO2 monitoring, as well as AED function and full Paramedic capabilities.

As you can see, when pre-hospital emergency medical service is needed we can provide immediate response by ground, water or air.